Privacy advocates and venture capitalists want to circumvent the tech giants with apps using encrypted data stored on networks of computers.
The FDA is approving artificial-intelligence software to help diagnose diseases and help treat patients.
The Defense Department is offering $100,000 in prizes for artificial-intelligence algorithms that can identify items such buildings and trucks in satellite images.
Report highlights risks of AI, and urges some research be kept quiet. A robot-turned-assassin?
Startup Fathom Computing thinks optical computing can extend the gains of Moore's Law and light the way to the future of artificial intelligence.
As researchers attempt to apply artificial intelligence to daily life, they're paying "crowd actors" to film themselves performing routine tasks.
As concerns mount over the uses of data, some in the field are trying to forge ethical guidelines.
Study finds that facial-analysis services from Microsoft and IBM are significantly more accurate for men than women and for whites than blacks, adding to concerns about bias in artificial intelligence.
Quantum computers hold great promise but aren't useful yet. Still, some companies are testing them for future applications in chemistry, banking and other fields.
Supersmart algorithms won't take all the jobs, but they are learning faster than ever, doing everything from medical diagnostics to serving up ads.
