Artificial Intelligence News Issue 24

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News by Nathan Parde The first-ever workshop on Artificial Intelligence for Cyber Security (AICS) was held on 12 February as part of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence's (AAAI) annual conference in Phoenix, Arizona.

DailyDirt: Does It Take A Village To Teach Artificial Intelligence? | Techdirt The accomplishments of artificial intelligence are making it a popular topic in the news again, both for its wins and its (apparent) failures. General artificial intelligence hasn't quite lived up to its full potential yet, but more open source AI projects could help speed up development.

Amazon's conference on robotics and artificial intelligence shrouded in mystery - Fourth Source This week, Amazon hosted an exclusive conference that brought together big names from fields such as space exploration, robotics, and artificial intelligence. The event, which was held at the Parker Palm Springs Resort in California, was invite-only and received almost no publicity.

Oakland-based art and tech studio 💾🌵 takes critical look at A.I. Artificial intelligence is not as advanced as you may think. Sure, it's technologically advanced, but it lacks a general understanding of what's socially acceptable to say, the real world and the way humans interact. In the last couple of months, Microsoft has had a couple of failed attempts with artificial intelligence.

The biggest mystery in AI right now is the ethics board that Google set up after buying DeepMind Google's artificial intelligence (AI) ethics board, established when Google acquired London AI startup DeepMind in 2014, remains one of the biggest mysteries in tech, with both Google and DeepMind refusing to reveal who sits on it.

COLUMN: The limits of artificial intelligence Most of us probably don't live with the constant fear of a robot uprising, but it's still scary and exciting to know how far artificial intelligence has come. Some of us might hope for a future with robot maids from "The Jetsons" and comedic Benders from "Futurama."

Artificial Intelligence and Classrooms: Will It Help or Hurt? Is artificial intelligence the next big wave in ed-tech offerings? NPR reports that Pearson, the world's largest education company, says artificial intelligence is already showing up in classrooms and could offer plenty in the way of assessment. An example of artificial intelligence at work in classrooms could entail software to provide instant feedback regarding students' knowledge, progress and method of learning.

Martin Ford Interview: The Relevance of Artificial Intelligence "The robots are coming" is not something Paul Revere said during the American Revolution, but it is certainly something many people have uttered over the years. So have we finally reached the tipping point where artificial intelligence and robots will begin to take over human jobs en masse?

Yellow Messenger: Artificial Intelligence-based app to discover, shop for products - Tech2 Chat apps are very popular and arguably, most people would prefer engaging in a chat conversation rather than make a phone call. Going by recent buzz, it's apparent that tech giants are planning to bring chat conversations to advertisers and marketers. But there are many startups out there already using chat conversations to simplify user queries.

Amazon Brings Artificial Intelligence To The Smart Home Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) are each pursuing unique visions of the smart home, the home as an ever-connected smart device. Home automation has been around as long as the PC, but is still struggling to find the right user interface and functionality that will make this compelling.