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Artificial Intelligence

Vox’s coverage of how AI is shaping everything from text and image generation to how we live.

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Can artificial intelligence make you a better tweeter?Can artificial intelligence make you a better tweeter?
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An AI startup called Post Intelligence hopes it can.

By Kurt Wagner
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The Trump administration doesn’t think robots will take your jobs soonThe Trump administration doesn’t think robots will take your jobs soon
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In an eye-popping interview, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin says mass changes from AI are quite far away.

By Tony Romm
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These AI bots created their own language to talk to each otherThese AI bots created their own language to talk to each other
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A next step in the development of artificial intelligence.

By April Glaser
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Mossberg: The old dream of the information appliance is now real — so what’s next?Mossberg: The old dream of the information appliance is now real — so what’s next?
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Smartphones got us there, AI will take us further.

By Walt Mossberg
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Google’s Allo app can reveal to your friends what you’ve searchedGoogle’s Allo app can reveal to your friends what you’ve searched
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The mobile messaging app lets you include Google Assistant in conversations.

By Tess Townsend
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Now that Android is getting Google Assistant, here’s how it worksNow that Android is getting Google Assistant, here’s how it works
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Here’s what you can actually do with it.

By Tess Townsend
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IBM and Salesforce will start sharing their AI technologyIBM and Salesforce will start sharing their AI technology
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Watson, meet Einstein.

By April Glaser
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This AI startup wants to help robot assistants ask people the questionsThis AI startup wants to help robot assistants ask people the questions
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Would that be considered a role reversal?

By Tess Townsend
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This bizarre image-translation tool turns drawings into photographsThis bizarre image-translation tool turns drawings into photographs
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Or at least it tries to.

By Tess Townsend
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These University of Washington professors are teaching a course on bullshitThese University of Washington professors are teaching a course on bullshit
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Watch out, Big Data.

By Tess Townsend
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This visual recognition startup has poached AI talent from TwitterThis visual recognition startup has poached AI talent from Twitter
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New York-based Clarifai has picked up a former Google Brain engineer and four members of Twitter’s Cortex machine learning team.

By Tess Townsend and Kurt Wagner
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Sundar Pichai makes the case for Google versus AlexaSundar Pichai makes the case for Google versus Alexa
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Google’s CEO says voice search is just part of the bigger search puzzle — and that Google has some real advantages.

By Tess Townsend
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Silicon Valley billionaires are ‘prepping’ to survive in underground bunkersSilicon Valley billionaires are ‘prepping’ to survive in underground bunkers
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Some in the prepper movement are afraid that AI will lead to a revolt against the wealthy.

By April Glaser
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The movie ‘Hidden Figures’ can teach us how to keep jobs in an AI futureThe movie ‘Hidden Figures’ can teach us how to keep jobs in an AI future
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We would be fools to think we have plenty of time to create the skills our “augmented” world will require.

By Carolina Milanesi
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Most engineers are white — and so are the faces they use to train softwareMost engineers are white — and so are the faces they use to train software
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A black researcher had to wear a white mask to test her own project.

By Tess Townsend
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Full Transcript: Vic Gundotra of AliveCor on Recode Decode with Kara SwisherFull Transcript: Vic Gundotra of AliveCor on Recode Decode with Kara Swisher
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A longtime tech exec shows what happens when big minds take on big problems.

By Recode Staff
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In five years, machine learning will be a part of every doctor’s job, Vic Gundotra saysIn five years, machine learning will be a part of every doctor’s job, Vic Gundotra says
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Gundotra, a longtime Microsoft and Google executive, is now the CEO of AliveCor, a mobile health-tech startup.

By Eric Johnson
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LinkedIn’s and eBay’s founders are donating $20 million to protect us from artificial intelligenceLinkedIn’s and eBay’s founders are donating $20 million to protect us from artificial intelligence
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It’s part of a $27 million fund being managed by MIT and Harvard.

By April Glaser
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The White House says the U.S. will need a stronger social safety net to help workers displaced by robotsThe White House says the U.S. will need a stronger social safety net to help workers displaced by robots
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Advances in automation and robotics may one day leave millions of Americans out of work.

By April Glaser
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Mark Zuckerberg has finished building his robot butler, JarvisMark Zuckerberg has finished building his robot butler, Jarvis
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Is Zuckerberg’s home a testing ground for a new Facebook product?

By Kurt Wagner
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‘I am utterly disgusted’: Legendary animator Hayao Miyazaki takes AI down a peg‘I am utterly disgusted’: Legendary animator Hayao Miyazaki takes AI down a peg
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Elon Musk’s nonprofit can help AI systems get smarter — even if their developers have bad intentionsElon Musk’s nonprofit can help AI systems get smarter — even if their developers have bad intentions
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Universe is a new AI training center that is supposed to teach computers to think more like humans.

By April Glaser
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Amazon is bringing Alexa’s brainpower to its cloud businessAmazon is bringing Alexa’s brainpower to its cloud business
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Amazon unveiled voice-enabled AI, image recognition and text-to-speech services for developers.

By April Glaser
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Slack is watching how you workSlack is watching how you work
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The company wants to use AI to simplify your work conversations.

By Kurt Wagner
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AI might take jobs, but we can take steps to limit that, says U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny PritzkerAI might take jobs, but we can take steps to limit that, says U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker
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”I’m a believer in the human being,” Pritzker said on the latest Recode Decode.

By Eric Johnson
Apple has hired a big brain in AI to make Siri less dumb
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Carnegie Mellon researcher Russ Salakhutdinov will remain a professor in addition to his work at Apple.

By Ina Fried
These industrial robots teach each other new skills while we sleep
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It takes days to reprogram an industrial robot. With artificial intelligence, it could take only a few hours.

By April Glaser
A White House report says AI will take jobs but also help solve global problems
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The U.S. needs to figure out how to grapple with artificial intelligence while humans are still behind the wheel.

By April Glaser
Samsung is buying the Siri team’s new startup to have a future in AI
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The Korean phone maker wants to compete against Apple’s Siri and Google’s Assistant.

By Ina Fried
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Mossberg: How Google’s bold moves shake up the tech industryMossberg: How Google’s bold moves shake up the tech industry
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Intelligent, integrated hardware and software are powerful weapons.

By Walt Mossberg
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Google’s hardware event was really all about its AI softwareGoogle’s hardware event was really all about its AI software
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The search giant wants to beat Apple and Amazon to a fully voice-enabled interface.

By Ina Fried and April Glaser
Microsoft is using the brainpower of its legendary research unit in an artificial intelligence push
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The company says AI will be a part of everything it does.

By Ina Fried
Google, Facebook, Amazon and others have teamed up to make AI seem less creepy
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They’ve started a new nonprofit to sell you on the benefits of their algorithms.

By April Glaser
DJI’s new portable drone is so smart it will follow you around like a dog
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At $999, the Mavic Pro employs gesture recognition so you don’t have to hold the controller to take a selfie.

By April Glaser
Mark Zuckerberg is about to unveil his robot butler
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How’s your New Year’s resolution coming?

By Kurt Wagner
Microsoft is buying another AI startup. This one automatically schedules meetings.
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The company is buying Genee and shutting down the service.

By Ina Fried
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Watson claims to predict cancer, but who trained it to ‘think?’Watson claims to predict cancer, but who trained it to ‘think?’
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Watson cannot read handwriting. Machine learning’s true potential is tied to human inputs.

By Kuang Chen
The head of Google’s Brain team is more worried about the lack of diversity in artificial intelligence than an AI apocalypse
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Lack of diversity is more than a public relations issue, people.

By Johana Bhuiyan
Intel is paying more than $400 million to buy deep-learning startup Nervana Systems
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The chip giant is betting that machine learning is going to be a big deal in the data center.

By Ina Fried
Another AI startup wants to replace hedge funds
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Computer will start trading three stocks, including Tesla.

By Mark Bergen