TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — The Artificial Intelligence Expo opened its doors in Tokyo on Wednesday (June 28) for the first time ever, showcasing a variety of next-generation technologies from a robotic sommelier to an emotion analyzer. Japanese logistics solution company VINX collaborated with AI developer Sensy to create the “robot sommelier” which can suggest the best bottle to satisfy a customer’s specific tastes by asking them to fill out a questionnaire following a short tasting […]
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Google’s AlphaGo clinches series win over Chinese Go master
WUZHEN, China (Reuters) – Google’s artificial intelligence program, AlphaGo, beat Chinese Go master Ke Jie for a second time on Thursday (May 25), taking an unassailable 2-0 lead in a best of three series meant to test the limits of computers in taking on humans at complex tasks. Go is a highly complex board game dating back thousands of years that involves two contestants placing black and white stones on a grid. It is popular […]
Chinese Go master loses first game with Google’s AlphaGo
WUZHEN, China (Reuters) — A Google artificial intelligence program defeated a Chinese grand master at the ancient board game Go on Tuesday (May 23), a major feather in the cap for the firm’s AI ambitions. In the first of three planned games in the eastern water town of Wuzhen, the AlphaGo program held off China’s world number one Ke Jie in front of Chinese officials and Google parent Alphabet’s chief executive Eric Schmidt. The victory […]
Cops paid assassins to kill drug suspects, says Amnesty Int’l report on police abuses in drug war
(Eagle News) — Amnesty International has revealed incidents where policemen in the Philippines pay officers and assassins to kill drug suspects, plant evidence and even set up an alleged racket with funeral homes who pay for each dead body sent to them. The international rights group investigated 33 incidents of drug-related killings in 20 cities and towns across the Philippines in which 59 people were killed, mostly poor people. The Amnesty report, which followed an […]
Zuckerberg charity buys AI startup to battle disease
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — A charitable foundation backed by Mark Zuckerberg and his wife said Monday it has bought a Canadian artificial intelligence startup as part of a mission to eradicate disease. The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative did not disclose financial terms of the deal to acquire Toronto-based Meta, which uses AI to quickly read and comprehend scientific papers and then provide insights to researchers. Meta capabilities will be unified in a tool made […]
Zuckerberg builds software butler for his home
by Glenn CHAPMAN Agence France-Presse SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) -Mark Zuckerberg’s artificial intelligence-imbued software “butler” — named Jarvis — is now in service, and even plays with his family, the Facebook chief said Monday. Zuckerberg took on the personal project this year, devoting about 100 hours to making a system inspired by the “Iron Man” film character Jarvis as a virtual assistant to help manage his household. “In some ways, this challenge was easier than […]





