Ford’s newest self-driving test cars have more compute power and better vision

 Ford has developed a new generation of autonomous development vehicle, a hybrid Fusion that uses the…

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…

Baidu and KFC’s new smart restaurant suggests what to order based on your face

 Baidu is demonstrating some of its most recent tech advancements in novel ways, including a partnership…

How technology is merging with the human body

 The gulf between “human” and “machine” is closing. Machine learning has enabled virtual reality to feel…

Semantic Machines hopes to best Google in the conversational AI game

 I believe it was Sartre who wisely said hell is conversational AI. Despite the best intentions of engineers,…

Facebook’s secretive hardware team signs rapid collaboration deal with 17 universities

 Facebook’s shadowy Building 8 research team needs help from academia to invent futuristic hardware. But today’s…

The White House’s report on AI and the economy warns of increasing inequality

 The White House has issued a sequel to its October report on how the U.S. should…

The top artificial intelligence stories of 2016

 Artificial intelligence is a phrase on everyone’s lips, but when you think about it, it’s rather…