Google research manager Samy Bengio, who oversaw the company’s AI ethics group until a controversy led to the ouster of two female leaders, resigned on Tuesday to pursue other opportunities. (more…)

EnsoData has quadrupled the size of its customer base in each of the past two years. (more…)

Alexa Fund company releases updated and streamlined skill for Alexa that includes "AI Lullaby" soundscape with vocals, music, and voiceovers by Grimes. (more…)

tl;dr: Artificial intelligence is likely to become more powerful than humans some day. Most superintelligent systems will by default develop instrumental subgoals that conflict with human interests. This could have catastrophic consequences. If we don't a... (more…)

The CRM pioneer Tom Siebel wants a third mega-success under his belt. (more…)