NEXT-LEVEL ROBOCALLS. In May, Google debuted Duplex, an artificially intelligent assistant that can make mundane phone calls on behalf of a human. Now, Google is looking to partner with companies that want to use its human-sounding Duplex AI for tasks such as fielding customer service calls or telemarketing, according to a report by The Information. WHO TO BELIEVE? According to The […]

Running a business nowadays implies knowing how to use technology and information. They are some of the most important resources, no matter the specifics of a business. Technology influences multiple aspects of a business, from clients to operations, partners and even social media. In time technology had influenced the jobs market, and new positions appeared, because now businesses need to […]

A pair of artificial intelligence Ph.Ds from Cambridge University are going all-in on machine learning as the foundation of autonomous cars. Their company, Wayve, has just released video of a kitted-out Renault Twizy teaching itself to follow a lane from scratch, over the course of about 20 minutes. Wayve’s Amar Shah and Alex Kendall believe there’s been too much hand-engineering […]

As anyone who’s been to a community meeting knows, the NIMBY (Not In My Backyard) syndrome is often a frustrating roadblock. So when Vancouver-based firm PUBLIC: Architecture + Communicationwas approached to build a wastewater treatment center in the middle of a residential neighborhood in British Columbia, the project predictably ran up against some challenges. Fortunately, the architects turned widely held […]

Robots, once a distant sci-fi dream, have become more and more immersed in our daily lives. While smart vacuums like the Roomba are helping people clean their homes, other technologies like Nest are also helping the environment by minimizing wasted energy in thousands of houses. Then there are technologies outside of homes, like Makr Shakr’s Robotic Bar System, which are […]

Uber is looking at the idea of using artificial intelligence (A.I.) to determine if riders have had one beer too many, and then tailor its service accordingly. A patent application filed by the ridesharing company this week details how A.I. could be used to detect small changes in a rider’s behavior as they use the app to request an Uber. […]

If you want to know where the future of AI is heading, look no further than the past, for the latest developments in AI can be found ubiquitously in the world of mythology. Sensing People Through Solid Objects Today, MIT News reported on a project that uses AI to “sense” people through walls. While the idea of X-ray vision is […]

Patients that wander away from their beds are a constant headache for nurses, while those that stay bedridden for too long can create problems of their own. New technology from MIT may soon allow hospital staff to see in real time the location of all the people in the facility. Because the new tech uses existing WiFi routers, it shouldn’t […]

  Self-serve kiosks: Great for McDonald’s bottom line, potentially terrible for your waistline. If you haven’t walked into a fast food restaurant lately, well, congrats on your willpower. But when you do finally succumb to those greasy sirens, you could be in for a shock. In addition to their cashiers, many of the restaurants now boast self-serve kiosks, touchscreen stations […]

Google is making Google Assistant a whole lot better. At Google I/O 2018, the company announced a few new changes to Assistant that should help make conversation a lot more natural and conversational. Most recently, on Monday, June 11, the Made by Google Twitter page posted a tweet(that was later deleted) noting that Google Home “can perform up to three […]