If Elon Musk doesn't like something, he'll create his own version. That's exactly what he's done for his children's education by starting a radical ultra-exclusive school at his SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California. For the past four years, the non-profit'experimental' school has been educating the billionaire's five sons, children of some SpaceX employees and a number of gifted students from Los Angeles. The school has some unconventional teaching methods. Reports suggest it allows students to skip subjects they don't like, build flamethrowers and'defeat evil AIs'.

Walking into my closet can sometimes feel like visiting Narnia. There are beautiful, whimsical friends in there, alongside a dizzying array of outdated pieces and random monstrosities from the early aughts. I'm someone who would benefit from Amazon's Echo Look, a standalone camera designed to snap photos of your outfits of the day and recommend clothes that suit your style. Aside from the chance to get reacquainted with my clothes, I also relished the excuse to take full-length selfies every day, all in the name of improving my already excellent taste. The Echo Look is a voice-enabled camera that's great for getting daily full-length photos and videos of your outfits. It also doubles as an Alexa speaker, which is nifty, although the audio quality is too poor to actually stream music.

Artificial Intelligence can seem like it is improving at an often alarming rate but the reality is often less glamorous.

Alan Turing, one of the founders of modern computing, posited (In "Computing Machinery and Intelligence") holding a conversation with a computer and not being able to distinguish that conversation from one with a human. One of the main goals of artificial intelligence (AI) is to pass that test. IBM Research recently announced an intriguing step towards passing the Turing test. Project Debater is an attempt to have a real-time debate with a human. The team is led by IBM's research lab in Haifa, Israel, and the result was a short debate that included four minute opening statements and four minute rebuttals by both Project Debater and Noa Ovadia, the 2016 Israel national debate champion.

Virtual assistants like Siri and Alexa are useful for a lot of things, like telling you what the weather's going to be or reminding you of an upcoming calendar appointment. But they can be entertaining too, providing the occasional fun fact or playing that hit song from Beyonce. Or, when you want a little levity in an otherwise crappy day, telling some really corny dad jokes. You've probably heard them before. Ask Siri, Alexa, Google or Cortana to tell you a joke, and you'll likely hear something like this: "I couldn't figure out why a baseball kept getting larger. "What do you call a talking dinosaur?

Explosions from a decades-old conflict have left a pockmarked and unstable territory, though many more improvised bombs lie concealed in its vast reaches. Sunlight splays off the beaten edges of Optimus, the smaller robot. If Optimus were programmed to hope, it would hope the object was just a rock and not another bomb. It couldn't afford to take many more hits, and its algorithms have grown wary of the risk. A hulking shape shimmers in the heat as it approaches Optimus, lolling like a huge, headless cowboy.

When you think of artificial intelligence (AI), you might not immediately think of the healthcare sector. However, that would be a mistake. AI has the potential to do everything from predicting readmissions, cutting human error and managing epidemics to assisting surgeons to carry out complex operations. Here we take a closer look at three intriguing stocks using AI to forge new advances in treating and tackling disease. To pinpoint these three stocks, we used TipRanks' data to scan for'Strong Buy' stocks in the healthcare sector.

Vaio Corp., the Sony Corp. computer spinoff, said Tuesday it will begin showing virtual reality movies in a theater in the capital's Shinjuku district on July 2. Vaio, which took over Sony's personal computer business, is hoping to expand the VR market by combining the realistic visual experience with the theater's powerful audio equipment. It will be the first time for a VR movie to be played in a theater anywhere in Japan, the company said. The technology has been mainly used in conjunction with video game consoles and theme park attractions. VR allows viewers with special goggles to see images in 3D so they feel as if they are part of the movie. Vaio and studio operator Toei Company Ltd. said they will start with short films, including the popular animation "Neon Genesis Evangelion" and a spinoff of "Osomatsu Kun" created by the late manga artist Fujio Akatsuka, when the VR campaign kicks off at the Shinjuku Wald 9 theater. "We want to increase the value of going to a movie theater," Hidenobu Muramatsu, a Toei official, told a news conference in Tokyo.

Although artificial intelligence (AI) promises greater efficiency and could provide the key to tackling some of society's most pressing issues, not all Europeans are welcoming the technology with open arms. In a newly published thought leadership paper from SAP, "European Prosperity Through Human-Centric Artificial Intelligence," prepared by Andreas Tegge, head Global Public Policy, SAP addresses some anxieties and proposes measures for ensuring AI's rapid assimilation and advancement in Europe. No other technology currently inspires such fascination nor stirs up such heated debate as AI and the branch of AI known as machine learning. Algorithms that are capable of autonomously gaining insight from data without being explicitly programmed are already empowering machines to see, read, listen, and interact. In the intelligent enterprise, machine learning allows better and more efficient processes, which means that enterprises benefit from increased productivity levels and employees have more time to devote to tasks that add greater value.

A new federal association for artificial intelligence is trying to help Germany catch up on tech. The government pays lip service to new digital tools, but critics say it's not enough. If we don't act now, then in 10 years, the German economy will no longer be competitive: That's the message from the country's brand new Federal Association for Artificial Intelligence. The association, which was formed in March this year and has around 50 businesses who work in the sector as members, released a position paper this week with a direct appeal to Chancellor Angela Merkel's government. The paper contains nine points that association members believe are necessary if the country is to keep up to date with modern technology.