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Samsung joins a number of technology companies ramping up research into artificial-intelligence around the globe. Facebook Inc. announced the opening of two new AI labs, in Pittsburgh and Seattle, earlier this month. DeepMind, the London-based artifici… Continue reading Samsung Will Open AI Research Center in Cambridge, England
Adobe Systems Inc. agreed to buy e-commerce company Magento for $1.68 billion, in a bid to capture a bigger slice of the digital-commerce industry from Salesforce.com Inc. and Oracle Corp. Continue reading Adobe Buys Magento for $1.68 Billion to Target E-Commerce
A Brookings Institution survey offers fresh fodder for the debate, showing opinion is heavily tilted against AI at a time companies are increasingly looking for ways to include it in everything they do. Continue reading Americans Are More Worried That AI Will Hurt Jobs Than Help Them
At Google’s weekly TGIF staff meeting on Thursday, executives gave employees their first full Duplex demo and told them the bot would identify itself as the Google assistant. Continue reading Google's Duplex AI Robot Will Warn That Calls Are Recorded
People with data science bona fides are among the most sought-after professionals in business, with some data science Ph.Ds commanding as much as $300,000 or more from consulting firms. Continue reading `Sexiest Job' Ignites Talent Wars as Demand for Data Geeks Soars
The cloud agreement gives Microsoft more power to make its case to the Pentagon as goes up against competitors like International Business Machines Corp., Oracle Corp. and Amazon for the agency’s winner-take-all cloud computing contract for up to 10 ye… Continue reading Microsoft Wins Lucrative Cloud Deal With Intelligence Community
Microsoft Corp. is planning to release a line of lower-cost Surface tablets as soon as the second half of 2018, seeking a hit in a market for cheaper devices that Apple Inc. dominates with the iPad. Continue reading Microsoft Is Said to Plan Low-Cost Tablet Line to Rival IPad
The officials from International Business Machines Corp., who are scheduled to meet with about 200 members of Congress and staff members on Monday and Tuesday, are going to tell lawmakers the U.S. needs its own privacy framework and shouldn’t adopt the… Continue reading IBM Executives Press U.S. Lawmakers Not to Adopt EU Privacy Law
Employees against the deal see it as an unacceptable link with a U.S. administration many oppose and an unnerving first step toward autonomous killing machines. Continue reading Google Builds Military Ties for AI Cloud Business as Staff Quit
The company is examining apps that had access to user data before the platform’s policies changed in 2014, reducing the information they could access. Continue reading Facebook Suspends 200 Apps in Investigation Over Data Abuse