Stellar Emerges From Shadow of Bitcoin to Find a Home Overseas
Bitcoin hasn’t freed currency from the grip of governments just yet. But cross-border commerce may be the blockchain’s killer app…
Uber Buys a Mysterious Startup to Make Itself an AI Company
Uber is trying to move way beyond ride-sharing. The post Uber Buys a Mysterious Startup to Make Itself an AI…
In OpenAI’s Universe, Computers Learn to Use Apps Like Humans Do
OpenAI’s hope is that its new tool can drive the development of machines with the same kind of flexible brain…
Google’s AI Reads Retinas to Prevent Blindness in Diabetics
Artificial brains built by Google can recognize cats in photos. Now they’re gaining a more serious kind of sight to…
Google’s Hand-Fed AI Now Gives Answers, Not Just Search Results
Deep learning is changing how Google’s search engine works. But its new-found efficiency takes a lot of painstaking human work…
So 2016 Was Not the Year Messaging Changed Your Life
The grand promise was that apps for chatting with friends and family will transform how everyone communicates with businesses. But…
Google, Facebook, and Microsoft Are Remaking Themselves Around AI
Artificial intelligence is not only reshaping the technology these tech giants use but how they organize and operate their businesses.…
Intel Looks to a New Chip to Power the Coming Age of AI
The world’s largest chip maker is building a chip just for machine learning as the biggest tech companies look to…
Giant Corporations Are Hoarding the World’s AI Talent
GE just acquired thirty machine learning specialists. How can a startup compete—even if the all the top AI talent doesn’t…
OpenAI Joins Microsoft on the Cloud’s Next Big Front: Chips
Elon Musk’s OpenAI lab is tapping into the Microsoft Cloud—and that’s a sign the cloud computing market is on the…