Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) We’re in phase three of our machine-learning project now—that is, we’ve gotten past denial and anger, and we’re now sliding into bargaining and depression. I’ve been tasked with using Ars Technica’s trove of data from five years of headline tests, which pair two ideas against each other in […]
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Feeding the machine: We give an AI some headlines and see what it does
Enlarge / Turning the lens on ourselves, as it were. There’s a moment in any foray into new technological territory that you realize you may have embarked on a Sisyphean task. Staring at the multitude of options available to take on the project, you research your options, read the documentation, and start to work—only to […]
Federal watchdog says A.I. vendors need more scrutiny
Companies that sell artificial intelligence technologies to the federal government should prepare for tougher scrutiny of their products. Read More
Is our machine learning? Ars takes a dip into artificial intelligence
Enlarge Every day, some little piece of logic constructed by very specific bits of artificial intelligence technology makes decisions that affect how you experience the world. It could be the ads that get served up to you on social media or shopping sites, or the facial recognition that unlocks your phone, or the directions you […]
Why companies should democratize A. I.
This software executive thinks companies should train all of their employees in data science and analytics Read More
Sony believes this is key for its A.I. future
Sony wants to be a leader in artificial intelligence and ethics at a time of widespread cynicism about companies pushing A.I. for societal good. Read More
Forget disinformation. It’s Hollywood and Madison Avenue where deepfakes are about to wreak havoc
The creator of a set of viral deepfake videos of Tom Cruise is founding a software company to further democratize the technology Read More
The efforts to make text-based AI less racist and terrible
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) In July 2020, OpenAI launched GPT-3, an artificial intelligence language model that quickly stoked excitement about computers writing poetry, news articles, and programming code. Just as quickly, it was shown to sometimes be foulmouthed and toxic. OpenAI said it was working on fixes, but the company recently discovered GPT-3 was being […]
Why companies are spending more on A.I.
A.I. spending by companies is expected to rise this year due to additional training of their machine learning models. Read More
Can A.I. help investors find the next hot technology?
L’Atelier is among the firms building machine learning software to hunt for tech ripe for commercial success Read More