AI Is About to Learn More Like Humans—with a Little Uncertainty
Neural networks are all the rage right now. But they’re still flawed. So top tech companies are looking at new…
Inside Libratus, the Poker AI That Out-Bluffed the Best Humans
For almost three weeks, Dong Kim sat at a casino and played poker against a machine. But Kim wasn’t just…
A Mystery AI Just Crushed the Best Human Players at Poker
Another game just fell to the machines. The post A Mystery AI Just Crushed the Best Human Players at Poker…
Google’s Go-Playing Machine Opens the Door to Robots that Learn
Computers have taught themselves to master games through AI-powered versions of trial and error. Now robots are doing the same…
Artificial Intelligence Is About to Conquer Poker, But Not Without Human Help
No machine has ever beaten the top players at no-limit Texas Hold ‘Em. But this time it’s different. The post…
Microsoft Thinks Machines Can Learn to Converse by Making Chat a Game
Microsoft just bought a startup that’s embracing an AI technique typically used to master games—so it can teach machines to…
Move Over, Coders—Physicists Will Soon Rule Silicon Valley
As the technological challenges of tech companies get bigger and badder, a crowd of physicists is moving in on the…
Rival AIs Battle to Rule Poker (and Global Politics)
Two research groups are battling to build AI that can crack no-limit Texas Holds ‘Em. That could be useful—with auctions,…
Tesla Is Snatching Apple’s Stars to Make Itself the New Apple
Tesla is vacuuming up talent from Apple in a quest not to make a better car but to remake cars—and…
Bitcoin Will Never Be a Currency—It’s Something Way Weirder
A new kind of hedge fund bets that bitcoin is way more valuable if you don’t think about it mainly…