O'Reilly Radar Podcast: David Beyer on AI adoption challenges, the complexities of getting an AI ROI, and the dangers of hype. (more…)

GE just acquired thirty machine learning specialists. How can a startup compete—even if the all the top AI talent doesn't move to Canada?

Recruiting software startup Eightfold AI said it was valued at $1 billion in a $125 million financing round led by General Catalyst. (more…)

Every home is becoming a smart home. As our houses are filling up with smart streaming devices, the "smart" and the price become critical. The future of digital life is about intelligent and dependable notifications. This is where AI says, “hold my beer.... (more…)

Amazon keeps us in clusters of like-behaved shoppers; Google of like-behaved searchers; and Facebook, tragically, of like-behaved citizens. Reliant on behavior data, the machine constrains us to what we have been, rather than what we wish or hope to becom... (more…)