Researchers at AI Now say algorithms increasingly used by government can be opaque and discriminatory. (more…)

The past few years have seen rapid advances in machine learning, with new technologies achieving dramatic improvements in technical performance. But we can go beyond optimizing objective functions. By building AI systems with users in mind from the ground... (more…)

Cloud didn't make the scientific method irrelevant in '08—AI won't do it in '17, either. (more…)

It’s looking increasingly likely that artificial intelligence (AI) will be the harbinger of the next technological revolution. When it develops to the poin... (more…)

Google's AI, AlphaZero taught itself chess by playing itself several times for 4 hours. It then proceeded to defeat Stockfish 8 convincingly over a 100-game match. (more…)