The Department of Energy’s super-computing facilities are dramatically speeding up the search for a cure for COVID-19 with new kinds of neural network designs and a novel computer from Silicon Valley startup Cerebras. (more…)

Both studios have come under fire this week for using AI-generated images in a documentary and posters for Civil War respectively... (more…)

Humans have officially given their voice to machines. A research paper published by Google this month—which has not been peer reviewed—details a text-to-speech system called Tacotron 2, which claims near-human accuracy at imitating audio of a person speak... (more…)

With the release of Ghostery 8, the popular ad-blocker introduces artificial intelligence and a whole new level of usability for beginners. (more…)

I will be resigning from Baidu, where I have been leading the company’s AI Group. Baidu’s AI is incredibly strong, and the team is stacked up and down with talent; I am confident AI at Baidu will… (more…)