AI should not replace people, warns Microsoft boss
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It should make them more efficient

Microsoft’s Supreme Dalek, Satya Nadella, has warned companies against thinking that AI will replace people.

Turn off your telly if you use Alexa
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Monday, 09 January 2017 12:40

Turn off your telly if you use Alexa


You could end up ordering something you don’t want

Amazon’s Alexa seems to have a bit of problem playing nice with televisions.

AI replacing Japanese white collar workers
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Tuesday, 03 January 2017 12:02

AI replacing Japanese white collar workers


Beginning of the end


While most people have focused on factory robots and self-driving cars may kill off millions of jobs, the fact that AI will kill off white collar work has been quietly ignored.

Microsoft AR can help you find your keys
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Monday, 02 January 2017 13:00

Microsoft AR can help you find your keys


Hololens gives you a photographic memory


Software king of the world, Microsoft’s new AR Hololens tech is starting to look really cool, and it could be getting even better if a new patent is anything to go by.

Samsung to install AI in all its apps
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Wednesday, 28 December 2016 11:02

Samsung to install AI in all its apps


Viv will be omnipotent


Samsung might be trying to install its Viv AI in all its apps.

Apple formally enters the field of AI research with new paper
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Begins focus on improving synthetic training models


Earlier this month, Apple’s director of AI Research Russ Salakhutdinov announced that the company would soon begin publishing research in the field of artificial intelligence, suggesting that the company is keen on improving its relationships with academia and gaining some professional recognition in the process.

Hedge fund to replace Yuppie moneymen with AI
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Couldn’t happen to a nicer breed of people


While most people are worried about blue collar jobs being replaced by robots, it looks like the white collar money men have more to fear.

Virtual personal assistants will do a fifth of your smartphone's work
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Gartner dusts off its Crystal balls 

The divination unit of Gartner group has been dusting off its crystal balls for its solstice predictions and decided that by 2019, a fifth of all user interactions with the smartphone will take place via virtual personal assistants (VPAs).

Microsoft releases new AI chatbot
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Wednesday, 14 December 2016 11:49

Microsoft releases new AI chatbot


Zo has protection from racists


After its early incarnation of an AI chatbot Tay turned into a racist, Microsoft has had another go with a social bot called Zo.

Japan plans to build the world's largest super computer
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130 petaflops 

Japan's government  plans to build the world’s fastest-known supercomputer for developing and improving AI, driverless cars, robotics and medical diagnostics.