Elon Musk disses Mark Zuckerberg’s understanding of AI
Alexa, order popcorn. It’s the battle of the billionaires: Elon Musk, who has warned repeatedly that AI may be our greatest existential threat, says Mark Zuckerberg’s understanding of artificial...
View ArticleYouTube: AI a big help in fight against terror content
YouTube, which a few months ago lost advertisers because of the terrorism-related content on its platform, says AI is proving to be a big help. “Over 75 percent of the videos we’ve removed for violent...
View ArticleOn Topic: Tech news to know now
Here’s what’s going on in tech on Monday… –Elon Musk takes to Twitter to say that artificial intelligence (AI) carries “vastly more risk” than the threat from North Korea. —Merck CEO Kenneth Frazier...
View ArticleElon Musk predicts World War III over AI
Elon Musk is predicting the cause of the third world war — and no, he’s not talking about one sparked by North Korea’s nuclear tests. He’s talking about artificial intelligence, as he often has lately....
View ArticleTechies fleeing to Canada in the age of Trump: report
President Donald Trump’s far-right base often complains that big tech companies such as Google, Facebook and Twitter are censoring conservative views and imposing a nefarious liberal ideology on...
View ArticleSelf-driving cars? Anthony Levandowski wants to create an AI god
Somebody call Elon Musk, worrier-in-chief about AI: Anthony Levandowski, the former Google engineer at the heart of the legal battle between Waymo and Uber over self-driving vehicles, is also the head...
View ArticleGoogle Clips: Camera with ‘new angle,’ or a return to creepy?
Is Google bringing creepy back? Some of the reaction to Google Clips, one of the many gadgets the company unveiled Wednesday, is approaching the Google Glass-creep level. Clips is a $249 clip-on camera...
View ArticleFacebook taps artificial intelligence to help prevent suicides
Facebook on Monday said it’s using artificial intelligence to detect whether someone is likely expressing thoughts of suicide in a post or live video. The tech firm has been grappling with how to...
View ArticleMicrosoft, Alibaba AI programs beat humans in a Stanford reading test
First, it was chess. Then it was Go. Now it’s basic reading comprehension. The robots are coming. Two artificial intelligence programs created by Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba and Microsoft beat...
View ArticleGoogle Brain founder Andrew Ng creates $175 million AI Fund
Silicon Valley is increasingly betting that artificial intelligence will be the next breakthrough technology, and its latest stake is a new venture fund led by a respected AI expert. Andrew Ng is...
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