Apple Inc. works on a devoted AI chip. Bloomberg reported that the company is building its own processor for artificial intelligence. Moreover, the tech giant named it Apple Neural Engine. Google already built its AI dedicated chip which is called, TPU [Tensor Processor Unit]. Introducing Siri in 2011, Apple Inc. was ahead in the Artificial Intelligence [AI] race.Users can operate their smartphones using Siri with voice commands.

Sören Schwertfeger finished his postdoctorate research on autonomous robots in Germany, and seemed set to go to Europe or the United States, where artificial intelligence was pioneered and established. Instead, he went to China. "You couldn't have started a lab like mine elsewhere," Mr. Schwertfeger said. The balance of power in technology is shifting. China, which for years watched enviously as the West invented the software and the chips powering today's digital age, has become a major player in artificial intelligence, what some think may be the most important technology of the future.

Human champion Ke Jie competes against AlphaGo at the Future of Go Summit. Two days ago in the Zhejiang Province of China, Google's Go-playing artificial intelligence AlphaGo bested current world Go champion Ke Jie in the first game of a three-part match, sliding by on a half-point victory. Now the second game has taken place -- and once again, AlphaGo has emerged the winner. The human gave it his all. "Incredible," wrote DeepMind founder and CEO Demis Hassabis on Twitter while the match was underway.

Zeeshan Syed, Director of the Clinical Inference and Algorithms Program at Standford Healthcare, presents the differences between AI and machine learning and discusses current applications of each technology in healthcare.

Twitter will not be taking part in the development of chatbot, a trend that is rising growing very quickly. In its participation, the social network will be introducing new features and primarily for advertisers, which will allow promotion of ads by businesses. If well designed, the advertisements should be able to offer personalized experiences to consumers who are within Direct Messaging the likes of chatbots. Interactions will be carried out through a "Direct Message Card," which is new but has a provision of customization either by an image or video. Apparently, Twitter's cards are not comparable to Facebook chatbots.

Google's AlphaGo program has won two games against Chinese player Ke Jie in the game of go, which has billions of possible moves and had been hard for computers to play.

Despite billions being spent on research, even our best deep learning neural networks look pitiful when compared to the intricate design of the brain of a bumble bee or even an ant, Peter Bentley tells John Thornhill.