James Vincent

Reporter, The Verge

Joined: Dec 1, 2014
Last Login: Jul 12, 2018, 6:50am EDT
Posts: 2,449
Comments: 116

I cover machines with brains for The Verge, despite being a human without one.

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This sun-chasing robot looks after the plant on its head

By James Vincent Jul 12, 2018, 6:50am EDT

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Facebook sets a new task for AI: guide a virtual tourist around New York

By James Vincent Jul 11, 2018, 12:05pm EDT

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Apple’s new AI chief might actually be the right person to fix Siri

By James Vincent Jul 11, 2018, 10:16am EDT

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Elon Musk’s mini-submarine ‘not practical’ for Thailand cave rescue, say authorities

By James Vincent Jul 10, 2018, 6:01am EDT

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Big Clapper is a $4,500 robot that will applaud you until the day you die

By James Vincent Jul 9, 2018, 10:35am EDT

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The Vivo Nex and its pop-up selfie camera are going on sale in India and elsewhere

By James Vincent Jul 9, 2018, 6:36am EDT

Take a doodle, not a photograph, with this AI-powered camera

By James Vincent Jul 6, 2018, 8:22am EDT

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EU sends controversial internet copyright reforms back to the drawing board

By James Vincent Jul 5, 2018, 7:03am EDT

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London police chief ‘completely comfortable’ using facial recognition with 98 percent error rate

By James Vincent Jul 5, 2018, 5:49am EDT

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DeepMind’s AI agents exceed ‘human-level’ gameplay in Quake III

By James Vincent Jul 4, 2018, 7:00am EDT

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Economists worry we aren’t prepared for the fallout from automation

By James Vincent Jul 2, 2018, 11:38am EDT

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WhatsApp has a new option that can make annoying group chats more bearable

By James Vincent Jul 2, 2018, 4:41am EDT

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Disney’s flying robot stunt double can pose just like a superhero

By James Vincent Jun 30, 2018, 2:00pm EDT

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Here’s how to unlock the hidden Easter eggs in Android Messages

By James Vincent Jun 28, 2018, 6:01am EDT

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Instagram Lite is a slimmed-down version of Instagram designed for emerging markets

By James Vincent Jun 28, 2018, 4:38am EDT

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IBM hopes to fight bias in facial recognition with new diverse dataset

By James Vincent Jun 27, 2018, 10:22am EDT

The US Army is using machine learning to predict when combat vehicles need repair

By James Vincent Jun 26, 2018, 1:12pm EDT

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This Japanese AI security camera shows the future of surveillance will be automated

By James Vincent Jun 26, 2018, 7:31am EDT

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AI bots trained for 180 years a day to beat humans at Dota 2

By James Vincent Jun 25, 2018, 10:00am EDT

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Adobe is using machine learning to make it easier to spot Photoshopped images

By James Vincent Jun 22, 2018, 11:00am EDT

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Microsoft matches Google Lens with AI-powered visual search for Bing

By James Vincent Jun 22, 2018, 5:52am EDT

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Amazon employees protest sale of facial recognition software to police

By James Vincent Jun 22, 2018, 5:29am EDT

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Facebook is using machine learning to spot hoax articles shared by spammers

By James Vincent Jun 21, 2018, 10:21am EDT

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EU takes first step in passing controversial copyright law that could ‘censor the internet’

By James Vincent Jun 20, 2018, 7:40am EDT

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Instagram reportedly launching ‘IGTV’ video hub for online creators later today

By James Vincent Jun 20, 2018, 5:09am EDT

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Facebook can use AI to open your eyes in blinking selfies

By James Vincent Jun 19, 2018, 7:52am EDT

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Nvidia uses AI to create convincing slo-mo video by filling in extra frames

By James Vincent Jun 19, 2018, 6:35am EDT

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

By James Vincent Jun 13, 2018, 9:17am EDT

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