Artificial Intelligence We tried teaching an AI to write Christmas movie plots. Hilarity ensued. Eventually. Using a neural network to create ridiculous plot lines takes a lot of work—and reveals the challenges of generating human language. by Karen Hao 2018-12-21T06:00:00-05:00
Artificial Intelligence Alibaba already has a voice assistant way better than Google’s It navigates interruptions and other tricky features of human conversation to field millions of requests a day. by Karen Hao 2018-12-04T11:20:00-05:00
Artificial Intelligence How uncertainty could help a machine hold a more eloquent conversation AI startup Gamalon developed a clever new way for chatbots and virtual assistants to converse with us. by Will Knight 2018-05-07T14:00:00-04:00
Business Impact Bridging the communications gap between human and machine Narrative Science is using AI to make data talk. by Erin Winick 2018-03-15T12:37:00-04:00
Intelligent Machines This Inquisitive AI Will Kick Your Butt at Battleship As AI gets smarter, it’ll learn to ask some damn good questions. by Will Knight 2017-11-20T13:03:00-05:00
Artificial Intelligence Andrew Ng Has a Chatbot That Can Help with Depression Woebot combines cognitive behavior therapy with advances in natural language to create a virtual counselor. by Will Knight 2017-10-18T09:00:00-04:00
Intelligent Machines Facebook Heads to Canada for the Next Big AI Breakthrough AI research center in Montreal will use recent advances in machine learning to give machines better language skills. by Will Knight 2017-09-15T00:08:00-04:00
Business Impact Why 500 Million People in China Are Talking to This AI iFlytek’s voice recognition technology is everywhere in China, and that’s what’s making it smarter every day. by Yiting Sun 2017-09-14T00:00:00-04:00
Intelligent Machines Machines Are Developing Language Skills Inside Virtual Worlds It’s hard to teach machines to use language. That’s why they should teach themselves instead. by Edd Gent 2017-08-01T00:00:00-04:00
Intelligent Machines To Build a Smarter Chatbot, First Teach It a Second Language Translation can help an algorithm’s overall language skills. by Will Knight 2017-07-31T17:50:00-04:00
