Computing Google Stakes Its Future on a Piece of Software Alphabet, number 5 on our list of the 50 Smartest Companies, thinks it can wrest the cloud computing market away from Amazon by helping companies make use of machine learning with a tool called TensorFlow. by Tom Simonite 2017-06-27T07:00:00-04:00
Business Impact A Job Plan for Robots and Humans Melonee Wise’s startup Fetch Robotics employs about 50 people and more than 125 robots. She intends to create many more jobs for both. by Tom Simonite 2017-06-27T07:00:00-04:00
Business Impact The President of Search Giant Baidu Has Global Plans Ya-Qin Zhang expects investments in artificial intelligence and other technologies to help turn his company into a global leader. by Tom Simonite 2017-06-27T07:00:00-04:00
Tech Policy The Internet Doesn’t Have to Be Bad for Democracy A new form of online survey uses crowdsourcing and data visualization to reveal the hidden nuances in partisan debates. by Tom Simonite 2017-06-02T12:15:00-04:00
Artificial Intelligence Google Sprinkles AI on Its Spreadsheets to Automate Away Some Office Work Want to turn boring numbers into a cool chart? Just ask, and Google’s algorithm will do the rest. by Tom Simonite 2017-06-02T11:15:00-04:00
Computing How AI Can Keep Accelerating After Moore’s Law New ideas in chip design look likely to keep software getting smarter. by Tom Simonite 2017-05-30T00:00:00-04:00
Intelligent Machines He Built the Xbox—Can He Make a Microsoft Product Out of Quantum Computing? Todd Holmdahl says that starting from behind won’t keep Microsoft from winning the race to commercialize quantum computing. by Tom Simonite 2017-05-24T00:00:00-04:00
Intelligent Machines Why Google’s CEO Is Excited About Automating Artificial Intelligence AI software that can help make AI software could accelerate progress on making computers smarter. by Tom Simonite 2017-05-17T13:59:00-04:00
Artificial Intelligence Nvidia CEO: Software Is Eating the World, but AI Is Going to Eat Software Jensen Huang predicts that health care and autos are going to be transformed by artificial intelligence. by Tom Simonite 2017-05-12T10:50:00-04:00
Connectivity How Encrypted Weather Data Could Help Corporate Blockchain Dreams Come True Banks and investors have sunk millions into the idea that blockchain programs called smart contracts can make finance and other industries more efficient. by Tom Simonite 2017-05-11T12:00:00-04:00
