"The U.S. spends $270 billion on incarceration each year, has a prison population of about 2.2 million and an incarceration rate that’s spiked 220 percent since the 1980s. But with the advent of data …
Google’s artificial intelligence program, AlphaGo, just won its second Go match against a human
"Go is an ancient game—invented, legend has it, by the mythical First Emperor of China, for the instruction of his son. It is played all over East Asia, where it occupies roughly the same position as …
US Intel: China to Keep Building on Artificial Islands
"The U.S. intelligence chief says he expects China to keep building on artificial islands to sustain its 'exorbitant' territorial claims in the disputed South China Sea." Source: US Intel: China to …
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OpenAI artificial intelligence chaired by Elon Musk and Sam Altman
"Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk and Y Combinator President Sam Altman will be co-chairs of OpenAI, 'a non-profit artificial intelligence research company' announced today. 'Our goal is to advance digital …
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Top VC Says Gene Editing Is Riskier Than Artificial Intelligence
"When it comes to existential threats facing the human race, venture capitalist Vinod Khosla is more concerned about new technologies that can be used to remove genes in embryos that cause illness …
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Toyota Is Investing $1 Billion Into Artificial Intelligence Research
"Today (Nov. 6), Toyota announced that it’s setting up a new company, Toyota Research Institute, that will focus on research into artificial intelligence and robotics. The company plans on investing …
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Artificial Intelligence Isn’t a Threat—Yet
"A more immediate concern is that a machine doesn’t have to be superintelligent to do a lot of damage, if it is sufficiently empowered. Stock market flash crashes are one example: Hundreds of millions …
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Artificial Intelligence will be central to US Sixth Generation Fighter
"Artificial intelligence will likely feature prominently onboard the Pentagon’s next-generation successors to the Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor. ‘AI is going to be …
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New Artificial Intelligence Technology Will Threaten Survival of Humankind
"Physicist and author of the Artificial Intelligence Revolution, Louis Del Monte, believes that new artificial intelligence technology will threaten the survival of humankind, and in 30 years, …
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Google reportedly buying artificial intelligence startup for $400 million
"According to reports, Google has bought Deepmind: a relatively small AI company from London. Re/code broke the news, stating that Google had sunk $400 million into the purchase -- a figure that the …
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