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The AI apocalypse is not that far-fetched
The view that AI-driven machines will outsmart humanity, take over the world and kill us all is easy to dismiss, but many AI experts take the apocalyptic perspective seriously.
Next-generation technology tipped to reboot Asian economies after smartphones peak
The technology boom powering Asia's economies is about to get a reboot. Explosive growth in new-era gadgets such as wearable devices and internet-linked home appliances is tipped to offset cooling sales of smartphones, which have already dinged Asia's tech manufacturers. "Where demand may be softening in ...
Artificial intelligence has a new challenge: whether and how to alert people who may not know they are talking to a robot. Tuesday, Google showed off a computer assistant that makes convincingly human-sounding phone calls, at least in its prerecorded demonstration. But the real people ...
Self-navigating AI learns to take shortcuts, outperforms human expert: study
A computer program modeled on the human brain has learned to navigate a virtual maze and take shortcuts, outperforming a flesh-and-blood expert, its developers said Wednesday. While artificial intelligence programs have recently made great strides in imitating human brain processing — in everything from recognizing ...
Google put the spotlight on its artificial intelligence smarts at its annual developers conference Tuesday, where it announced new features and services imbued with machine learning. The company's digital concierge, known only as the Google Assistant, is gaining new — if experimental — abilities to ...
Japanese researchers work to create AI capable of generating haiku from images
The development of artificial intelligence software that can write haiku based just on images is underway, with researchers hoping the project will improve how technology understands human emotion. A team of researchers and software developers led by Hidenori Kawamura, a 44-year-old professor at Hokkaido University's ...
Sony Bank, a unit of Sony Financial Holdings Inc., says it will introduce automated preliminary screening for housing loan applications using artificial intelligence technology. The system, use of which is scheduled to start Thursday, will shorten the preliminary screening process from the current two to ...
Japan looks to compile nursing care plans based on AI analysis
The health ministry is considering the use of artificial intelligence to draw up care plans for nursing care insurance recipients. The ministry will launch a national survey as early as August on how AI is being developed and on examples of AI use for nursing ...
Amazon reportedly working on another big bet: home robots
Ten years ago, Amazon introduced the Kindle and established the appeal of reading on a digital device. Four years ago, Jeff Bezos and company rolled out the Echo, prompting millions of people to start talking to a computer. Now Amazon.com Inc. is working on another ...
Diaper-makers deploy AI and app technology to help consumers learn about their products
Diaper-makers are working to help consumers choose products for adult users with the aid of artificial intelligence and social networking apps. Production of disposable adult diapers in Japan in 2017 rose some 5 percent from the previous year to a record 7.8 billion units, according ...
'The end of the poker face': New technology poised to read emotions
Dolby Laboratories chief scientist Poppy Crum tells of a fast-coming time when technology will see right through people no matter how hard they try to hide their feelings. Sensors combined with artificial intelligence can reveal whether someone is lying, infatuated or poised for violence, Crum ...
As the line between civilian and military research becomes increasingly permeable, researchers are increasingly forced to assess their involvment in programs that raise important moral and ethical questions.
