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Thinktank report says quarter million UK public sector workers will be replaced by AI in next 15 years

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Feb 6, 2017
Innovation, Science
A new report by the right-leaning thinktank Reform, predicts that nearly 250,000 UK public-sector jobs could be lost to robots over the next 15 years. They said such a move would increase efficiency and save as...

AI software beats world’s top poker players in landmark competition

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Jan 31, 2017
Innovation, Science
As part of the Brains vs Artificial Intelligence competition at a Pittsburgh Casino, a software robot called Libratus has won 1.5 million dollars worth of chips from four of the world’s top poker players. With ...

Computer scientists design method to root out gender and racial biases in machine learning algorithms

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Dec 19, 2016
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Researchers have created a test to assess gender and racial biases in machine learning algorithms. The paper was presented at the Neural Information Processing Systems (NIPS) conference in Barcelona, Spain, alo...

New program by Google DeepMind uses advanced AI to navigate London Underground

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Oct 13, 2016
Business, Innovation, Science
A new program created by scientists at Google DeepMind uses deep learning and an external memory to navigate the London Underground system. Although the task itself can be accomplished by a number of much simpl...

Tech companies form coalition to advance AI knowledge

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Sep 28, 2016
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A new coalition to advance knowledge and set standard practices for the use of artificial intelligence has emerged, which includes tech giants Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and IBM. Calling itself the Pa...

Google uses machine learning to guide balloons reaching frontiers of Internet access

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Sep 23, 2016
Business, Innovation, Science
The Google X lab has been launching balloons into the stratosphere in an attempt to provide internet access to underserved parts of the world. This effort is called Project Loon, and was first announced in the ...

Apple announces new AI capabilities for iOS 10

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Jul 13, 2016
Business, Innovation, Science
The new operating system will employ deep neural networks, capable of learning from and analyzing massive quantities of data. Apple’s AI will use “long short-term memory” to remember information from earlier in...
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