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House of Lords to probe AI data slurping

Who owns all that valuable training info?
20 Jul 08:02

We're all saved. From the killer AI. We can live. Thanks to the IEEE

Rest assured, your personal software agent has been tested for loyalty
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20 Jul 07:28

Mozilla hoping to open source voice samples for future AI devs

Prying open speech recognition
20 Jul 02:56

Quantum crypto upstart QuintessenceLabs hopes to cut the cord

Canberra tips dollars into free-space next-gen comms development effort
19 Jul 23:56

'Millions of IoT gizmos' wide open to hijackers after devs drop gSOAP

Likelihood of patching for every affected system is zero
36 Comments
19 Jul 21:58

Apple's 'KGB level of secrecy' harms its AI projects – but don't worry, it's started a blog

AnalysisBoffins still turned off by iMaker's closed culture
10 Comments
19 Jul 21:29

Segway hoverboard hijack hack could make hipsters eat pavement

Wheel-diculous Bluetooth security revealed
33 Comments
19 Jul 13:00

We'll hit THAT 95% Sigfox coverage target using telly aerials, says WND-UK

Well, rooftop yagis hooked up to 12v Intel PCs
18 Comments
19 Jul 08:32

Watson AI panned, 5¼ years of sales decline ... Does IBM now stand for Inferior Biz Model?

AnalysisGinni's still grinning, of course
58 Comments
19 Jul 06:04

Now your boss can tear you a new Glasshole: Google's techno-specs reborn as biz gear

Those that can, do. Those that can't, return in enterprise form
30 Comments
18 Jul 19:50

Me-ow! Ruski tech titan Yandex open-sources ML library CatBoost

Something to do with categories, not feline antidepressants
18 Jul 14:58

Machine learning, Javascript and search? We’ve expanded our agenda

EventsTwo weeks left to grab MCubed early bird tickets
18 Jul 11:20
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Vendors rush to call everything AI even if it isn't, or doesn't help

So says Gartner, which reckons marketers have brainwashed themselves and us with AI hype
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18 Jul 07:31
hololens

Hot HoloLens models 'shafted by Microsoft'

Modeling biz owner alleges harassment, retaliation in tech's latest embarrassing lawsuit
23 Comments
18 Jul 07:03
Knightscope K5

Security robot falls into pond after failing to spot stairs or water

Add 'rent-a-cop' to the 'jobs safe from AI' list … for now
103 Comments
18 Jul 06:27

Opinion

Money for nothing by dire straits

Good luck building a VR PC: Ethereum miners are buying all the GPUs

Once the tap turns on again, GPUs will restore PCs and edge computing to glory
steampunk-looking robot smokes pipe. pic shutterstock

On the couch with an AI robo-doc asking me personal questions

Something for the Weekend, Sir?How long have you been having these delusions?
36 Comments
07 Jul 07:58

Nokia touts future of virtual reality ads... but who's the audience?

OpinionCan you pick up product, examine it from all sides? Not yet
19 Comments
03 Jul 08:34
Tesla model S

Robots will enable a sustainable grey economy

Oldies will retain mobility and independence when Teslas can self-drive them to work or be sent out to do the shopping
93 Comments
29 Jun 07:02

News

The curious case of a Tesla smash, Autopilot blamed, and the driver's next-day U-turn

Meanwhile, Musk's comments crash carmaker's stock
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18 Jul 01:58

2017: The FBI alerts parents to dangers of Internet of Sh*t toys

Families urged to brush up on opsec, check for privacy leaks, patch security flaws, if possible
24 Comments
17 Jul 23:49

AI bots will kill us all! Or at least may seriously inconvenience humans

AnalysisElon Musk again demands govt intervention to halt crazed computers
27 Comments
17 Jul 20:51

The hidden horse power driving Machine Learning models

When owning tin is a cheap(er) alternative to expensive cloud
15 Comments
17 Jul 09:05

Brit neural net pioneer just revolutionised speech recognition all over again

ProfileDeep learning with Dr Tony Robinson
32 Comments
17 Jul 08:05

Juicero does to its staff what your hands can do to its overpriced juice sacks

Pulp-squeezing juicebags to drop a quarter of its workers
39 Comments
14 Jul 19:17

Need to get a grip on AI and machine learning? Join us...

MCubed makes it easy to get up to speed on the hard stuff
14 Jul 11:37

Let's go to work: How bots took over business

From HAL to Slackbot
14 Jul 09:11

Pretty fly for an AI: Bioboffins use machine learning to decipher fruit flies' brains

Code cracks neuron riddle
11 Comments
14 Jul 06:34

Electric driverless cars could make petrol and diesel motors 'socially unacceptable'

FISITA PlusPlus: Developers 'not part of your value chain'
108 Comments
13 Jul 15:31

'Many' ways to create artificial intelligence. Just ask the UK's AI businesses

What? We have them. There's life outside the hype bubble
13 Jul 09:01

Robo-surgeons, self-driving cars face similar legal, ethical headaches

Like transportation, medicine is becoming more automated, for better or worse
13 Jul 05:54

YASA* looks at turning commercial buildings into Internet things

'Fairhair' is *Yet Another Standards Alliance, but at least it cares about security
13 Jul 05:31

An AI can replace what a world leader said in his video-taped speech. This will end well. Not

VideoFinal stepping stone to irrefutable fake news?
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12 Jul 23:40
Ocado Oxbotica driving blurred 2 photo by Gavin Clarke

AI vans are real – but they'll make us suck at driving, warn boffins

Transport brainboxes urge UK.gov to keep eye on tech
78 Comments
12 Jul 11:57

If at first you don't succeed, you're Microsoft pushing its magical white space broadband

AnalysisThis time, Brad, this time
11 Comments
11 Jul 21:31
Trotter's Independent Trading Co.

Better mobe coverage needed for connected cars, says firm flogging networking gear

Nokia's well aboard the zeitgeist bandwagon
20 Comments
11 Jul 13:28
Arto Nurmikko, Brown University

DARPA cracks wallet to open heads: Brain interface projects get Uncle Sam's backing

It's hoped cutting-edge tech will bridge broken senses
10 Jul 22:13

Google's Larry Page faces four-hour grilling in Waymo-Uber spat

Ad giant's head sucked into self-driving car trade secrets saga

Is this a hotdog? What it takes for an AI to answer that might surprise you

Don't boil the ocean
36 Comments
10 Jul 09:01
Money for nothing by dire straits

Good luck building a VR PC: Ethereum miners are buying all the GPUs

Once the tap turns on again, GPUs will restore PCs and edge computing to glory
69 Comments
10 Jul 07:30
Waymo self-driving minivan

Waymo now way less: Robo-ride upstart drops patents in Uber battle

Theft of trade secrets allegations will be the focus in self-driving car case
07 Jul 21:29
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