Microsoft has been investing in the promise of artificial intelligence for more than 25 years — and this vision is coming to life with new chatbot Zo, Cortana Devices SDK and Skills Kit, and expansion of intelligence tools.

In past decades, technology has replaced many routine tasks with automation. Now AI and robotics are enabling computers to do more complex work and white-col... (more…)

A Pentagon video obtained by The Intercept envisions a dystopian future for global megacities as populations in the developing world shift from rural to dense urban environments. Although the problems discussed are politically and socially complex,...

While AI systems can match many human capabilities, they take 10 times longer to learn. Now, by copying the way the brain works, Google DeepMind has built a machine that is closing the gap. (more…)

If you are a weed, we have some somber news. John Deere, the farm equipment company that's been chasing autonomous technology for more than 20 years, has agreed to buy Blue River Technology, a startup that uses AI to automatically identify and spray herbi... (more…)