Apple’s director of AI research Russ Salakhutd has announced at a conference that the company’s machine-learning researchers will be free to publish their findings. This is an apparent …

The abstract nature of AI is lulling some Fortune 500 CEOs to sleep. That is a problem. (more…)

AI true believers are fond of imagining a future in which infinitely self-improving AI will either wipe us off the planet or become our benevolent overlord. But the real danger of AI may be a lot m…...

WuXi NextCode, which collects genomic data to sequence and analyze DNA, announced today that it has closed a $240 million round led by Sequoia Capital China. Temasek, 3W Partners, and Jack Ma’s private equity firm, Yunfeng Capital, also participated. ... (more…)

Artificial intelligence made enormous strides in 2016, so it is fitting that one of the year’s hit TV shows was an exploration of what it means for machines to gain consciousness. But how close are…...