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Google’s AlphaGO AI to take on the reigning Go world champion
It has been less than three months since Google’s AlphaGo artificial intelligence managed to defeat Lee Sedol in an astounding 4-1 victory, and now it looks like the AI will once again be put to the test as it competes against Ke Jie, who is currently ranked as the top Go player in the world. During ...
You can totally trust your privacy with Google, says Google
Privacy has been a growing concern for many people in the technology industry, with major companies like Apple and Google going head to head with government agencies regarding what sort of information can and cannot be shared from their users. Organizations like the FBI and NSA have been pushing for tech companies to intentionally leave security ...
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin awarded major NASA contract
NASA has announced that it has awarded one of its Flight Opportunities program contracts to Blue Origin, the aeronautics firm headed by Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos. According to NASA, the contract will enable Blue Origin to “integrate and fly technology payloads near the boundary of space.” Blue Origin is the sixth private aeronautics ...
Snapchat reportedly has more daily users than Twitter
Twitter Inc has been struggling to stay relevant over the last few years amid reports of stagnant user growth and sinking share values, but meanwhile, Snapchat Inc’s social sharing and chat app has handily taken up Twitter’s slack and now boasts a few million more users per day. According to Bloomberg, analysts estimate that Snapchat now ...
The power of AI should “not be concentrated in the hands of a few,” says Elon Musk
Tesla Motors and SpaceX founder Elon Musk has been very vocal about his concerns over artificial intelligence research and the potential it has to disrupt our way of living for better or worse, and now during Recode’s recent Code Conference, Musk elaborated on how he intends to fight against the potential for the abuse of ...
Google’s artsy AI composes its first song
Last month, Google revealed its Magenta artificial intelligence project, which is dedicated to developing AI that are capable of creating various types of art, including music. The company gave a brief demonstration of its new program in action during Moogfest 2016, and now Google has released the first complete song created almost entirely by the ...
Lifebeam launches Kickstarter for an AI fitness instructor called Vi
Artificial intelligences may not be able to exercise themselves (yet), but that does not mean they cannot help you get into shape. New York-based wearable tech company Lifebeam Technologies Ltd. has launched a new Kickstarter campaign for Vi, an AI personal trainer that aims to give users personalized advice to maximize their exercise routines. The ...
AMD’s Radeon RX 480 offers respectable VR performance for only $199
Nvidia corp already wowed PC graphics enthusiasts last month when it announced its new high-end graphics processing units (GPUs), the GTX 1080 and GTX 1070. Now, Nvidia’s biggest competitor Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD) has made its own reveal with the Radeon RX 480, a $199 GPU that will be the first to use its new 14nm Polaris architecture. ...
Amazon has built a browser version of Alexa at Echosim.io
E-commerce giant Amazon has released an online version of its Alexa smart device platform that you can now access via your internet browser at Echosim.io. The new tool uses your computer’s microphone to listen to commands much like the real Amazon Echo device, but there are a few features that are unavailable on the browser version, ...
Zuckerberg to take Facebook Live to space with ISS astronaut chat
Facebook will already be going to the some of the deepest parts of Earth’s oceans thanks to its transatlantic submarine cable plans, and now the social media giant will be reaching into space through a Facebook Live chat between company CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg and the astronauts of the International Space Station (ISS). “Mark ...