AI

XPrize and IBM announce a $5 million AI competition

Posted in Business on 17th Feb, 2016
by Alex Muller

This time XPrize is allowing teams to define their own AI challenges.

Where Artificial Intelligence Is Now and Whats Just Around the Corner

Posted in Hardware on 16th Feb, 2016
by Alex Muller

'For 50 years, we've ideated about this idea of AI. But it's only been in the last few years that we've seen a fundamental transformation in this technology.'

When machines can do any job, what will humans do?

Posted in Business on 15th Feb, 2016
by Alex Muller

Rice University computer scientist Moshe Vardi expects that within 30 years, machines will be capable of doing almost any job that a human can.

Artificial Intelligence Offers a Better Way to Diagnose Malaria

Posted in Medicine on 13th Feb, 2016
by Alex Muller

Now an artificial intelligence program can diagnose malaria more reliably than most humans.

Google's self-driving car AI can qualify as a driver, U.S. regulators say

Posted in Software on 10th Feb, 2016
by Alex Muller

U.S. vehicle safety regulators have said the AI could be considered the driver under federal law, a major step forward for autonomous vehicles.