Norman – first psychopathic artificial intelligence
No, it’s not a new horror film. It’s Norman: also known as the first psychopathic artificial intelligence, just unveiled by US researchers. The goal is to explain in layman’s terms how algorithms…
AI better at finding skin cancer than doctors
A computer was better than human dermatologists at detecting skin cancer in a study that pitted human against a machine in the quest for better, faster diagnostics, researchers said Tuesday. A team…
France to spend $1.8 billion on AI to compete with US, China
PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron promised 1.5 billion euros ($1.85 billion) of public funding into artificial intelligence by 2022 in a bid to reverse a brain drain and catch up with the…
France must win Artificial Intelligence ‘arms race’, says Macron
PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron has set his sights on artificial intelligence as the next technological frontier France cannot afford to miss, and will launch a major “offensive” this week, officials said…
Google’s Clips camera aims to bring AI into home gadgets
Babies, dogs, and artificial intelligence. Alphabet’s Google is betting this combination proves irresistible with the launch of Google Clips, a pocket-sized digital camera that decides on its own whether an image is…
Top experts warn against ‘malicious use’ of AI
Artificial intelligence could be deployed by dictators, criminals and terrorists to manipulate elections and use drones in terrorist attacks, more than two dozen experts said Wednesday as they sounded the alarm over…
Paris to get an artificial intelligence research centre courtesy Google
PARIS: Google on Monday announced it will open a research centre in Paris devoted to artificial intelligence, following a meeting between the tech giant’s boss and French President Emmanuel Macron. “The different…
International conference on emerging technologies: Chairman HEC for translating opportunities into reality
ISLAMABAD: Higher Education Commission (HEC) Chairman Dr Mukhtar Ahmed has stressed on the need for translating the opportunities created by new technologies into reality while ensuring a positive use of advanced gadgets. He said that…
Scientists make breakthrough towards creating artificial life
CHICAGO: In a major step toward creating artificial life, US researchers have developed a living organism that incorporates both natural and artificial DNA and is capable of creating entirely new, synthetic proteins.…
UK Govt claims to introduce driverless cars by 2021
British Finance Minister Philip Hammond will announce £75 million ($99 million) funding for Artificial Intelligence (AI) and plans to put driverless cars on UK roads by 2021 in his budget speech. Hammond…
Microsoft apologises for AI chatbot Tay’s racist comments
Microsoft is “deeply sorry” for the racist and sexist Twitter messages generated by the so-called chatbot it launched this week, a company official wrote on Friday, after the artificial intelligence program went on…
Tay, Microsoft’s AI chatbot, gets a crash course in racism from Twitter
Courtesy The Guardian Microsoft’s attempt at engaging millennial with artificial intelligence has backfired hours into its launch, with waggish Twitter users teaching its chatbot how to be racist. The company launched a verified Twitter…
Go champion strikes back to beat Google’s DeepMind AI for first time
A champion Go player scored his first win over Go-playing computer software on Sunday after losing three straight times in the ancient Chinese game. Lee Sedol’s victory over AlphaGo served as a…