artificial intelligence in news
Robot scientist makes gene discovery - without humans
News This is one of the first systems to get [artificial intelligence] to try and control laboratory automation," Ross King, a professor of computer science who led the research at Aberystwyth University,... [03 Apr 2009]
Tech to cure crop failure and look inside Einstein's mind?
News The work could lead to breakthroughs in artificial intelligence and virtual reality, leading to the development of technologies such as a care companion for the elderly or a 'nomenclator' - a device that... [12 Mar 2009]
Gates, open source, Azure and the cloud
News Artificial intelligence put to the Turing Test silicon.com spoke to Hugh Loebner, the founder of a competition designed to find the first true example of artificial... [30 Dec 2008]
Kurzweil's future, iPhone love, NHS IT, ID card insecurity
News Click here to read the full Q&A with Kurzweil - including more of his views on artificial intelligence, gene therapy and the dangers posed by advanced technologies. Expect the Turing Test to be passed by... [25 Nov 2008]
'Nanotech to solve global warming by 2028'
News Click here to read the rest of silicon.com's exclusive interview with Ray Kurzweil - including his views on the Turing Test, human vs machine intelligence, what artificial intelligence... [20 Nov 2008]
Artificial intelligence, virtual worlds, BT's tunnels and Apple's patents
News Artificial intelligence put to the Turing Test There has been a lot of future gazing this month on silicon.com, although dreams of chatting to our toasters were dashed once again when the world's... [05 Nov 2008]
Cops enlist HAL in fight against crime
News Artificial intelligence is being prepared to serve on the front line of UK policing. The KTN will consider how artificial neural networks can intelligently pull together evidence from... [05 Nov 2008]
Artificial intelligence to join phishing fight in 2009
News Artificial intelligence could soon be used in the battle against phishing fraud emails. From next year, security researchers hope to begin rolling out a system that uses machine learning to spot... [13 Oct 2008]
Artificial intelligence put to the Turing Test
News This weekend could potentially be a historical one in the development of artificial intelligence (AI) as the tech world gears up for the latest annual Loebner Prize contest. Although Loebner is convinced... [10 Oct 2008]
Artificial Intelligence - alive and kicking
News Artificial intelligence technology (AI) is being used all around us but don't expect any philosophical discussions with your hoover quite yet. Shadbolt explained: "What AI is much more about is micro... [10 Jul 2008]
Bot attacks target those looking for romance
News The artificial intelligence of CyberLover's automated chats is good enough that victims have a tough time distinguishing the 'bot' from a real-life potential suitor, PC Tools said. A program that can... [10 Dec 2007]
Tomorrow's robots - our invisible friends?
News BCS president Professor Nigel Shadbolt predicts that while artificial intelligence will be a large part of the future of computer science, it will not develop in the way most people may think and -... [11 Sep 2007]
Botnets beware: Nominet cleans up UK domains
News Jay Daley, director of IT at Nominet, told silicon.com one researcher will look into using artificial intelligence (AI) techniques and the other will explore visualisation methods to find patterns of... [26 Apr 2007]
Google puts cash into handwriting recognition tech
News Google is sponsoring an artificial-intelligence research group's work to develop advanced technologies for character recognition. The project is headquartered at the Image Understanding and Pattern... [11 Apr 2007]
Google exec queries Berners-Lee's semantic web
News A Google executive challenged internet pioneer Tim Berners-Lee on his ideas for a semantic web during a conference in Boston on artificial intelligence. On Tuesday, Berners-Lee, the father of the web and... [19 Jul 2006]
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