AI

Building killer robots is easier than making a self-driving car because cars have a higher standard of performance and safety, say scientists.

The founder of Kernel, Bryan Johnson, plans to develop a brain implant within the next two decades that will enhance our cognitive abilities.

A new artificial intelligence-powered chatbot has been created to fight back against pesky email scammers who fill up your inbox with dodgy links and the promise of riches.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has certainly hit the mainstream with undeniable force over the last year.

Hundreds of artificial intelligence (AI) experts are hoping to ban the weaponisation of autonomous technology, warning that it could become the "third revolution in warfare."

"Unless we learn how to prepare for, and avoid, the potential risks, AI could be the worst event in the history of our civilization," Hawking said.

20 teams of students will meet for the final championship at the New York Stock Exchange in November.

Andrew Trask, founder of the OpenMined project, will be talking about homomorphic encryption and deep learning at Newsweek's AI and data science conference in New York.

Estimize will be offering one of the L2Q training days as part of Newsweek's data science and capital markets event in New York later this year.

Hawking has previously cautioned that the rise of powerful AI will be "either the best or the worst thing ever to happen to humanity".

Jennifer Roubaud, VP of UK and Ireland with Dataiku, talks about Machine Learning and what it means for data driven organisations.

The AIS Index tracks the performance of a US large-cap sector-rotation strategy, based on sentiment scoring extracted from news data.

The AI can be made to work with an endoscope, giving technicians accurate diagnoses almost instantly, claim researchers.

According to SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son, AI will surpass human intelligence by over 100 times in the next 30 years.

A San Francisco-based company, Vicarious, has built an AI that can see and read like a human brain, effectively rendering Captchas obsolete.

Elon Musk has previously described AI as a "fundamental risk to the existence of human civilisation".

The AI program has been named after the author of Frankenstein, Mary Shelley.

Mosaic's predictive analytics and AI technology is first graduate from bank's 'In-Residence' fintech programme

One of NVIDIA's first deep learning in finance lab courses will be taking place on 5 December at Newsweek's AI and Data Science in Capital Markets event.

Sam Madden, UK Director at Wiraya, examines the state of price comparison sites targeting the insurance industry.

Trent McConaghy asserts the need for a global data commons – data that ought to be out in the open, free for anyone to use.

NYU professor Gordon Ritter constructed an artificial system which he knew would admit a profitable strategy, to see if a machine would find it.

Wall Street lawyer Jonathan Streeter believes a legal case involving the purchase of data for trading purposes could be brought soon.

Dr Antonio Espingarderio is a member of the IEEE Robotics and Automation society, and gives his view on the situation here.

BNP Paribas Securities Services is implementing Smart Chaser, a trade matching tool using AI and predictive analysis.

The AI has been developed based on online abuse directed at women, African Americans and overweight people.

Makers of the device claimed that it used strong encryption while transmitting user information, but campaigners argued that was not enough - more privacy protections were needed.

Dataiku's Jennifer Roubaud looks at how the analyst industry is set to change and what it means for data driven organisations.

The system proved better than experts, delivering nearly 80% accuracy in a study involving 134 couples.

World Economic Forum's latest report opines that renewed focus is needed to raise global competitiveness.