One Genius’ Lonely Crusade to Teach a Computer Common Sense
For decades, as the tech world passed him by, Doug Lenat has fed computers millions of rules for daily life. Is this the way to artificial common sense?

February 11, 2017 at 07:29AM
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So, what is Samsung’s Bixby AI assistant really made of?
It’s not clear if Bixby is based on technology from Viv Labs, or Samsung’s own S Voice software

February 11, 2017 at 07:29AM
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Google Pixel’s Assistant AI upgraded for smart home control
The AI helper is currently only available on the search giant’s smartphones, though.

February 11, 2017 at 07:29AM
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China’s Intelligent Weaponry Gets Smarter
The United States no longer has a strategic monopoly on a technology that is widely seen as the key factor in the next generation of warfare.

February 11, 2017 at 07:29AM
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It’s getting tougher to tell if you’re on the phone with a machine or human
And they’re composing their own music, too.

February 11, 2017 at 07:29AM
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The $10,500 robot arm that can build its coworkers
Also, it doesn’t stab people.

February 11, 2017 at 07:29AM
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The Future of Computers Is the Mind of a Toddler
Facebook and Google are trying to create artificial intelligence that mimics the human brain. First, they need to figure out how our own minds work.

February 11, 2017 at 07:29AM
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Republicans are ready to take down the FCC
Newly appointed FCC chairman Ajit Pai has already chipped away at net neutrality, slowed a program that assists low-income households with broadband access, and hurt efforts to reform exorbitant calling fees for inmates — and that’s just his first two weeks on the job.

February 10, 2017 at 04:52PM
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Valve is developing three full-length VR games in Unity and Source 2
“Right now we’re building three VR games,” Newell told reporters at a roundtable discussion at its offices in Seattle. “When I say we’re building three games, we’re building three full games, not experiments.”

February 10, 2017 at 04:15PM
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What’s So Bad About Instant Gratification?
Buried amid the literature extolling the character-building value of deferred gratification, however, are a few nuggets that give us hope for the human spirit in the always-on, always-now internet age.

February 10, 2017 at 04:15PM
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