Artificial Intelligence

Watson's New Job: IBM Salesman

7 Feb 2012

The Jeopardy-playing computer pays its way by helping to sell products. IBM's Watson supercomputer reached a milestone in artificial intelligence last February when it beat two Jeopardy! champions. Millions watched, and while some experts dismissed it as a publicity stunt , IBM said Watson would soon be helping doctors diagnose illness , and hinted at talks with gadget companies about Watson ...

Evi, The New Girl in Town, Has All the Answers

7 Feb 2012

Evi, a next-generation artificial intelligence now being launched via her own “conversational search� mobile app, has skyrocketed to the top of iOS and Android app popularity.

Embodiment, Computation And the Nature of Artificial Intelligence

6 Feb 2012

The notion of intelligence makes no sense without a broader view of computation, argues one of the world's leading AI researchers One of the buzzwords in artificial intelligence research these days is 'embodiment', the idea that intelligence requires a body.