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AI is rubbish at killing people
Published in AI
Tuesday, 14 December 2021 12:05

AI is rubbish at killing people


But thinks it is brilliant

US Air Force Major General Daniel Simpson has said that an experimental AI-based target recognition program turned out to be absolutely rubbish but had supplied data which implied it was better than it appeared.

Britain wants to be an artificial intelligence superpower
Published in AI


Because it is short on regular intelligence


The nation which voted for Boris Johnson and Brexit and gave the world reality television apparently has drawn up a glorious ten year plan to be the world leaders of artificial intelligence.

Stop calling it AI says AI expert
Published in AI
Friday, 02 April 2021 11:24

Stop calling it AI says AI expert


It is just pattern learning at the moment


A top AI boffin has had a gutsful of people calling everything AI when the technology is nowhere near being intelligence yet.

US is losing AI ground to China
Published in AI
Wednesday, 03 March 2021 12:17

US is losing AI ground to China


Looks like the free market not so good as capitalised socialism after all


The US, which once had a dominant head start in artificial intelligence, now has just a few years' lead on China and risks being overtaken unless the government steps in, according to a new report to Congress and the White House.

AI can't invent stuff
Published in AI
Thursday, 30 April 2020 11:32

AI can't invent stuff


United States Patent and Trademark Office says innovation is for humans only

The United States Patent and Trademark Office published a decision that claims artificial intelligences cannot be inventors. Only “natural persons” have the right to get a patent.

IBM commercialises AI communication
Published in AI
Monday, 16 March 2020 11:03

IBM commercialises AI communication


Will help our machine overlords understand us better

IBM is commercialising a new technology that makes it easier for computers to understand human communication.

Trump splashes out on  $4.8 trillion artificial intelligence plan
Published in AI


Will get China to pay for it

The Trump administration unveiled its $4.8 trillion budget proposal which, among other things, includes plans to increase federal funding for the development of AI and quantum computing.

AI will tell you who to snog, marry, avoid
Published in News
Friday, 31 January 2020 11:23

AI will tell you who to snog, marry, avoid


Romance disappears into servers

In five years from now you can abandon dating sites – if you want a squeeze - because artificial intelligence will even prompt you with chat-up lines and find the right person for you.

IDC reports only a quarter have an AI plan
Published in News


AI will replace the others

Beancounters from International Data Corporation (IDC) found that of the organisations already using AI, only 25 percent have developed an "enterprise-wide" AI strategy.

EC drafts ethics rules for developing AI
Published in AI
Tuesday, 09 April 2019 11:58

EC drafts ethics rules for developing AI

 

Sorry Dave, I can’t do that.

The European Commission has launched a pilot project intended to test draft ethical rules for developing and applying AI technologies to ensure they can be implemented in practice.