Google’s got a special way to improve the quality of search results: artificial intelligence (AI.) Using machine learning, Google will be able to figure out what its users really want to search for.
Continue reading… “Google search becomes smarter using artificial intelligence”
You may be able to ask Google questions you would never ask aloud and the search engine will silently offer you the answers. But, ou can’t think of Google as an oracle for anonymous searches. Sometimes, the most intimate questions a person is asking—about health worries, relationship woes, financial hardship—are the ones that set off a chain reaction that can have troubling consequences both online and offline.
Continue reading… “Google searches put vulnerable consumers at risk”
Both Google Ventures’ Bill Maris and XPrize head Peter Diamandis discussed a gamut of subjects, including life extension research, sentient robots, and self-driving cars versus those that can fly at the Wall Street Journal Live conference in Laguna Beach, California this week.
Google’s new search feature shows users when local restaurants are booked up and what stores have the most foot traffic. The Google Search tweak is rolling out today on mobile for some users, and shows graphs—presumably based on geolocation from smartphones—indicating when a given venue is busiest during the day.
Continue reading… “Google Search will now tell you when a restaurant or store is too busy”
Nearly 220,000 individual requests have been made to Google to selectively remove links to online information. Less than 5% of those requests concern criminals, politicians, and high-profile individuals, according the Guardian. More than 95% of the requests have come from everyday people.
Continue reading… “Google accidentally leaks ‘right to be forgotten’ request data”
Owning a car, in just a few short decades, could be a lot like owning a horse — mostly for hobbyists and really unnecessary for transportation purposes. Continue reading… “The death of car ownership?”
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Was once famously asked by American sci-fi novelist Philip K. Dick. And the answer appears to be, no, they don’t. Dog-headed knights atop horses, or camel-birds and pig-snails, and of Dali-esque mutated landscapes is what they dream of.
Continue reading… “Google’s AI has dreams that are amazing and disturbing”
Google released last week a research paper chronicling one of its latest forays into artificial intelligence. The researchers programmed an advance type of “chatbot” that can learn how to respond in conversations based on examples from a training set of dialog. Continue reading… “The purpose of living is ‘to live forever’, according to Google’s artificial-intelligence bot”
Every motion controller currently on the market may have just become obsolete thanks to Google.
Continue reading… “Google’s Project Soli will put gesture controls everywhere”
A recent google announcement that its new Photos app would be free and come with unlimited cloud storage, has crossed a line that many in the industry were watching with fear. Continue reading… “Google has taken the lead in the ‘Race to Zero’”
Google annouced on Friday that they were teaming up with Levi’s to make computerized jeans – using conductive fabric. This could eventually allow wearers to use their legs as touchscreens. Continue reading… “Google and Levi’s looking to make computerized pants”
According to a leading AI scientist employed by the company, Artificial intelligence that can emulate human reasoning and even emotions is within Google’s reach. Continue reading… “Google could be on the brink of AI capable of natural conversation”
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