Amazon’s Alexa is Getting Better at Understanding Users’ Intentions when They Ask Questions
by Amazon’s Alexa is improving on its ability to guess what users’ intentions are by better contextualizing their queries to suggest further actions…
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Remember Google’s Duplex, the AI Tool that Could Book Hair Appointments? Well, It’s going Live Now
by Google Duplex, the artificial intelligence assistant, introduced about two years ago, is now ready to book hair appointments and more IRL…
Instagram’s Newest Feature will Automatically Hide Offensive Comments Flagged by AI
Instagram is celebrating its 10th anniversary by rolling out a bunch of new visual features, but more importantly, taking steps against abuse…
Google Maps is Getting Better at Predicting Traffic Jams before They Materialize
by Google Maps is improving its ability to deliver more accurate arrival times by predicting when and where traffic jams will appear…
YouTube Removed a Record 11.4 Million Videos in Q2 as AI Review Role Increases
YouTube removed the most videos ever in the last quarter, the vast majority of them flagged by its automated systems instead of humans…
This Quirky AI will Turn Pics and Videos into Fun Cartoons
There’s a new tool that uses artificial intelligence to transform photos and videos into whimsical cartoons with just a few clicks…
Facebook’s Newest AI Tech has Identified and Taken Down over 100 Million Fake Accounts
Facebook reveals a recently implemented, sophisticated software detection system designed to target fake accounts on the platform…
Google Reveals New AI Weather Models that Produce ‘Nearly Instantaneous’ Forecasts
New AI models developed by Google are ostensibly able to produce short-term weather forecasts with improved rates of accuracy…
Instagram Introduces a New AI Filter that Spots Bully Language before it’s Posted
Instagram is stepping-up its anti-bullying campaign with a new AI program that helps to spot offensive language before it’s posted online…
Google will Start Grouping Relevant News Stories according to Topic
Google has announced it will roll out a new format for news stories around relevant topics, using artificial intelligence…
Google will Now Delivers Better Results for Local Searches, Thanks to its AI Neural Matching Tech
by Google has made its local search results better, with its AI neural matching technology, even when queries doesn’t contain exact business names…
eBay can Help Shoppers Find Similar Items by Using AI with a “Looks Like This” Option
An eBay AI shopping tool, already working on Android and iOS mobile apps right now, gives shoppers a hand in finding similar items…
Facebook Reveals it’s Using Artificial Intelligence to Identify and Take Down Revenge Porn
A new Facebook revenge porn AI tracking system will find such content to help the social network remove it from its flagship, as well as Instagram…
A Full 40 Percent of So-Called ‘AI Startups’ in Europe Don’t Really use Artificial Intelligence after All, Report Claims
Turns out, fake European AI startups comprise nearly half, or 40 percent, of all companies classified as such, likely due to high-tech hype…
This Site Generates Hauntingly Bad AI Cat Faces People just Can’t Unsee
ThisCatDoesNotExist.com is an AI-powered site which ostensibly generates fake cat faces but the images are nothing less than horrifying… Just a week ago, a site …
Most Americans can’t Actually Differentiate a Human from a Social Media Bot, Study Finds
A new social media bot AI human comparison study finds that most Americans can’t tell the difference between machines and people… Only 47 percent of …