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Author: Tom Simonite
Dinner and a Movie? Amazon Alexa Makes It Easier to Do Both
Amazon revealed new technology that allows its Alexa virtual assistant to handle multiple tasks in the…
Baidu Censors the Internet in China—So Do Microsoft and Apple
The 30th anniversary of the end of the Tiananmen uprising highlights how Chinese, and Western, companies…
US Sanctions on Huawei May Fuel China’s Plan for Its Own Tech
China's government has to plan to wean itself from reliance on Western technology. Blacklisting Huawei will…
How Tech Companies Are Shaping the Rules Governing AI
An industry group representing Microsoft, Facebook, and Apple, urged EU policymakers not to draw "red lines"…
Google May Have Finally Made a Truly Usable Voice Assistant
Google says it will include a new version of its speech recognition software in some new…
Facebook Is Finding Problems With Artificial Intelligence Too
Facebook is using artificial intelligence to police offensive speech and other tasks. But the technology brings…
OpenAI Wants to Make Ultra-Powerful AI. But Not in a Bad Way
OpenAI, a research institute cofounded by Elon Musk, aims to create artificial intelligence that's better than…
The Pentagon Wants Your Thoughts About AI but May Not Listen
Some folks in Silicon Valley are vocal about limiting the use of AI in warfare, but…
Tesla’s New Chip Holds the Key to ‘Full Self-Driving’
CEO Elon Musk says that in a year more than 1 million Teslas will be capable…