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Artificial Intelligence

Machines with brains are the future, and The Verge is here to explain it all. From Google and Facebook’s use of machine learning to rule the web, to cutting-edge research and why Alexa still sucks at conversation. We want to dispel the hype of AI and distill what it is you need to know.

Google Translate’s real time transcription feature is out now for Android

Vermont attorney general is suing Clearview AI over its controversial facial recognition app

Facebook’s new AI-powered moderation tool helps it catch billions of fake accounts

The Catholic Church proposes AI regulations that ‘protect people’

Clearview AI’s client list includes 2,200 organizations spanning law enforcement to universities

The software scrapes images from sites all over the internet

Google Translate supports new languages for the first time in four years, including Uyghur

Self-propelled car from Google sister company Waymo

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New Juul patent application hints at AI-powered vape to help users quit nicotine

Argo AI’s CEO explains why its fleet of self-driving taxis won’t be all-electric (at first)

Chess champion Garry Kasparov who was replaced by AI says most US jobs are next

Google AI tool will no longer use gendered labels like ‘woman’ or ‘man’ in photos of people

Boston Dynamics’ Spot isn’t quite the terrifying robot hunter you think it is

An Indian politician used AI to translate his speech into other languages to reach more voters

Michigan computer science faculty calls for Jason Mars to take a leave of absence following Verge investigation

Inside Amazon’s $3.5 million competition to make Alexa chat like a human

Robo Revenge helps you get paid to take down robocallers

Galaxy Home Mini emerges as an S20 preorder bonus in South Korea

ARM’s new edge AI chips promise IoT devices that won’t need the cloud

Who needs the cloud

Samsung’s Galaxy Home Mini caught on video ahead of rumored Wednesday release

This girls-only app uses AI to screen a user’s gender — what could go wrong?

Trump tests disinformation policies with new Pelosi video

Amazon is helping brands build custom text-to-speech voices for their Alexa skills

Inside Waymo’s strategy to grow the best brains for self-driving cars

The Google spinoff has a head start in AI, but can they maintain the lead?

Punxsutawney Phil should be replaced with AI groundhog, says PETA

US House Ethics Committee is advising politicians against sharing deepfakes

Warehouse robots are sharing data to master human jobs

Google Translate will transcribe translations in real time on Android

Why cancer-spotting AI needs to be handled with care

Controversial facial recognition firm Clearview AI facing legal claims after damning NYT report

Artificial intelligence is going to supercharge surveillance

What happens when digital eyes get the brains to match?

Now, you can use generative placeholder images for your web project

Featuring designs inspired by Joy Division and Piet Mondrian

Google favors temporary facial recognition ban as Microsoft pushes back

Go read this NYT expose on a creepy new facial recognition database used by US police

Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai says there is ‘no question’ that AI needs to be regulated

Apple’s latest AI acquisition leaves some Wyze cameras without people detection

Facebook’s problems moderating deepfakes will only get worse in 2020

Coral is Google’s quiet initiative to enable AI without the cloud

Google says new AI models allow for ‘nearly instantaneous’ weather forecasts

Warner Bros. signs AI startup that claims to predict film success