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A New Investment Platform for Alternative Assets

Alt wants to transform investing by unlocking the value of alternative assets. Read more

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AI and Retail Innovation

Combining computer vision, sensors and AI, Trigo has raised $100 million to further enhance our grocery shopping experience. Read more

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Google Cloud Ecosystem Expands

Google Cloud continues to grow and expand its ecosystem. Read more

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Being Irresponsible About AI

The calls for “responsible AI” have led to new, irresponsible government regulation. Read more

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Timeline of Modern Computing

Key milestones in the journey from ENIAC to Tesla, from Data Processing to Big Data. Read more

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AI by the Numbers: Data Privacy or AI Supremacy?

Recent surveys, studies, forecasts and other quantitative assessments of the progress and impact of AI highlight the confusion and contradictory attitudes of consumers about the privacy of their data, the impact of AI on jobs, and the race for AI … Continue reading

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Why It’s Difficult to Make Predictions, Especially About the Future

The year 2020 has been featured in many predictions and long-term visions in the past, implying not only the terminal point for the forecast or planning period but also a crystal-clear crystal ball. Now that the year 2020 is our … Continue reading

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Shakey, the World’s First Mobile Intelligent Robot

Developed at the Artificial Intelligence Center of the Stanford Research Institute (SRI) from 1966 to 1972, SHAKEY was the world’s first mobile intelligent robot. According to the 2017 IEEE Milestone citation, it “could perceive its surroundings, infer implicit facts from explicit ones, … Continue reading

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Best of 2019: How AI Killed Google’s Social Network

[February 4, 2019] Facebook turns 15 today, after announcing last week a record profit and 30% revenue growth. Also today, “you will no longer be able to create new Google+ profiles, pages, communities or events,” in anticipation of the complete … Continue reading

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2018 Predictions: Artificial Intelligence (AI)

It is somewhat safe to predict that AI will continue to be at the top of the hype cycle in 2018. But the following 51 predictions also envision it becoming more practical and useful, automating some jobs and augmenting many … Continue reading

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