AI

Pepper, the emotional domestic humanoid robot, sells out in one minute

Posted in Software on 22nd Jun, 2015
by Alex Muller

The robot is currently sold in Japan, but is scheduled to hit global markets next year.

Deep Learning System Beats Humans in IQ Test

Posted in Software on 13th Jun, 2015
by Alex Muller

Computers have never been good at answering the type of verbal reasoning questions found in IQ tests. Now a deep learning machine unveiled in China is changing that.

Deep Learning Catches On in New Industries, from Fashion to Finance

Posted in Business on 1st Jun, 2015
by Alex Muller

A brain like machine learning technique that has already given computers an eerie ability to recognize speech and categorize images is now creeping into many industries.

Google says its speech recognition has now an 8% error rate

Posted in Software on 29th May, 2015
by Alex Muller

Google today announced its advancements in deep learning, a type of artificial intelligence, for key processes like image recognition and speech recognition.

What the Experts Think About the Existential Risks of Artificial Intelligence

Posted in Science on 25th May, 2015
by Alex Muller

The majority of AI experts think machine super-intelligence poses no existential threat to humanity.