Artificial intelligence

Japanese camera company Canon has apparently installed artificial intelligence tools that recognize smiles at one of its Chinese offices, according to reports.

Last month, McDonald's announced plans to raise the starting hourly wage range to $11-$17 per hour for crew and $15-$20 per hour for shift managers.

AI will work to strengthen existing weather forecasting methods by improving efficiency and making more timely weather predictions, as well as enhancing location accuracy.

The National Counterintelligence and Security Center within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence is seeking to educate U.S. businesses engaging with Chinese companies, warning against threats like intellectual property theft, and other illegal means China uses to acquire U.S. research and tech to achieve its goals.

Samsung Electronics announced a cutting-edge new 512GB DDR5 RAM module Thursday – which it said would consume 13% less electricity while performing at twice the speed of existing high-end tech.

The fund uses artificial intelligence to track the the top 75 large-cap stocks each month based on positive social media chatter.

An artificial intelligence commission led by former Google CEO Eric Schmidt is urging the U.S. to boost its AI skills to counter China, including by pursuing “AI-enabled” weapons – something that Google itself has shied away from on ethical grounds.

An artificial intelligence commission led by former Google CEO Eric Schmidt is urging the U.S. to boost its AI skills to counter China, including by pursuing “AI-enabled” weapons – something that Google itself has shied away from on ethical grounds.

International Business Machines Corp. is exploring a potential sale of its IBM Watson Health business, according to people familiar with the matter.

Alphabet Inc’s Google is investigating a member of its ethical AI team and has locked the corporate account linked to that person after finding that thousands of files were retrieved from its server and shared with external accounts, the company said on Wednesday.

"Like any pilot, Artuμ (even the real R2-D2) has strengths and weaknesses," Air Force acquisition executive Will Roper tweeted Wednesday. "Understanding them to prep both humans and AI for a new era of algorithmic warfare is our next imperative step. We either become sci-fi or become history."

Starbucks is brewing up big plans for the coming years.

Autonomous driving technology company Luminar's stock has soared since making its NYSE debut, and founder and CEO Austin Russell credits the foundation of his success to dropping out from Stanford University.

The tech company is relying on both artificial intelligence tools and tens of thousands of employees to vet content related to the Nov. 3 election.

Social media companies are on "high alert" both before and following November's presidential election. 

As California copes with one of its worst wildfire seasons on record, PG&E Corp. and other major utility companies are investigating how artificial intelligence might reduce the risk of future conflagrations.

A Southern California seventh grader and his mother have tricked an online learning platform into giving him 100% grades. 

The White House on Wednesday announced more than $1 billion in new funding for AI and quantum research.

The robots aren't replacing any humans, but they do help ease hotel guests' concerns in the middle of coronavirus.

AAA is recommending companies limit use of self-driving systems after conducting two tests that found such automation isn't always reliable.