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Self-driving cars are headed toward an AI roadblock

By Russell Brandom

Facial recognition scans are expanding to Delta flights in Atlanta International Airport

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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.

AI gliders learn to fly using air currents, just like birds

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There’s a lion in London’s Trafalgar Square that eats words and roars AI-generated poetry

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Amazon reportedly planning Alexa microwave, subwoofer, and more this year

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Apple’s Siri Shortcuts app now available for iOS 12

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US lawmakers say AI deepfakes ‘have the potential to disrupt every facet of our society’

By James Vincent

Deepfakes could be used for blackmail, misinformation, and more, say lawmakers

This beautiful map shows everything that powers an Amazon Echo, from data mines to lakes of lithium

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BMW is the latest automaker to introduce its own in-car voice assistant

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IBM secretly used New York’s CCTV cameras to train its surveillance software

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AI drone pilots will challenge humans in competition sponsored by Lockheed Martin

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Google turns 20: how an internet search engine reshaped the world

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China’s top streaming service hides video view counts after click farms inflated numbers

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Google releases free AI tool to help companies identify child sexual abuse material

By James Vincent
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Apple self-driving test car gets rear-ended by a Nissan Leaf in first ever crash

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

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How AI-generated music is changing the way hits are made

By Dani Deahl
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Google Assistant can now understand two languages at once

By James Vincent
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Google and Harvard team up to use deep learning to predict earthquake aftershocks

By James Vincent

AI might make aftershocks less shocking

OpenAI’s Dota 2 defeat is still a win for artificial intelligence 

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Deepfakes for dancing: you can now use AI to fake those dance moves you always wanted

By James Vincent
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New facial recognition system catches first imposter at US airport

By Shannon Liao
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Humans grab victory in first of three Dota 2 matches against OpenAI

By James Vincent
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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?

By Andrew J. Hawkins
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A porn company promises to insert customers into scenes using deepfakes

By James Vincent
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What algorithmic art can teach us about artificial intelligence

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This Elon Musk-approved documentary focuses on the wrong bits of AI

By James Vincent
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Children are susceptible to peer pressure from robots

By James Vincent
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Bots didn’t flop; they just became invisible

By Casey Newton
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DeepMind’s AI can detect over 50 eye diseases as accurately as a doctor

By James Vincent
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Artificial intelligence is going to supercharge surveillance

What happens when digital eyes get the brains to match?

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This robot uses AI to find Waldo, thereby ruining Where’s Waldo

By Dami Lee

More like Waldon’t

Samsung will invest $20 billion in AI, 5G, and auto components

By Makena Kelly

AI spots 40,000 prominent scientists overlooked by Wikipedia

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New facial recognition tool tracks targets across different social networks

By Russell Brandom
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NEC unveils facial recognition system for 2020 Tokyo Olympics

By Sam Byford
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Amazon Alexa will now let you know when it’s learned answers to old questions

By Dani Deahl
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The OpenAI Dota 2 bots just defeated a team of former pros

By Vlad Savov
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OpenAI sets new benchmark for robot dexterity

By James Vincent
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IBM’s Watson gave unsafe recommendations for treating cancer

By Angela Chen
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