A large team of computer scientists and engineers at IBM Research has developed a dedicated computer chip that is able to run AI-based image recognition apps 22 times as fast as chips that are currently on the market. (more…)

Why bother with messy official approvals, tedious legal and privacy assessments, or even ethics when cops use facial recognition? 'Feel free to run wild with your searches,' says Clearview. (more…)

The telecoms giant plans to shed up to 40% of its workforce by the end of the decade to cut costs. (more…)

Panelists: Daniel Kahneman, Gary Marcus, Susan Schneider, Jürgen Schmidhuber, Jaan Tallinn Filmed October 2016.

Machines seem to be getting smarter and smarter and much better at human jobs, yet true AI is utterly implausible. Why?