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Rights groups to Google: No censored search in China

BEIJING (AP) — More than a dozen human rights groups are urging Google not to offer censored internet search in China, amid reports it is planning to again provide the service in the giant market. Read full Article

Google is Reportedly Looking to Take Over Call Centers With Its Duplex AI Assistant

When Google introduced Google Duplex, its AI assistant designed to speak like a human, the company showed off how the average person could use the tech to save time making reservations and whatnot. Read full Article

Google developing ‘kill switch’ to stop robot uprising against humans

Google’s data centers with DeepMind-powered AI

In our category “good tech”, we applaud the news that DeepMind began applying its advanced AI to Google’s data centers, in order to find ways to reduce the company’s sizeable energy bill. Two years ago, Google spent over half a billion dollars for the London-based artificial intelligence startup DeepMind. Since then, the unit became an Atari gaming pro player and … Continue reading "Google’s data centers with DeepMind-powered AI"

Who Should Control Artificial Intelligence?

Great interview by Jack Clark on Bloomberg with Google’s AI wonder boy Demis Hassabis, on using artificial intelligence on everything from climate change to aging. Demis was the co-founder and CEO of DeepMind, a neuroscience-inspired AI company, bought by Google in Jan 2014. He is now Vice President of Engineering at Google DeepMind and leads … Continue reading "Who Should Control Artificial Intelligence?"

The new tech overlords: technology companies are now officially the most powerful entities in the world

… and they are almost all based in the US (and soon… China).  Read this incredible piece in The Atlantic.  Stat below is via Statista. At the close of trading this Monday, the top five global companies by market capitalization were all U.S. tech companies: Apple, Alphabet (formerly Google), Microsoft, Amazon, and Facebook.  Bloomberg, which reported on … Continue reading "The new tech overlords: technology companies are now officially the most powerful entities in the world"