AI
New 'Artificial Synapse' Gets Closer to Mimicking Brain Connections
Posted in Science on 30th Sep, 2016
by Alex Muller
A brain-inspired computing component provides the most faithful emulation yet of connections among neurons in the human brain, researchers say.
Amazon's $2.5M 'Alexa Prize' seeks chatbot that can converse intelligently for 20 minutes
Posted in Software on 30th Sep, 2016
by Alex Muller
The Alexa Prize will encourage researchers to come up with great ideas for real-world conversational AI.
Google says its new AI-powered translation tool scores nearly identically to human translators
Posted in Software on 30th Sep, 2016
by Alex Muller
Google Machine Neural Translation is nearly indistinguishable from human translation on standardized tests, the company said.
Google, Facebook, Amazon join forces on future of AI
Posted in Software on 29th Sep, 2016
by Alex Muller
The world's biggest technology companies are joining forces to consider the future of artificial intelligence.
Builders to lose jobs as machines take over, says construction boss
Posted in Business on 28th Sep, 2016
by Alex Muller
Skyscrapers in the City of London could soon be built by robots rather than by people, according to the boss of one of the UKs biggest construction firms.