With Artificial Intelligence this fantasy could possibly come true. Google has introduced'Talk to books' which allows a reader to communicate with a book using a machine learning-trained algorithm that …

If you've ever seen the movie "Crimson Tide," you might recall that a crucial scene in the movie (spoiler alert!) involves the USS Alabama nuclear submarine and the dynamic tension between the Captain and the XO of the ship. A message had come via radio from the Naval command that the sub should go ahead and arm its nuclear missiles and fire them within a set time frame. But, a second message then comes to the sub, and the message is only partially received. Should they proceed based on the first message which was entirely received and very clear cut, or should they perhaps not proceed since the second message was inadvertently cut-off and could have been an order to desist and not fire the nuclear missiles. The Captain and the XO get into quite an argument about what they should do.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA – Dolby Laboratories chief scientist Poppy Crum tells of a fast-coming time when technology will see right through people no matter how hard they try to hide their feelings.

You've likely seen artificial intelligence technology spread into apps, devices and services, doing things like recognizing your friends' faces in photos and endowing smart speakers with human-sounding voices. Well, good news: The processor industry has noticed, too. That means we'll see a slew of …

UAE nationals including government officials, employees and students will soon get the opportunity to receive specialised training on artificial intelligence at the Oxford University. The MoU was signed by Omar bin Sultan Al Olama, Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence and Roger L. Michel, founder …

A new three year agreement between the UAE and Oxford University will see Emirati officials, employees and students trained to build their skills in artificial intelligence technology through an array of specialised training courses.

The next breakout star in Hollywood might be an AI named Arraiy. Arraiy is a computer vision and machine learning platform specifically designed for film and television effects. Arraiy's creators are training the system to rotoscope -- the process of separating certain parts of footage from the background (for example) separating an actor from the green screen behind them) with years' worth of human-created visual effects as training tools. The ultimate goal, though, is to do it more quickly and cheaply than humans can, and just as effectively. Rotoscoping by hand can take dozens of hours, but Arraiy can do it in a fraction of the time.

Hype over artificial intelligence reached its zenith in 2017, with CIOs, consultants and academics touting the technology as potentially automating anything from business and IT operations to customer connections. Yet through the first calendar quarter of 2018 several media organizations reported on the dangers of AI, which involves training computers to perform tasks normally requiring human intelligence. "There's been so much hype in the media about it and this is just journalists trying to extend the hype by talking about the negative side," says Thomas Davenport, a Babson College distinguished professor who teaches a class on cognitive technologies. Perhaps, but the concerns are hardly new and very persistent, ranging from fears about racial, gender and other biases to automated drones running amok with potentially lethal consequences. Get the latest insights with our CIO Daily newsletter.

Across the many fields artificial intelligence (AI) can be applied to, from journalism and translation to self-driving cars, AI is often seen by people as either a great solution or a terrible problem. However the truth lies somewhere in the middle, said Lisa-Maria Neudert, D.Phil. At the International Journalism Festival in Italy today (14 April), Neudert, who has been researching propaganda in the digital age, spoke on a panel that highlighted some of the ways in which AI is being used to both spread and tackle misinformation. "Propaganda now is automated, data-driven and it is also often user-generated and very easy to launch over social media, so it has become more impactful and more targeted," she said. "The spread of misinformation through social media is often very much like an oil spill: it will impact the entire information ecosystem and make it a difficult environment for people who are trying to navigate it." "Now the money is going into conversational AI to make it smart and human-like, but the problem is those technologies are often developed without anyone thinking of the social implications.