Machines have become deft at exploiting rules and seeking the greatest possible rewards in surprising and creative ways. Facebook's AI once created its own language to make arguing with itself easier and another AI found a way to cheat at Q-bert which had eluded humans for decades. Yet, most of these tales of the wild and weird ways AI finds to approach a problem have gone unpublished until now. They're usually shared from one researcher to another as amusing anecdotes, just something weird that happened while training the latest neural networks. But one research team decided there was value in such tales beyond just entertainment.

The world population is expected to reach 9.7 billion by 2050. China and India, the two largest countries in the world, have populations totalling around one billion. In four years, by 2022, India is predicted to have the largest population in the world, surpassing China. "My best employees are leaving," Daniel told me, "and I can't seem to figure out why." p Daniel (not his real name) was a VP human resource manager at a Fortune 500 company. I asked him whether he had collected any data that could provide him with insights into systematic patterns.

Uber made two big announcements on Monday: It is acquiring Geometric Intelligence, a New York-based startup, and using that 15-person team to help launch a new artificial intelligence division within Uber, called Uber AI Labs. Uber AI Labs will focus on improving both ride-hailing software and the company's self-driving car software, according to a blog post by Uber's product chief Jeff Holden. "In spite of notable wins with machine learning in recent years, we are still very much in the early innings of machine intelligence," Holden wrote in the blog post. "The formation of Uber AI Labs, to be directed by Geometric's Founding CEO Gary Marcus, represents Uber's commitment to advancing the state of the art, driven by our vision that moving people and things in the physical world can be radically faster, safer and accessible to all." According to The Wall Street Journal, Uber AI Labs will start aggressively hiring and plans to open an office in the UK.

Uber made two big announcements on Monday: It is acquiring Geometric Intelligence, a New York-based startup, and using that 15-person team to help launch a new artificial intelligence division within Uber, called Uber AI Labs. Uber AI Labs will focus on improving both ride-hailing software and the company's self-driving car software, according to a blog post by Uber's product chief Jeff Holden. Geometric Intelligence, a 2-year-old artificial intelligence startup, will move its 15-person staff from New York to Uber's San Francisco headquarters to help build the lab. "In spite of notable wins with machine learning in recent years, we are still very much in the early innings of machine intelligence," Holden wrote in the blog post. "The formation of Uber AI Labs, to be directed by Geometric's Founding CEO Gary Marcus, represents Uber's commitment to advancing the state of the art, driven by our vision that moving people and things in the physical world can be radically faster, safer and accessible to all."

Uber is rapidly acquiring startups as it gears up for a future filled with autonomous ride-hailing vehicles. Yesterday, the company announced the purchase of an artificial intelligence startup Geometric Intelligence to provide the core for a new central AI lab being established in Uber's San Francisco headquarters. Uber AI Labs will dedicate itself to researching AI and machine learning, and look for a solution of using object or scenario recognition with smaller sets of data. The ride-hailing company has been making headlines lately with its intentions of bringing fully autonomous vehicles into the present. Uber currently runs the advanced technologies center, a self-driving car lab in Pittsburgh, and recently acquired self-driving truck company Otto.

The Google logo is displayed at the Google headquarters in Mountain View, California. According to PCMag, Google's DeepMind Lab serves as a testing ground for building better and smarter artificial intelligence (AI). DeepMind has been working on AI for six years. Its artificial intelligence technology can excel at arcade games like Pac-Man and Space Invaders, as well as more complex games such as Chinese board game Go. Google's DeepMind Lab has also built rich simulated environments with the aim to serve as a kind of "laboratories" for AI research," according to company's blog post.

Uber is coming closer to its self-driving cars goal. The ride-sharing company announced Monday it launched Uber AI Labs, a new department based in San Francisco which will focus on research in artificial intelligence and machine learning. Uber also revealed it has acquired the AI research startup Geometric Intelligence. The 15 members of the startup will form the primary core of the AI Labs team. With the company's new moves, Uber is betting that artificial intelligence could improve its services.

Uber made two big announcements on Monday: It is acquiring Geometric Intelligence, a New York-based startup, and using that 15-person team to help launch a new artificial intelligence division within Uber, called Uber AI Labs. Uber AI Labs will focus on improving both ride-hailing software and the company's self-driving car software, according to a blog post by Uber's product chief Jeff Holden. Geometric Intelligence, a 2-year-old artificial intelligence startup, will move its 15-person staff from New York to Uber's San Francisco headquarters to help build the lab. "In spite of notable wins with machine learning in recent years, we are still very much in the early innings of machine intelligence," Holden wrote in the blog post. "The formation of Uber AI Labs, to be directed by Geometric's Founding CEO Gary Marcus, represents Uber's commitment to advancing the state of the art, driven by our vision that moving people and things in the physical world can be radically faster, safer and accessible to all."