Schmidt shocked at China's AI power
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We need to call in our Asian friends to help out 

China's capabilities in artificial intelligence are "much closer than I thought" to catching up to the US, former Google chief executive Eric Schmidt told Nikkei Asia.

New York Times wades into Watson
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Apparently, it is not Applish enough

The New York Times, which long ago sacrificed its technology journalistic credibility to hawk Apple products, has waded into the IBM supercomputer Watson.

Canon insists workers smile
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An unhappy worker is an unemployed worker 

A new AI device from Canon refuses to admit workers into a building unless they are smiling.

Microsoft claims AI is neither artificial or intelligent
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The Vole nose

Microsoft researcher Kate Crawford has told the Guardian that AI as we know it is neither artificial or intelligent.

Amazon’s routing algorithm forces drivers into traffic
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If only there was good AI software to do the job

The routing algorithm designed for its Flex app by Amazon’s research scientists often makes Amazon delivery drivers cross two- or three-lane highways.