Why bother with messy official approvals, tedious legal and privacy assessments, or even ethics when cops use facial recognition? 'Feel free to run wild with your searches,' says Clearview. (more…)

Chess isn't an easy game, by human standards. But for an artificial intelligence powered by a formidable, almost alien mindset, the trivial diversion can be mastered in a few spare hours. (more…)

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Sentient Technologies won't disclose its performance, but is being closely watched by the finance and artificial intelligence communities.

Last month, I decided to give five grants of $5,000 each to people pursuing open source AI projects (a few days later, five grants became… (more…)