Artificial Intelligence Just Broke Steve Jobs' Wall of Secrecy

The artificial intelligence researcher Russ Salakhutdinov made headlines today when he said was going to start publishing journal articles and spending time talking to academics. That wouldn't be news, except Salakhutdinov works for Apple--a company famous for an extreme breed of corporate secrecy. Over the past two decades, people who work at Apple haven't talked to much of anyone about the far-reaching research (or anything else) happening inside the company. And that certainly includes academics. Uber Buys a Mysterious Startup to Make Itself an AI Company In OpenAI's Universe, Computers Learn to Use Apps Like Humans Do Google's AI Reads Retinas to Prevent Blindness in Diabetics Google's Hand-Fed AI Now Gives Answers, Not Just Search Results In OpenAI's Universe, Computers Learn to Use Apps Like Humans Do In OpenAI's Universe, Computers Learn to Use Apps Like Humans Do Google's AI Reads Retinas to Prevent Blindness in Diabetics Google's AI Reads Retinas to Prevent Blindness in Diabetics Google's Hand-Fed AI Now Gives Answers, Not Just Search Results Google's Hand-Fed AI Now Gives Answers, Not Just Search Results But Salakhutdinov works in an area where secrecy just doesn't play.