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Google Acquires Drone Maker Titan Aerospace

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Two examples: this year, Facebook acquired virtual reality firm Oculus in an effort to develop new communication lines, and Google purchased DeepMind, pushing into the artificial intelligence sphere. The money involved wasn’t exactly pocket change; each acquisition cost upwards of hundreds of millions of dollars.

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Top 100 Influencers In Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

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Artificial Intelligence is the discipline of thinking machines. It has been a field of growing interest since 1955 when John McCarthy first coined the term, defining it as "the science and engineering of making intelligent machines.". Google Open Sources TensorFlow Library for Machine Intelligence (macobserver.com).

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After two years in stealth mode, the former head of HR at Google reveals his new startup

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Employees often use company time and resources to surf the Internet, browse social media accounts and even play games. Laszlo Bock, an ex-Google has developed an artificial intelligence Nudge Engine which will nudge such employees back to work. One of the problems that companies face is lack of motivation among employees.

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Google launches $25 million AI Impact Challenge To Encourage Projects For Social Good

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Google has launched a $25 million prize money AI Impact Challenge contest. The contest is aimed to offer opportunities for groups involved in AI projects for social service. As part of the initiative, Google.org launched the AI Impact Challenge, a contest to support various AI for good projects with up to $25 million in funding.

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Marc Andreessen on the future of technology and implications for interactions between government and citizens

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Gourley: Do you have any suggestions that can help us think through how automation plus AI change the social fabric and interactions between citizens and government? Google is really best in class at this right now. Google has been leading but we are seeing spinoffs of approaches applied by many other firms in other sectors.

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MYCIN, Watson, and AI History

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Over at Wired , a headline blares “Artificial Intelligence Is Now Telling Doctors How To Treat You.” A simplified version of it is freely available online, courtesy of a leading Google employee. By AdamElkus. ” Sounds unique, novel, and even scary.

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Seattle Space Week: Find out how artificial intelligence is taking over the final frontier

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Multiple companies — including BlackSky , which has deep roots in Seattle — employ AI to help government and commercial customers make sense out of a variety of geospatial data, ranging from satellite views to social media. “It’s watching them and taking stock of how everyone’s doing.”