Tag: Tech
Google Photos can now recognize the lovable faces of your cats and dogs
I wish this was one of the approximately 8,000 dog photos on my phone. Image: Ruud Lauritsen/Kennel Club/REX/Shutterstock Google knows that your phone holds untold gigabytes of snapshots of your favorite animal friends. So the search giant is making it even easier to group those pics all together. SEE ALSO: Why the iPhone 8 Plus […]
Bill Gates: ‘Control+Alt+Delete’ should have been one button
Image: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images Bill Gates has one regret: The two-handed maneuver “Control+Alt+Delete” shortcut that was once required to reboot any Windows computer. He publicly conceded this Wednesday while on stage at Bloomberg’s Global Business Forum, in New York City, CNNMoney reported. “If I could make one small edit, I’d make that a single key,” […]
Intel’s new ‘self-learning’ chip is designed to act like a human brain
Image: intel Intel just introduced a new type of chip that could have big implications for artificial intelligence. The company is experimenting with a new “self-learning” chip that’s designed to learn like the human brain. [AdSense-A] SEE ALSO: Facebook AI researchers are teaching bots to have human-like expressions Called the “Intel Loihi test chip,” the […]
When the robots take over, they’ll at least be able to give you a proper funeral
Image: Alessandro Di Ciommo/NurPhoto via Getty Images When the robot apocalypse comes, robots will be there to say a prayer over your frail human remains, thanks to Japan’s Softbank. SEE ALSO: Elon Musk and 115 other experts ask the UN to ban killer robots in open letter That’s the message from this week’s Tokyo Int’l […]
Elon Musk thinks AI will cause the third world war
Image: BEN MACMAHON/EPA/REX/Shutterstock Folks, we’re all screwed. Ever wondered if there would ever be another world war, and what will cause it? Worry no more, as CEO of everything Elon Musk has the answer: artificial intelligence. More precisely, “competition for AI superiority at national level most likely cause of WW3,” he tweeted Monday. SEE ALSO: […]