Billionaire investor, Facebook board member, and Trump supporter Peter Thiel recently called on the FBI and CIA to investigate Google for the “seemingly treasonous” act of aiding the Chinese military.
Facebook’s poker-playing artificial intelligence Pluribus has successfully beaten a dozen world-class Texas hold ’em players including Christ “Jesus” Ferguson in a recent match.
A cyber-security firm says that criminals are able to steal millions by using “deepfaked” audio to fool financial controllers into transferring them money by making them believe they are speaking to the company’s CEO.
“If we continue this battle going on the last three years for another four … China is going to be in 5G. AI is going to be owned by them,” Biden said.
A new wave of start-up companies wants to replace hiring managers with A.I. software that conduct interviews.
Microsoft has reportedly refused to provide California law enforcement with access to its facial recognition technology for use in police body cameras and cars.
Tech giant Microsoft has reportedly been working on artificial intelligence research with a Chinese military-run university, recent reports claim that the research could be used for both surveillance and censorship.
Peter Schweizer explained Google’s procurements of political compliance from ostensibly conservative figures via donations.
A member of Google’s A.I. ethics board, which was recently disbanded following employee complaints about the inclusion of a conservative on the board, is reportedly furious over the situation.
Google employees smear the Heritage Foundation’s president as a “vocal bigot,” “transphobe,” and “exterminationist.”
Thousands of Employees at tech giant Google have reportedly signed an open letter protesting the inclusion of conservatives on Google’s new A.I. ethics council.
“He stated strongly that he is totally committed to the U.S. Military, not the Chinese Military,” Trump wrote. “Also discussed political fairness and various things that Google can do for our Country.”
Employees at Google are once again unhappy with the company after the appointment of conservative Kay Cole James to the company’s newly formed A.I. advisory council.
Facial recognition software’s struggle to identify transgender and “nonbinary” people could have dangerous results in the future, according to a report from Vice’s Motherboard.
IBM’s new A.I. took to the stage recently to battle with a champion debater — the artificial intelligence lost the debate but showed just how far A.I. has come in recent years.
The Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT) this week announced an ambitious “experimental program for intelligent weapons systems” that recruited several dozen teenagers with exceptional high-school grades to design killer robots.
Amazon reportedly shut down an artificial intelligence-powered recruitment tool after it repeatedly discriminated against female candidates.
Google will reportedly not be bidding on the JEDI contract, a massive Department of Defense cloud computing contract worth $10 billion, with the company citing its “A.I. Principles” for its refusal to bid.
Tech giant Google and social media giant Facebook are reportedly teaming up to develop new artificial intelligence technology.
In Julian Assange’s final interview before Ecuadorian officials shut off his internet access, the WikiLeaks founder told the World Ethical Data Forum in Barcelona, Spain, that artificial intelligence will replace capitalism, not only by transforming current industries but creating “whole new sectors.”
Chinese government officials and business leaders called for global cooperation to advance artificial intelligence (AI) at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, China, on Monday.
A.I. is a bigger concern than terrorism or climate change, according to the new head of the British Science Association.
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey stated in a recent tweet that artificial intelligence may soon be used to determine “credible voices” on the social media platform.
Thousands of tech leaders pledged this week to not develop lethal autonomous weapons and called on governments to create laws and regulations around such weapons.
Facebook can now use artificial intelligence to alter user selfies to fix common issues such as blinking during a photo.
Uber is attempting to patent A.I. technology which would determine whether potential passengers are drunk, to “reduce undesired consequences.”
Google promised that their artificial intelligence would not be used for weaponry, following criticism over their contract with the Pentagon.
Google will not renew their artificial intelligence contract with the Pentagon, following both internal and external complaints, according to a report.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology fed some of the internet’s seedier bits to an A.I. and came out with something more than a little creepy.
In an article on Wednesday, the New York Times revealed how Google’s contract with the Pentagon created an identity crisis at the company, and how Google Cloud’s Chief Scientist for A.I. Fei-Fei Li warned colleagues against mentioning weaponized artificial intelligence to the press and public.
London hospitals will soon replace doctors and nurses with artificial intelligence for various medical tasks, according to a report.
Senators Joni Ernst (R-IA) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) introduced legislation on Wednesday to create a National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence.
Self-driving shuttles powered by Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) are coming to the streets of one booming Texas city this summer.
In his annual Founders’ Letter, the Alphabet president stress the need for “thoughtfulness and responsibility” in the way we approach new technology.
Google is developing a new deep learning system that can pick out a single voice from a crowd of people — here is how the technology works.
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has called for greater regulation of Silicon Valley companies and particularly artificial intelligence, to stop the spread of “fake news.”
As he scans the news about tech abuses—from violating privacy, to manipulating the news, to mowing down pedestrians with driverless cars—Virgil is reminded that this year marks the 200th anniversary of the publication of Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel, Frankenstein.
An editorial in China’s state-run Global Times this week called for a national strategy to displace the United States as the world leader in artificial intelligence technology.
A fascinating New York Times article on “deepfake” technology published on Sunday made it clear that artificial intelligence is already raising concerns about propaganda, identity theft, and national security not easily addressed. Even in its infancy, A.I. already has the power to ruin lives and perhaps destabilize nations.
A new report from Cambridge University warns that rogue states, criminal gangs, and terrorist organizations could use artificial intelligence technology to wreak untold havoc in the very near future.
