Month: October 2017
May to warn tech firms on terror content
Image copyright Reuters Technology companies must go “further and faster” in removing extremist content, Theresa May is to tell the United Nations general assembly. The prime minister will also host a meeting with other world leaders and Facebook, Microsoft and Twitter. [AdSense-A] She will challenge social networks and search engines to find fixes to take […]
Where human intelligence outperforms AI
David Kline Contributor David Kline is a journalist, author and intellectual property strategist. More posts by this contributor: A new (old) way for product makers to defeat patent roadblocks With every new trend comes a counter-trend. And so despite the current excitement over the wonders of artificial intelligence, one company is betting that human intelligence can […]
Google CEO Sundar Pichai: ‘I don’t know whether humans want change that fast’
From artificial intelligence to cheap smartphones, Google is on the frontline of technological development. But is it growing too big and moving too fast? A rare interview with Google’s boss. When Sundar Pichai was growing up in Chennai, south-east India, he had to make regular trips to the hospital to pick up his mother’s […]
Bill Gates: ‘Control+Alt+Delete’ should have been one button
Image: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images Bill Gates has one regret: The two-handed maneuver “Control+Alt+Delete” shortcut that was once required to reboot any Windows computer. He publicly conceded this Wednesday while on stage at Bloomberg’s Global Business Forum, in New York City, CNNMoney reported. “If I could make one small edit, I’d make that a single key,” […]
Intel’s new ‘self-learning’ chip is designed to act like a human brain
Image: intel Intel just introduced a new type of chip that could have big implications for artificial intelligence. The company is experimenting with a new “self-learning” chip that’s designed to learn like the human brain. [AdSense-A] SEE ALSO: Facebook AI researchers are teaching bots to have human-like expressions Called the “Intel Loihi test chip,” the […]