As is usually the case with fast-advancing technologies, AI has inspired massive FOMO , FUD and feuds. Some of it is deserved, some of it… (more…)

Furniture shopping has traditionally had two major limitations: inventory and imagination. The typical retail customer’s crap shoot: walk into a showroom, examine the limited number of offerings on the floor and pick out something, even if it’s not exactl... (more…)

Discussions about the ethics, safety, and societal impact of Artificial Intelligence seem to come back to the same cultural touch points found in AI stories that warn of worst-case scenarios. Whether in press coverage or in policy position papers, we kee... (more…)

John Giannandrea, who leads AI at Google, is worried about intelligent systems learning human prejudices. (more…)

The cofounder of China’s SenseTime Group was visiting New York to encourage more collaboration with the US on artificial intelligence (AI) when he heard the news: US President Donald Trump’s administration had blacklisted his company. So much for more coo... (more…)