Using data science to beat cancer

 The complexity of seeking a cure for cancer has vexed researchers for decades. While they’ve made…

Crossing the AI chasm

 Every day brings another exciting story of how artificial intelligence is improving our lives. But for…

DeepMind’s updated AlphaGo has been secretly savaging pro players online

 Pokémon GO might have been the most talked about “Go” game of 2016, but the world…

Apple leaps into AI research with improved simulated + unsupervised learning

 Corporate machine learning research may be getting a new vanguard in Apple. Six researchers from the…

Microsoft’s plan to use machine learning to improve eyecare in India

 Competition that results in better care for people suffering from visual impairments is the right kind of…

HyperScience, with $18m in Series A funding, offers AI to solve back-office problems

 You can’t swing a bag of cats these days without hitting a company that’s working on…

Omnity search engine finds documents relevant to yours – regardless of language

 With the amount of published research, patents, white papers, and other written knowledge out there, it’s…

What kind of bird is that? Snap a picture and Merlin’s Photo ID app tells you

 Is that a bufflehead? A coot? Maybe a loon? Get close enough to take a picture…