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Google's Eric Schmidt: There's no question AI will put jobs at risk, but it's natural

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Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 13.3.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, threat
Summary | Eric Schmidt (Alphabet chairman) went to Seoul to watch world Go champion play with AlphaGo (Google's algorithm). World Go champion won his first game against the machine yesterday, but the machine had won the first three. Google has been investing a lot in artificial intelligence, and the company is especially interested in investing in healthcare and smartphone assistants.
Image Description | Portrait of Eric Schmidt, chart displaying Apple vs Google ($bn), two videos about the history of Google and Go game
Image Tags | chart, game, Google, male(s)

Google boss on life beyond the smartphone and how the company will pay more tax in the UK

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Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 1.7.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, Google, privacy, smartphone
Summary | The author of the article first describes Google headquarters (objects, atmosphere, workers etc.). She then talks about Sundar Pichai (Google's chief executive). Pichai wants people to see Google as a full-on assistant that can help them accomplish all sorts of tasks. In the future, Pichai wants Google to target homes and cars. The future is also linked to artificial intelligence. They want to work with new techniques that relie on neural networks in order to allow computers to teach themselves. Pichai talks about the future: using AI in medicine, privacy issures, personal assistants, Google search option, Google translate, and other services.
Image Description | Four photographs of Sundar Pichai, Google HQ, man holding Google Home and speaking, driveless car, video about the history of Google
Image Tags | Google, male(s)

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