Tag: Artificial Intelligence

MapD is About to Mine the Hell Out of Twitter

A new software may be on your next PC, allowing for the processing of data up to 70 times faster than ever possible. The technology is known as MapD and burns through large torrents of data by storing the data in an onboard memory of graphics processing units (GPUs) as opposed to the standard central processing units (CPUs). Currently, the new software technology developed by...

Facebook Ditches the ‘Thumbs Up Like’ Button

Yes, it's shocking but true, Facebook is doing away with its trademark thumb's up like button. Don't fret though, "likes" aren't going away, they're just getting a new re-design. It may seem like a small thing to change, but considering that the little blue button gets viewed and clicked over 22 billion times a day, any change with those numbers is big. The buttons...
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New AI Can Predict How Much Longer You Have to Live

“Doctor, how much time do I have left?” is one of the most difficult but inevitable questions that the doctors of the seriously ill...

Physicist Believes These Computers Could Make Immortality Possible

The famous Professor of Particle Physics, Brian Cox, is one of many scientists who believe we will soon be able to completely merge our...

AI Can Catch Alzheimer’s 10 Years Before Symptoms Show. Here’s How

Doctors might soon have a new tool to help them catch Alzheimer’s disease years before tell-tale symptoms emerge. A research team in Italy has...

This Creepy Robot Said it Straight: She Wants to Destroy Humans

There is no getting around it. Humanoid robots are going to be our servers, coworkers and well, possibly our killers. Okay, maybe we are...

We Can Now Recreate a Deceased Loved One Using AI. Therapeutic, or Creepy?

With the advent of technology, grieving for a deceased friend or loved one has become more complicated. Prior to the digital age, someone would...

Inside OpenAI: Elon Musk’s Billion Dollar Project to Build AI for Everyone

In the race to develop artificial intelligence, one player is fielding an uncommon strategy. OpenAI, an initiative launched last December, sets itself apart from...

Microsoft’s Psychotic, Racist Twitter Bot was a Fail. What Does it Say About us?

We often hear about the danger of artificial intelligence turning ugly, and Microsoft just saw a prime example of it with their teenage-aimed A.I....

Google’s Artificial Intelligence Uses ‘Imagination’ to Win World’s Hardest Game

News about a supercomputer beating a human at a board-game doesn’t quite capture the public imagination like it used to. A lot was made...

Computers Are Closing In On Possessing The Artificial Intelligence Of A Two-Year-Old

The race for AI is in full-swing with companies like Facebook, Google, and China’s Baidu all spending billions of dollars to create software that...