Can you make an AI that isn’t ableist?

IBM researcher Shari Trewin on why bias against disability is much harder to squash than discrimination based on gender or race. Read more »

Uber has cracked two classic ’80s video games by giving an AI algorithm a new type of memory

An algorithm that remembers previous explorations in Montezuma’s Revenge and Pitfall! could make computers and robots better at learning how to succeed in the real world. Read more »

A US attempt to keep AI out of China’s hands could actually help China

Proposed restrictions on the export of AI technologies risk making American businesses lose their competitive edge. Read more »

What is machine learning? We drew you another flowchart

It pretty much runs the world. Read more »

One of the fathers of AI is worried about its future

Yoshua Bengio wants to stop talk an AI arms race, and make the technology more accessible to the developing world. Read more »

Machine learning, meet quantum computing

A quantum version of the building block behind neural networks could be exponentially more powerful. Read more »

Technology innovations: The future of AI and Blockchain

A survey conducted at the EmTech MIT conference, September 11-14, 2018, and online, yielded some interesting responses on how technology is changing our lives. Read more »

The rare form of machine learning that can spot hackers who have already broken in

Darktrace’s unsupervised-learning models sound the alarm before intruders can cause serious damage. Read more »

Humans + bots: Tension and opportunity

How top global brands blend human skills and AI to build customer intimacy and drive growth. Read more »

The US military is testing stratospheric balloons that ride the wind so they never have to come down

A sensor that can spot the wind direction from miles away will let DARPA’s surveillance balloons hover at the very edge of space in one spot indefinitely. Read more »