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

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Baidu’s ‘Medical Robot’: Chinese Search Engine Reveals Its AI for HealthBaidu’s ‘Medical Robot’: Chinese Search Engine Reveals Its AI for Health
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A voice search WebMD is one of the company’s earliest AI products since tapping a star researcher from Google.

By Mark Bergen
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Editing Makes Good Videos Great. Can Computers Do It Better Than Humans?Editing Makes Good Videos Great. Can Computers Do It Better Than Humans?
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Graava wants to edit video the way our brains remember things: Selectively and automatically.

By Eric Johnson
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Deep-Learning AI Is Taking Over Tech. What Is It?Deep-Learning AI Is Taking Over Tech. What Is It?
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Meet your new AI algorithmic overlords.

By Mark Bergen
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Welcome to the AI Conspiracy: The ‘Canadian Mafia’ Behind Tech’s Latest CrazeWelcome to the AI Conspiracy: The ‘Canadian Mafia’ Behind Tech’s Latest Craze
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Deep learning -- the super-computing AI behind voice and image recognition -- is all the rage in Silicon Valley.

By Mark Bergen and Kurt Wagner
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Search After the Search Box: Google Now Pushes Into the Next Frontier of Mobile BehaviorSearch After the Search Box: Google Now Pushes Into the Next Frontier of Mobile Behavior
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Aparna Chennapragada, head of Google Now, talks about the future of Google’s personal assistant.

By Mark Bergen
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Elon Musk-Backed Group Attempts to Avert Judgment Day With AI RulesElon Musk-Backed Group Attempts to Avert Judgment Day With AI Rules
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A research group aims to build a practical and ethical framework for AI -- and wrest the story from the Terminator.

By Mark Bergen
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Twitter Buys Artificial Intelligence Startup WhetlabTwitter Buys Artificial Intelligence Startup Whetlab
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This is Twitter’s second AI-related acquisition.

By Kurt Wagner
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iPad Gaming Company Osmo Nabs Google Artificial Intelligence Manager as COOiPad Gaming Company Osmo Nabs Google Artificial Intelligence Manager as COO
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Srikanth Rajagopalan, the product manager for machine intelligence at Google, is joining the educational gaming startup.

By Eric Johnson and Mark Bergen
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Bill Gates Tells Re/code Why We Should Worry About Disease Epidemics, Artificial IntelligenceBill Gates Tells Re/code Why We Should Worry About Disease Epidemics, Artificial Intelligence
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In an interview at TED, the technology pioneer and philanthropist discussed his concerns about the next Ebola and the risks posed by computers attaining and even surpassing human intelligence.

By Ina Fried
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Nvidia Announces Drive PX, Its Self-Driving Car PlatformNvidia Announces Drive PX, Its Self-Driving Car Platform
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The graphics company wants to partner with automakers to power future autonomous vehicles.

By Eric Johnson
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The Terminator Is Not Coming. The Future Will Thank Us.The Terminator Is Not Coming. The Future Will Thank Us.
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Stephen Hawking and Elon Musk are worried. Could machine intelligence really lead to the extinction of humans?

By Jeff Hawkins
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This AI Learned Atari Games Like Humans Do -- And Now It Beats ThemThis AI Learned Atari Games Like Humans Do -- And Now It Beats Them
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The Amazon Echo Is More Than a Bluetooth Speaker -- It’s a Bedtime BuddyThe Amazon Echo Is More Than a Bluetooth Speaker -- It’s a Bedtime Buddy
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An up-close review of Amazon’s new, enigmatic voice-controlled Bluetooth speaker.

By Joe Brown
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Forecast: Workplace Trends, Choices and Technologies for 2015Forecast: Workplace Trends, Choices and Technologies for 2015
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We gotta wear shades.

By Steven Sinofsky
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MetaMind Sets Out to Bring Deep Learning to the Rest of UsMetaMind Sets Out to Bring Deep Learning to the Rest of Us
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Khosla Ventures and Marc Benioff are backing the four-month-old startup to the tune of $8 million.

By Liz Gannes
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Code/red: Artificial Intelligence Freaks Stephen Hawking Out, TooCode/red: Artificial Intelligence Freaks Stephen Hawking Out, Too
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Plus, a Huawei exec slags Windows Phone, North Korea’s bizarre comment on the Sony hack, and the best way to fry shrimp -- ever.

By John Paczkowski
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Code/red: Elon Musk Is Starting to Scare MeCode/red: Elon Musk Is Starting to Scare Me
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Plus, why Apple’s UnionPay deal is a big one, Spotify for dogs, treadmills for shrimp and Religious Vader.

By John Paczkowski
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Code/red: Gates Family “Fecal Fiasco” a Load of CrapCode/red: Gates Family “Fecal Fiasco” a Load of Crap
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Plus, Carl Icahn continues to pester Apple and Elon Musk is afraid of Skynet.

By John Paczkowski
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Five Things You Didn’t Know About Cortana, Microsoft’s Virtual AssistantFive Things You Didn’t Know About Cortana, Microsoft’s Virtual Assistant
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She’s funnier than Siri, for one thing.

By Lauren Goode
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IBM Launches Watson Tool for Business ClientsIBM Launches Watson Tool for Business Clients
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Companies will hand their data over to Watson, then ask questions.

By Marina Lopes
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Introducing Binatix: A Deep Learning Trading Firm That’s Already ProfitableIntroducing Binatix: A Deep Learning Trading Firm That’s Already Profitable
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The startup’s execs say applying the AI technique has given them an edge in investing.

By James Temple
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Ten Things You Didn’t Know Google Now Could DoTen Things You Didn’t Know Google Now Could Do
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Siri’s not the only virtual assistant in town.

By Lauren Goode
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Twitter Joins the Deep Learning PartyTwitter Joins the Deep Learning Party
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By James Temple
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Robotics Pioneer Launches the First Personal Robot You Might Actually BuyRobotics Pioneer Launches the First Personal Robot You Might Actually Buy
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Are these the robots you’ve been looking for?

By James Temple
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Say What? MIT Spin-Out Helps Businesses Translate Online Chatter.Say What? MIT Spin-Out Helps Businesses Translate Online Chatter.
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Luminoso raises $6.5 million from Acadia Woods, Digital Garage.

By James Temple
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The Creators of Siri Spin Off a Virtual Personal Assistant for BusinessThe Creators of Siri Spin Off a Virtual Personal Assistant for Business
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Code/red: Elon Musk, Rise of the MachinesCode/red: Elon Musk, Rise of the Machines
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Plus, get ready for the Bitcoin St. Petersburg Bowl.

By John Paczkowski
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Aether’s Cone: A “Thinking” Music Player With Some Rough EdgesAether’s Cone: A “Thinking” Music Player With Some Rough Edges
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The Aether Cone music player is an intelligent speaker that learns your tastes and has voice recognition. But it needs some work.

By Walt Mossberg
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An AI Program Allegedly Passed the Turing Test! So What?An AI Program Allegedly Passed the Turing Test! So What?
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Did the programmers create a thinking program or a clever way to trick the judges?

By James Temple
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Medicine’s Big Problem with Big Data: Information HoardingMedicine’s Big Problem with Big Data: Information Hoarding
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Information that may offer medical insights has been locked away in the filing cabinets of doctors’ offices.

By James Temple
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Heeeeeere’s Jimmy: Intel’s 3-D Printed Robot Will Hit the Market Later This YearHeeeeeere’s Jimmy: Intel’s 3-D Printed Robot Will Hit the Market Later This Year
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The chip company shows off its open source robot that can talk, dance and tweet.

By James Temple
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Transcending Artificial Intelligence: Part 2Transcending Artificial Intelligence: Part 2
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The exciting conclusion to a two-part Q&A with AI guru Barney Pell on the realities behind the recent sci-fi movie “Transcendence.”

By Barney Pell
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Transcending Artificial Intelligence: Part 1Transcending Artificial Intelligence: Part 1
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A Q&A with AI guru Barney Pell on the realities behind the recent sci-fi movie, “Transcendence.”

By Barney Pell
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Stanford Has a Videogame Controller That Knows if You’re BoredStanford Has a Videogame Controller That Knows if You’re Bored
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“We’ll be able to tell exactly how the body’s changing when you’re playing videogames.”

By Eric Johnson
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Nervana Wants to Make Special Hardware Just for Deep LearningNervana Wants to Make Special Hardware Just for Deep Learning
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Its seed round of $600,000 comes from investors primarily associated with Internet companies, not chips.

By Liz Gannes
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The Rise of the Data NativesThe Rise of the Data Natives
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Digital natives program their thermostat. Data natives expect the thermostat to program itself.

By Monica Rogati
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AI Health Startup Raises $1.5 MillionAI Health Startup Raises $1.5 Million
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By James Temple
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That Vicarious Funding Also Included Levie, Altman, Khosla and OthersThat Vicarious Funding Also Included Levie, Altman, Khosla and Others
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The broad participation in the round reflects the growing interest in AI.

By James Temple
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The Future May Be Getting Close to Reality in Vancouver, With D-Wave and General FusionThe Future May Be Getting Close to Reality in Vancouver, With D-Wave and General Fusion
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Two Vancouver startups say they might be close to achieving quantum computing and fusion. If they are, it would matter, a lot.

By Liz Gannes
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Founders Fund Raises $1 Billion in Fifth FundFounders Fund Raises $1 Billion in Fifth Fund
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By Kara Swisher