Opinion: Is AI still a nascent technology?
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The AI-powered system, built in Japan, was found to have a 94 percent accuracy rate. (more…)
Read more »A New AI Can Write Music as Well as a Human Composer
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Read more »How a Chinese AI Giant Made Chatting–and Surveillance–Easy
Alexa can tell you the weather. Siri knows a few jokes. In China, voice-computing company iFlytek built similar smart assistants beloved by users. But its tech is also helping the government listen in. (more…)
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