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…)

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…)

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…)

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…)

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…)