When the news broke last month that Warner Bros. was going to use a startup’s artificial intelligence program to “inform decision-making around content,” people understandably freaked out.
“Hollywood is replacing artists with AI. Its future is bleak,” read one headline….
read entire article
on Fortune
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
Juul has applied for a patent regarding a device, supposedly powered by artificial intelligence, that the company says could help users quit nicotine by restricting daily consumption and gradually weaning them…
read entire article
on The Verge
Photo credit should read JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP via Getty Images
One of the burning questions facing self-driving carmakers is whether it makes sense to go all-electric. Some companies, like GM-owned Cruise, are all in on battery-electric vehicles, seeing both…
read entire article
on The Verge
This is the web version of Eye on A.I., Fortune’s weekly newsletter covering artificial intelligence and business. To get it delivered weekly to your in-box, sign up here.
Last week, the European Union issued its long-anticipated white paper on artificial intelligence. The document is…
read entire article
on Fortune
These canaries in the coal mines of AI would be signs that superintelligent robot overlords are approaching
As factories struggle with how to automate, Ready Robotics, spun out of Johns Hopkins, raises $23 million for its robotic O/S.
read entire article
on Forbes – Business
L1ght, which uses artificial intelligence technology to flag hateful or abusive information online, announced today that it has secured $15 million in seed funding. The round was led jointly by Tribeca Venture Partners and Mangrove Capital Partners, with additional funding…
read entire article
on ReadWrite
Industrial robotics maker ABB is partnering with A.I. startup Covariant to create robots that can better pick and grasp thousands of different kinds of objects in warehouses.
ABB is among the largest makers of robots for automakers, but it wants to…
read entire article
on Fortune