Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain game review September 9, 2015 Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain Kojima Productions Konami RATING ★★★★★ Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain casts you in the role of the boss of a private military contractor working out of a refurbished oil rig in the Seychelles. You pop out on regular missions to the field, sneaking through the Afghan countryside, [...]
This is why the world needs Facebook M: Its new AI and people-powered virtual personal assistant in Messenger app could be better than Apple Siri, Microsoft Cortana and Google Now August 27, 2015 Soon Facebook will be able to answer any question you have, book a restaurant on your behalf and give you the weather forecast for the day. The social network is working on creating its very own virtual assistant like the already well-known and commonly used Apple Siri, Microsoft Cortana and Google Now. Facebook is testing the service, called [...]
Alibaba’s cloud computing arm Aliyun launches “China’s first” artificial intelligence service August 25, 2015 Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba’s cloud computing arm is breaking into the artificial intelligence market, launching what the company is proclaiming to be “China’s first AI platform”, which will give developers the capacity to analyse large amounts of data. Cloud computing division Aliyun is Alibaba’s fastest-growing division, and although the company still gets most of its [...]
Ghost in the ad machine August 23, 2015 ZenithOptimedia’s Grant Millar talks stack-storytelling and AI WITH the rise of the algorithm in the advertising industry, it is becoming easier to tailor messaging around a consumer’s individual preferences. But as traditional segmentations are consigned to history and analytics continues its inexorable march, advertisers face pressure to defend their methods from criticism around privacy. Grant [...]
Quiz: How well do you know Google’s Alphabet? August 12, 2015 Is it as easy as ABC? As Google transformed into Alphabet, the rest of its vast empire that isn't the money-spinning search or advertising side took the spotlight. We've put together this fiendishly tough quiz so you can test just how well you know the mysterious and ever so slightly secretive Alphabet. Think you know [...]
Mark Zuckerberg’s book club: These are the 15 books you need to read to catch up over the summer August 9, 2015 Mark Zuckerberg is more than half way through his ambitious goal of reading a book every two weeks – a new years challenge he set himself at the start of 2015 – and they're quickly piling up. Keeping up with his accompanying book club on Facebook may not have been at the top of everyone's [...]
Robots are stealing our jobs: Next to go is the fine wine industry August 5, 2015 Wine buffs who pride themselves on understanding the value of the posh plonk are about to be trumped by robots, after scientists at UCL developed an artificial intelligence system capable of predicting the fluctuating prices of fine wines better than any human connoisseur on the planet. Read more: A robot might steal your job, but it [...]
Elon Musk, Stephen Hawking and Steve Wozniak call for ban on killer robots warning “the stakes are high” July 28, 2015 As far as we're aware, the Terminator was never brought to a halt by a petition. But that hasn't stopped more than 1,000 high profile artificial intelligence experts attempting pretty much that. Tesla’s Elon Musk, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, Google DeepMind chief executive Demis Hassabis and professor Stephen Hawking are among those to have [...]
A machine has identified galaxies on its own for the first time July 9, 2015 Looks like Skynet draws nearer yet again – although on this occasion, it's a bit more literal. UK researchers have taught a computer how to “see”, turning it into a machine that doesn’t just scan the night skies, but can also recognise galaxy types without any human help. Astronomers and computer scientists at the University [...]
Sculpture comeback in the square mile July 2, 2015 Have you seen the art popping up inthe Square Mile recently? Annual exhibition Sculpture in the City is back for its fifth year next week, adding a bit of colour to your day. Keep your eyes peeled for sculptures and artworks from artists like Ai Weiwei and Damien Hirst.