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Ray Kurzweil is building a chatbot for Google
Posted in Business on 28th May, 2016
by Alex Muller
At a recent exponential technology conference Kurzweil says he and his team at Google are building a chatbot, and that it will be released sometime later this year.
More on the OpenAI "Robot Gym" for Artificial Intelligence Training
Posted in Science on 9th May, 2016
by Alex Muller
Elon Musk has developed a $1 billion-program "Robot Gym" to train AI. He says he wanted the robots to be as versatile as humans when it comes to thinking.
Paul Allen doubles down on artificial intelligence research in Seattle
Posted in Software on 2nd Apr, 2016
by Alex Muller
Allen's AI2 project is attempting a much bigger challenge than Go; teaching a computer to be a mastermind in all disciplines of science.
Exploring the risks of artificial intelligence
Posted in Software on 21st Mar, 2016
by Alex Muller
'Science has not yet mastered prophecy. We predict too much for the next year and yet far too little for the next ten.'
South Korean government announces nearly $1 billion in AI funding
Posted in Software on 17th Mar, 2016
by Alex Muller
SK announced it would spend 1T won (US$840 million) by 2020 to forward AI. It seems that everyone wants to get in on the AI revolution.