Voyage is an A.I. gaming paradise where bots write the rules
Nick Walton, the creator of A.I. Dungeon, is launching a new gaming platform that gives subscribers access to games and A.I. tools.
Ups and downs of tech in 2021: A look back at the smart home
When we look back on 2021 a lot of us think it's been kind of a dull year for advancement and innovation when it comes to smart home gadgets, but has it?
Microsoft faces antitrust investigations over its $19.7 billion Nuance purchase
Microsoft purchased Nuance for $19.7 billion in April, but the deal is coming under antitrust scrutiny from European Union regulators.
The funny formula: Why machine-generated humor is the holy grail of A.I.
A.I. can beat us at games like chess, Jeopardy!, and even poker -- but it still can't tell a good joke. Here's why humor is such a huge challenge for machines.
Nvidia’s latest A.I. results prove that ARM is ready for the data center
Nvidia just published its latest MLPerf A.I. results, but with an interesting twist. The benchmarks include both ARM-based and x86 systems.
Facial recognition tech for bears aims to keep humans safe
A town in Japan is planning to use facial recognition on local brown bears as part of efforts to reduce the number of bear attacks.
Nvidia lowers the barrier to entry into A.I. with Fleet Command and LaunchPad
Nvidia announced its new A.I. LaunchPad program, which offers businesses a comprehensive set of A.I. tools in a pay-as-you-go model.
Ingenious new search and rescue drone finds people by listening for screams
Rather than relying on expensive and unreliable thermal cameras, this new search and rescue drone uses an array of microphones to zero in on cries for help.
IBM’s A.I. Mayflower ship is crossing the Atlantic, and you can watch it live
IBM's autonomous, A.I.-powered ship is currently on its way across the Atlantic Ocean -- and thanks to some amazing tech, you can watch the journey live
Can A.I. beat human engineers at designing microchips? Google thinks so
Google found that artificial intelligence is capable of designing microchips. A.I.-designed chips were better and made quicker than those made by human experts.
Read the eerily beautiful ‘synthetic scripture’ of an A.I. that thinks it’s God
Travis DeShazo fed an A.I. algorithm all of the world's major religious texts, and then trained it to spit out biblical-sounding synthetic scripture.
Nvidia is renting out its AI Superpod platform for $90K a month
Researchers will soon be able to access Nvidia's DGX supercomputer through an A.I.-as-a-service subscription for a more affordable $90,000-per-month fee.
This startup wants to deepfake clone your voice and sell it to the highest bidder
Veritone has the ability to clone your voice using deepfake technology, and it says the potential uses of the tech are virtually endless.
Google’s LaMDA is a smart language A.I. for better understanding conversation
At Google I/O, the search giant showed off its new A.I. language model that could make dialogue with machines more natural.
A.I. doesn’t usually forget anything, but Facebook’s new system does. Here’s why
Most A.I. systems are designed to remember absolutely everything they learn. But that's not always ideal, so Facebook decided to build one that forgets
How the USPS uses Nvidia GPUs and A.I. to track missing mail
You've got mail! But where is it? The USPS is leaning on A.I. at the edge and GPU-accelerated computing to help track and locate missing mail and packages.
Algorithmic architecture: Should we let A.I. design buildings for us?
For most of human history, architecture has been a human activity. Now, we can do it with algorithms. But should we?
This tech was science fiction 20 years ago. Now it’s reality
Twenty years is an eternity when you're talking about the pace of technological progress. All of these things were considered far-fetched 20 years ago
Emotion-sensing A.I. is here, and it could be in your next job interview
With the help of A.I. voice analysis, it's now possible to discern the emotions that a person feels while they speak. The implications of that are huge.
World’s Fair 2.0: The mission to resurrect the greatest tech expo of all time
The World's Fair was a technology expo that sparked the world's imagination in a way that no other has. It's time to resurrect it
Language supermodel: How GPT-3 is quietly ushering in the A.I. revolution
GPT-3 is best known as a text-generating system, but now that it's out in the wild, it's being used for far more than just written words.
Like a wearable guide dog, this backback helps Blind people navigate
We have computers in our pockets and rovers on Mars, yet we still don't have a good alternative to guide dogs and walking sticks. Until now, that is
The future of transportation: Self-driving cars? Try self-driving everything
Self-driving cars are further away than you think, but autonomous planes and trains are more or less here … and will shape transportation in the near future.
These apps use A.I. to automate your life and save you time
Looking for new apps? Get more done with these superb A.I. apps, all of which use artificial intelligence in creative ways to help make life a bit easier.
Women with Byte: Vivienne Ming’s plan to solve ‘messy human problems’ with A.I.
As a theoretical neuroscientist and A.I. expert, Dr. Vivienne Ming is on a mission to solve what she calls messy human problems with the help of A.I.
The future of surgery: AR, VR, and virtual learning will upend modern medicine
Hololens is like a smartphone for surgery, allowing doctors to collaborate, communicate, and plan procedures more efficiently. And it's only the beginning.
Phone-seeking search-and-rescue drone is like Find My iPhone with wings
With the help of some clever smartphone-sniffing technology, this innovative new search-and-rescue drone could help first responders save lives.
Chess. Jeopardy. Go. Why do we use games as a benchmark for A.I.?
For nearly as long as A.I. has existed, researchers have used games as a benchmark for intelligence. But why use games to test these systems?
Facebook’s new image-recognition A.I. is trained on 1 billion Instagram photos
Facebook has developed a powerful new image-recognition A.I. that's trained on over a billion public Instagram images. It could be a game changer
Summon this amazing Twitter bot to colorize your black-and-white photos
Colorizing black-and-white photos used to require hours of skilled work from a trained human, but this A.I. powered Twitter bot can make it happen in seconds.
The web is full of information trapped in unsearchable audio. Podz has a fix
Between podcasts, radio shows, and video, there are millions of hours of information locked away in audio on the web. This startup has a plan to free it.
An Amazon A.I. scientist wants to transform downtown Jackson, Mississippi
An Amazon A.I. researcher plans to turn seven buildings and about 500,000 square feet of downtown Jackson, Mississippi, into a technology park and incubator.
The Future of Sports: How biometric data and A.I. will revolutionize athletics
Through biometrics and artificial intelligence, tech is reshaping sports and the athlete of tomorrow. The goal: Solving the puzzle of human performance.
Why teaching robots to play hide-and-seek could be the key to next-gen A.I.
Artificial intelligence can do a lot of amazing things these days, but it's still not smart enough to play a simple game of hide and seek. Not yet, that is