Category: AI advances
Patent agencies challenged to accept AI inventor | FINANCIAL TIMES
“Whatever you think of the ideas on their own, that’s not really the point,” (Abbot) said. “What’s striking is that…
Social Media’s Plan to Fight Online Trolls Gets a Reality Check: Eye on A.I. | FORBES
Using AI for content moderation still faces significant hurdles, says a UK consultancy in a report by FORBES. Cambridge Consultants…
Microsoft teams up with OpenAI in new $1B artificial intelligence partnership | SILICON ANGLE
With its fortune made from creating instructions for desktop computers, Microsoft is betting $1 billion on machines figuring things out…
Facebook’s new poker-playing AI could wreck the online poker industry—so it’s not being released | MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW
The world of bluffs and tells is the latest game to be dominated by an AI system. Algorithmic victories are…
AI BRIEFS : July 2019
Translation advances are now posing a risk to jobs | VERDICT | July 31, 2019 | ‘Ofer Shoshan, CEO of…
Turing Lecture: Geoffrey Hinton and Yann LeCun | ACM 2019
Runs 1:31:50 Two of the principal architects of deep learning give their first-person account of its evolution and future. Geoffrey…
NBCUniversal Is Beta-Testing a New AI Ad Offering to Reach Consumers in the Proper Context | ADWEEK
Marketers are matching TV storylines with ads using machine learning, reports ADWEEK. For example, a driving scene could be followed…
AI BRIEFS: June 2019
Watch artificial intelligence predict Conan O’Brien’s gestures just from the sound of his voiceSCIENCE | June 21, 2019 | by Matthew Hutson…
Samsung uses AI to transform photos into talking head videos | ZDNET
Still images come to life in a AI model developed by Samsung at its Moscow research lab, ZDNET reports. With…
Teaching machines to write better adverts than humans | BBC
Algorithms are becoming better than humans at writing ad slogans. This BBC NEWS report gives an example of ‘have a…
A poetry-writing AI has just been unveiled. It’s … pretty good. | VOX
VOX tests the latest version of GPT-2, the controversial text-generating algorithm, and now you can too. A Toronto machine language…
Drowning in Research Reading? AI Could Help | INSIDE HIGHER ED
A new algorithm for summarizing text is reported by INSIDE HIGHER ED. Their account is about making piles of academic…
An AI pioneer explains the evolution of neural networks | WIRED
‘if you want to make a device do something intelligent, you’ve got two options: You can program it, or it…
A new way to build tiny neural networks could create powerful AI on your phone | MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW
MIT Technology Review reports on a research discovery that suggests some AI capabilities can use simpler processing, ultimately meaning more…
AI BRIEFS: May 2019
Hollywood is quietly using AI to help decide which movies to makeTHE VERGE | May 28, 2019 | by James…
The Future of A.I., According to Three New Books | NEW YORK TIMES
Three new titles consider how artificial intelligence will influence human thinking. THE NEW YORK TIMES presents a trio of reviews…
OpenAI wants to make ultrapowerful AI, but not in a bad way | WIRED
OpenAI’s stated mission is to ensure that all of humanity benefits from any future AI that’s capable of outperforming “humans at most…
AI model adds music to its repertoire
An AI technology that generates believable text now produces tunes, too. Both come from OpenAI, a California company dedicated to…
Brain signals translated into speech using artificial intelligence | NATURE
You could call it ‘speaking your mind’ — your words detected from your brainwaves, then decoded with an AI system…
First AI-generated textbook published by Springer
A 247-page publication about lithium-ion batteries is the first textbook authored by a computer, setting a new milestone in machine-generated…
Amazon Alexa now offers long-form news coverage in addition to Flash Briefings | TECHCRUNCH
46% of smart speaker owners ask for news and segment leader Amazon has begun offering US users enriched news briefings,…
AI BRIEFS: April 2019
AI writers will never replace quality content creatorsTHE DRUM | April 30, 2109 | by Andy Evans | ‘AI-generated content…
iFlytek | AI-DAY 2019
Runs 27:35 Presentation by iFlytek, named by MIT in 2017 as the most innovative company in China and number six…
The out-there AI ideas designed to keep the US ahead of China | MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW
MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW reports new details of a $2 billion plan for AI research by DARPA, the U.S. Defense Advanced…
AI BRIEFS: March 2019
Artificial Intelligence Can Now Write Amazing Content — What Does That Mean For Humans?FORBES | March 29, 2019 | by…
Why AI is a threat to democracy—and what we can do to stop it | MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW
‘The problem is our technology has become more and more sophisticated, but our thinking on what is free speech and…
Jill Lepore: Are Robots Competing for Your Job? | THE NEW YORKER
‘…in American history, panic about technological change is almost always tangled up with panic about immigration’ IN THE NEW YORKER…
A philosopher argues that an AI can’t be an artist | MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW
‘…the trumpet is not, itself, creative. Artificial-intelligence algorithms are more like musical instruments than they are like people.’ In MIT…
As artificial intelligence changes the world, it changes our language too | LSE BUSINESS REVIEW
‘Usually the new words flow from necessity and are created organically. But with AI, I am going to jump the…
Yael Eisenstat: The Real Reason Tech Struggles With Algorithmic Bias | WIRED
IN WIRED MAGAZINE former Facebook elections integrity head Yael Eisenstat observes the ‘move fast’ culture in tech means there is…