Microsoft Explains Why It Took Its Pro-Nazi Twitter Bot Offline

Microsoft Explains Why It Took Its Pro-Nazi Twitter Bot Offline

“It was a coordinated effort by some users”

The Internet Broke Down Microsoft’s Super Smart Chatbot, Made It Racist

The Internet Broke Down Microsoft’s Super Smart Chatbot, Made It Racist

Redmond removes the bot after just one day

  • Games
  • By Andrei Dumitrescu
  • March 14th, 2016
Minecraft Will Run Artificial Intelligence Experiments Starting in July

Minecraft Will Run Artificial Intelligence Experiments Starting in July

AIX is an open world platform designed by Microsoft

  • Games
  • By Andrei Dumitrescu
  • March 14th, 2016
Total War: Warhammer Tweaks Sieges, Moves Focus to Wall Battles

Total War: Warhammer Tweaks Sieges, Moves Focus to Wall Battles

The Creative Assembly also promises improved AI

Human Go Champion Finally Beats Google's AlphaGo AI in Their Fourth Match

Human Go Champion Finally Beats Google's AlphaGo AI in Their Fourth Match

Google's AlphaGo leads the series by 3 to 1

Americans Not Afraid Robots Will Steal Their Jobs (Though It’ll Probably Happen)

Americans Not Afraid Robots Will Steal Their Jobs (Though It’ll Probably Happen)

Study shows robots will take many jobs, only not Americans’

How a Microsoft Exec Talked About Prostitutes Without Even Knowing It

How a Microsoft Exec Talked About Prostitutes Without Even Knowing It

Automatic translation still in early days, that’s for sure

  • Security
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • November 11th, 2015
Researchers Create Self-Replicating (Malicious?) Android App

Researchers Create Self-Replicating (Malicious?) Android App

Researchers are aiming for cross-platform interoperability

  • Apple
  • By Sergiu Gatlan
  • October 6th, 2015
Apple Acquires Deep Learning Perceptio Startup to Boost iOS' Image Processing Efficiency <em>Bloomberg</em>

Apple Acquires Deep Learning Perceptio Startup to Boost iOS' Image Processing Efficiency Bloomberg

Perceptio's founders are researchers with a background in image-recognition systems based on artificial intelligence

  • Apple
  • By Sergiu Gatlan
  • October 3rd, 2015
Apple Acquires VocalIQ, Likely to Connect Siri-Enabled Devices to the Internet of Things (IoT)

Apple Acquires VocalIQ, Likely to Connect Siri-Enabled Devices to the Internet of Things (IoT)

VocalIQ should allow Apple to boost Siri's capabilities in leaps and bounds, years ahead of their direct competition

  • Linux
  • By Marius Nestor
  • September 9th, 2015
Ubuntu Snappy Core and Raspberry Pi 2 Powered Mycroft Device Successfully Funded

Ubuntu Snappy Core and Raspberry Pi 2 Powered Mycroft Device Successfully Funded

The project managed to raise over $110,000 in one month

  • Games
  • By Andrei Dumitrescu
  • April 6th, 2015
New Artificial Intelligence System Aims to Use Evolution to Improve Enemy Performances

New Artificial Intelligence System Aims to Use Evolution to Improve Enemy Performances

The entire concept is developed in Unity 5

Even Bill Gates Is Afraid of Intelligent Machines and Still We Want Better AI

Even Bill Gates Is Afraid of Intelligent Machines and Still We Want Better AI

It's a slippery slope. We want better in-game opponents but we don't want to be the heralds of extinction

People Are Already Teaching Robots How to Wipe Us Out with Starcraft

People Are Already Teaching Robots How to Wipe Us Out with Starcraft

Having the apocalypse come through Starcraft is both very cool and lame at the same time, in a puzzling way

Elon Musk's $10 Million Might Not Be Enough to Prevent Homicidal AIs – Video

Elon Musk's $10 Million Might Not Be Enough to Prevent Homicidal AIs – Video

Malicious artificial intelligence should be prevented

  • Science
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • January 15th, 2015
Artificial Intelligence Used to Predict the Strength of Solar Flares

Artificial Intelligence Used to Predict the Strength of Solar Flares

Solar flares are bursts of energy that occur on the Sun, can release the energy equivalent of several atomic bombs

Robot Watches YouTube, Learns How to Use Kitchen Knives

Robot Watches YouTube, Learns How to Use Kitchen Knives

But don't worry, a robot apocalypse still won't happen!

 
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