SoundHound Inc., known for its music recognition app, raised $75 million to compete with the likes of Amazon.com Inc. and Google to build artificial intelligence that helps machines understand human voices.

Tech firms have developed AI that can learn how to write music. So will machines soon be composing symphonies, hit singles and bespoke soundtracks? (more…)

Apple's AI research lead has offered a deeper look at the company's autonomous driving progress. (more…)

The government thinks there’s more to AI, like improving public services and boosting productivity, writes Richard Wilson. Artificial intelligence (AI) may... (more…)

Recent advances in AI are best thought of as a drop in the cost of prediction. Prediction is useful because it helps improve decisions. But it isn’t the only input into decision-making; the other key input is judgment. Judgment is the process of determini... (more…)