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For Computers, Too, It’s Hard to Learn to Speak Chinese
Challenging written characters make voice-based computing a natural for China, but computers that can hold a conversation in Chinese are some way off.
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China Plans to Use Artificial Intelligence to Gain Global Economic Dominance by 2030
The country’s government has announced a scheme to surpass Western nations and shape the future of AI.
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Teaching Drones How To Crash Safely
Drone delivery won’t happen until the unmanned vehicle can master the emergency landing.
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AI Fight Club Could Help Save Us from a Future of Super-Smart Cyberattacks
The best defense against malicious AI is AI.
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$99 Headset Could Be Augmented Reality’s First True Chance at a Mass Market
Its success will depend mostly on the kind of content that developers create.
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The Startup Behind NYC’s Plan to Replace Phone Booths with 7,500 Connected Kiosks
Intersection, which is funded by Alphabet, hopes they could someday guide autonomous vehicles, too.
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It Pays to Be Smart
Superstar companies are dominating the economy by exploiting a growing gap in digital competencies.
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A Field Guide to Digital Transformation
Hybrid IT, edge computing and other advanced technologies can help companies accelerate time to value.
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Fight Scale with Scale
Samsung has rebounded from its battery-related challenges by expanding its fault resolution capabilities and is now positioned to revolutionize the manner in which the global smartphone industry mitigates future issues. Samsung’s solution could have massive ramifications for the industry, creating a quality control platform in which the entire industry may participate.
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Artificial intelligence and robots are transforming how we work and live.
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Reinforcement Learning: 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2017
By experimenting, computers are figuring out how to do things that no programmer could teach them.
by Will Knight
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Low-Quality Lidar Will Keep Self-Driving Cars in the Slow Lane
For now, cheap laser sensors may not offer the standard of data required for driving at highway speeds.
by Jamie Condliffe
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Your Roomba Is Also Gathering Data about the Layout of Your Home
The CEO of iRobot is pushing the company toward a broader vision of the smart home. It could soon sell maps of the interiors of people’s houses.
by Michael Reilly
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Sustainable Energy
Can we sustainably provide food, water, and energy to a growing population during a climate crisis?
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Britain Is Getting Rid of the Internal-Combustion Engine
U.K. drivers won’t be able to buy new cars and vans that run on gas or diesel starting in 2040.
by Jamie Condliffe
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This Scientist Is Taking the Next Step in Geoengineering
Harvard’s David Keith explains why it’s time to move forward with outdoor experiments and broader research programs.
by James Temple
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Sucking Up CO2 Will Cost Hundreds of Trillions
Study finds that if the world doesn’t begin cutting emissions soon, the price of capturing and storing carbon dioxide will soar.
by James Temple
AI Meets CRM: Transforming Customer Experiences
Sponsored by Salesforce
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Transform Customer Experiences by Harnessing the Power of AI in CRM
Companies are using AI to build personalized and dynamic experiences to engage both internal and external audiences.
by MIT Technology Review Custom
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Artificial Intelligence for Everyone: A Next-Generation Experience
Organizations today are challenged with mining, analyzing and putting to good use the vast amounts of data now flooding in from multiple checkpoints. How to utilize that data to get closer to internal and external customers?
by MIT Technology Review Custom
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Customer Data Meets AI
A new day is dawning for the customer experience, driven by the application of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and automated technologies to CRM data. The potential exists to transform the customer’s experience by providing service in a more predictive and intuitive way than ever before.
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Interstellar travel and post-humans
The stupendous time-spans of the evolutionary past are now part of common culture.
by Martin Rees
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Robotics, Smart Materials, and their Future Impact for Humans
We are on the cusp of a robotics revolution in which the boundaries between artificial intelligence and biology are blurring.
by Jonathan Rossiter
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The Next Step in Finance: Exponential Banking
The current technological revolution is accelerating the transformation, not only of industry and business, but also of human lifestyles, culture, and, therefore, society as a whole.
by Francisco Gonzalez
