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The state of AI in 2019

By James Vincent

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How artificial intelligence and machine learning are affecting technology right now

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Artificial Intelligence

Machines with brains are the future, and The Verge is here to explain it all. From Google and Facebook’s use of machine learning to rule the web, to cutting-edge research and why Alexa still sucks at conversation. We want to dispel the hype of AI and distill what it is you need to know.

Wake Word: A game about the ridiculous future of bad AI

By Adi Robertson and William Joel January 31

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Google invented the AI version of a Hallmark card

By Ashley Carman January 31

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How AI is changing photography

By Sam Byford January 31

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How AI is solving one of music’s most expensive problems

By Dani Deahl January 30

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The AI video game character that influenced an industry

By Andrew Webster

The other Cortana

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Virtual creators aren’t AI — but AI is coming for them

By Julia Alexander January 30

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Autonomous Cars

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The next frontier in hiring is AI-driven

By Megan Farokhmanesh January 30

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Porn: you know it when you see it, but can a computer?

By Bijan Stephen January 30

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Google’s head of translation on fighting bias in language and why AI loves religious texts

By James Vincent January 30

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The god box: an oral history of Avatara

By Adi Robertson January 29

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Can AI help crack the code of fusion power?

By Rachel Becker January 29

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An AI reading list — from practical primers to sci-fi short stories

The best reading on AI, as recommended by the experts

By James Vincent January 29

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Meet the scientists who are training AI to diagnose mental illness

What if a brain scan could tell you what medicine treats your depression?

By B David Zarley January 28

Inside Amazon’s $3.5 million competition to make Alexa chat like a human

By James Vincent June 13

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Unity developed a video game designed to test AI players

By Nick Statt January 28

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Google’s I/O developer conference will kick off on May 7th

By Nick Statt January 25

Gender and racial bias found in Amazon’s facial recognition technology (again)

By James Vincent

Is Amazon pushing biased algorithms?

DeepMind’s AI agents conquer human pros at StarCraft II

By James Vincent January 24

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Amazon has made its own autonomous six-wheeled delivery robot

By James Vincent January 23

An AI combats hurricane season in “Monsters Come Howling in Their Season”

A story from Better Worlds, our science fiction project about hope

By Cadwell Turnbull January 23

Two engineers try to make an immortal dog in John Scalzi’s “A Model Dog”

A story from Better Worlds, our science fiction project about hope

By John Scalzi January 21

Inside Waymo’s strategy to grow the best brains for self-driving cars

The Google spinoff has a head start in AI, but can they maintain the lead?

By Andrew J. Hawkins May 9

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How artificial intelligence can help us make judges less biased

By Angela Chen January 17

Jeff Bezos is launching a new conference dedicated to AI, optimism, and Amazon

By James Vincent January 17

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Stop & Shop is testing self-driving mini grocery stores

By Dami Lee January 16

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Facial recognition and AI could be used to identify rare genetic disorders

By James Vincent January 15

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This smart shopping cart is a self-service checkout on wheels

By Jon Porter January 10

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Wikipedia is using Google Translate to make its articles available in more languages

By James Vincent January 10

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Artificial intelligence is going to supercharge surveillance

What happens when digital eyes get the brains to match?

By James Vincent January 23

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Lovot is the first robot I can see myself getting emotionally attached to

By Dami Lee

I love my useless son

More Americans in favor of AI than fear it

By James Vincent January 10

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Lenovo made this tiny and adorable Google alarm clock that doubles as a smart speaker

By Nick Statt January 8

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Google Assistant is coming for your car with new hands-free voice control from Anker and JBL

By Nick Statt January 8

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Obsbot Tail is like a Google Clips camera for YouTubers

By Dami Lee January 8

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Intel’s Project Athena pushes PC makers to create ‘advanced laptops’ with 5G and AI

By Tom Warren January 7

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Exclusive: Amazon says 100 million Alexa devices have been sold — what’s next?

Amazon isn’t letting Google own CES without a fight

By Dieter Bohn January 4

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AI-equipped cameras will help spot wildlife poachers before they can kill

By James Vincent January 3

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Scarlett Johansson slams deepfakes, says she can’t stop the internet from pasting her face on porn

By Sean Hollister December 31

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