A couple of minutes ago, my colleagues once again tried to ask Alexa about the pandemic. The result was predictable. For the umpteenth time, I was told that artificial intelligence is not smart at all, and that I, as a programmer, should be ashamed of the... (more…)
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KITT.AI, a startup spun out of the Seattle-based Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence in 2015 and backed by investors including Amazon’s Alexa Fund,... (more…)
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Alphabet Inc's Google this year moved to tighten control over its scientists' papers by launching a "sensitive topics" review, and in at least three cases requested authors refrain from casting its technology in a negative light, according to internal com... (more…)
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) is being hailed as the latest example of a
General Purpose Technology that could transform productivity and help tackle
important societal challenges. This outcome is however not guaranteed: a myopic
focus on short-term benefi... (more…)
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GPT-3 has been making news recently, so it’s worth taking a look to understand what it is and how it might help with customer support. (more…)
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