Proof That Tech Companies Are Taking Over the World
By Tian DuBelko The idea of futuristic tech companies taking over the world isn’t a new idea by any means, but it may be happening faster than we think. Science fiction novels predicted megacorps and futuristic tech companies dominating the world, but not already by the year 2017. But according to Mary Meeker’s annual Internet Trends […]
What Happens When You Give an AI a Working Memory?
By Will Knight A new kind of computer, devised by researchers at Google DeepMind in the U.K., could broaden the abilities of today’s best AI systems by giving them an important new feature—a kind of working memory. The researchers show that the computer, which consists of a large neural network connected to a unique form of […]
Google Diversity Initiative Gets Slow Start
By Deborah M. Todd Alphabet’s Google on Thursday released data on its two-year-old initiative to create a more diverse U.S. workforce, saying it had more black, Latino and female employees but still lagged its goal of mirroring the population. The company released its diversity figures for the first time in 2014 and sparked a conversation […]
