Microsoft in talks to buy Nuance Communications: report April 11, 2021 Microsoft is in advanced talks to buy artificial intelligence and speech technology company Nuance Communications for about $16 billion, ...
Streaming music algorithm more likely to play male artists April 7, 2021 Is your algorithm feminist enough? Streaming music platforms such as Spotify, Apple Music and iHeartRadio may be giving male ...
How Myers-Briggs and AI are being misused March 4, 2021 Say you’re a job-seeker who’s got a pretty good idea of what employers want to hear. Like many companies ...
Spotify making algorithm that knows when you’re sad, angry January 31, 2021 Spotify is listening. The music streaming service was finally granted a patent — nearly three years after submitting plans ...
‘How Bad Is Your Spotify?’ AI bot roasts streamers’ music taste December 23, 2020 A new Spotify AI bot doesn’t give a funk about your feelings. Serving up side-splitting social media spankings left ...
Google told scientists to take ‘positive tone’ on AI research: report December 23, 2020 Google this year moved to tighten control over its scientists’ papers by launching a “sensitive topics” review, and in ...
SoftBank launches $525M SPAC to invest in robot ‘revolution’ December 22, 2020 WeWork owner SoftBank is ramping up its investments in artificial intelligence — a move that appears to be tied ...
Huawei tested ‘Uighur alarms’ to help track Muslims: report December 9, 2020 Chinese tech titan Huawei tested a facial-recognition tool that could spot oppressed Uighur Muslims and alert authorities to their ...