Big data could help community colleges better predict how industries are changing so they can tailor their IT courses and other programs. After all, if Amazon can forecast what consumers will buy and prestock items in their warehouses to meet the expec...

The same kind of artificial intelligence that beat a top human player at Go could help grapple with the astonishing complexity of large quantum systems... (more…)

Six areas of AI that are particularly noteworthy in their ability to impact the future of digital products and services.

In preparation for this week’s UN Convention on Conventional Weapons in Geneva, Switzerland, the Future of Life Institute has released a disturbing sci-fi short that shows what might happen if we fail to place an international moratorium on autonomous kil... (more…)

Alan Du, a venture capitalist and World Series of Poker veteran, was in his fifth day of matching wits against his stone-cold opponent -- and his losses were piling up. (more…)