Microsoft and Google are bringing ads to their AI search experiences. But users don’t always find it helpful. (more…)

What would you do if you walked up to a robot with a human-like head and it smiled at you first? You'd likely smile back and perhaps feel the two of you were genuinely interacting. But how does a robot know how to do this? Or a better question, how... (more…)

With a new race underway to create the next teaching chatbot, IBM’s abandoned 5-year, $100M ed push offers lessons about AI’s promise and its limits. (more…)

What does performance mean when discussing artificial intelligence? Many minds are working the problem, but not yet in a unified manner. (more…)

Company after company is swallowing the hype, only to be forced into embarrassing walkbacks by anti-AI backlash, writes Ed Newton-Rex, founder of Fairly Trained... (more…)