The European Union's Patent Office has issued a new ruling rejecting two patent applications submitted on the behalf of an AI program, claiming a human inventor is necessary. (more…)

Just plug it in for some extra AI processing power. (more…)

1. Bots go bust 2. Deep learning goes commodity 3. AI is cleantech 2.0 for VCs 4. MLaaS dies a second death 5. Full stack vertical AI startups actually work With AI in a full-fledged mania, 2017 will be the year of reckoning.... (more…)

Algorithm ensures fairer selection of citizens’ assemblies... (more…)

This is the second installment in a series. Read part 1 here. The ultimate root of the stupidity of AI systems, I argue, lies in their strictly algorithmic character. AI as presently understood is … (more…)