Robert Mercer, who bankrolled Donald Trump, played key role with ‘sinister’ advice on using Facebook data... (more…)

Facebook AI researchers are developing techniques to teach bots how to carry out negotiations with humans and others bots. Results of initial work in this area will be open-sourced today, and initial results will be submitted to Arxiv for peer review. ... (more…)

Amazon's latest Echo family product takes voice-activated selfies and short videos to help you sift through your wardrobe. (more…)

Element AI, a Canadian artificial intelligence startup backed by one of the field’s leading scientists, raised $102 million in new funding as it seeks to assert itself in an industry quickly being taken over by internet giants such as Alphabet Inc. and Am... (more…)

More than any other part of this blog series, what we talk about today will have the most impact on whether machines are going to replace doctors anytime soon. We are going to start exploring the c… (more…)