Chatbots are already being used in a variety of industries — and now those in the legal industry are finding ways to experiment with artificial intelligence (AI). Last year, a chatbot called DoNotPay, that helps users appeal parking tickets for free in the U.K., became available in...
It won’t be medicine — or manufacturing, human resources, commerce or logistics. No, when it comes to the biggest immediate impact that artificial intelligence (AI) will have upon the world, financial services will likely take that honor — a looming prize that provides fresh opportunity...
Bank of America and Harvard University have collaborated on a new initiative designed to make the complex technologies behind artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) more universally beneficial and accessible to the global workforce. The mission of the newly formed Council on the Responsible Use...
For many, Siri was the first voice-activated assistant they ever used — when it launched back in 2011, there was nothing else like it. The road to that launch, incidentally, was reportedly quite dramatic. According to The Information, and based on interviews with over a...
Babylon, the digital health startup out of the U.K., inked a deal with Samsung in which it will provide consumers with access to artificial intelligence-enabled doctors via smartphones. According to a report in the Financial Times, Samsung has agreed to preinstall the technology into its...
IBM Research announced news on Wednesday (May 23) of the introduction of IBM Crypto Anchor Verifier, a new technology that relies on artificial intelligence (AI) and optical imaging to prove the identity and authenticity of objects. In a blog post, IBM said it is rolling...
There’s good news and there’s bad news this week in the world of securing voice-activated, artificial intelligence-powered platforms. First, the bad news: There are two new, clever ways to exploit weaknesses in both the Amazon Echo and Google Home line of products that make it...
Emergence Capital has raised a $435 million fund to invest in companies that use artificial intelligence (AI) to help people increase their work productivity. Founded in 2003, San Francisco-based Emergence’s early thematic investments were in SaaS and industry-focused Cloud companies, as well as in technology...
The tech giants are racing to see who can make their artificial intelligence (AI) the least artificial and the most human-like. Now, Microsoft has become the latest to make a move, announcing Monday (May 21) that it has acquired Berkeley, California-based AI startup Semantic Machines....
