Can artificial intelligence be racist? Well, it depends. Let’s say you’re an African-American student at a school that uses facial recognition software. The school uses it to access the building and… (more…)

Ciao everyone! 2017 was one of the most productive and full of cool ideas and developments year in machine learning world. I think you… (more…)

Internet giants have vacuumed up the world's AI talent, but they still need more. Now they're trying to cultivate it in-house. (more…)

As AI systems become more general and more useful in the real world, ensuring they behave safely will become even more important. To date, the majority of AI safety research has focused on developing a theoretical understanding about the nature and causes... (more…)

Google DeepMind's artificial intelligence AlphaGo is a big advance but it will not get us to strong AI... (more…)