Digital Discourse Database

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Facebook shuts down robots after they invent their own language

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Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 1.8.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, Facebook
Summary | Facebook decided to shut down two of artifical intelligence robots after they started conversing in their own language. Nevertheless, the project shows that we're closer to creating bots that can think, talk, and negotiate.
Image Description | Photograph of Mark Zuckerberg in front of a screen displaying "artificial intelligence", and timeline of artificial intelligence
Image Tags | chart, male(s)

What Google's grand Go victory means: Technology is about to get a lot smarter

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Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 11.3.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, game
Summary | For the first time in history, artificial intelligence (AlphaGo program) beat the world champion in the game of Go (board game). This victory is important for the future of AI and Google. The principles used with AlphaGo can be used to improve Google’s products (e.g. search, translation, photos, videos and social media). AlphaGo's algorithms are very similar to how a human brain works.
Image Description | Photograph of South Korean world Go champion, two men in front of a chart, smartphone, and two videos
Image Tags | chart, male(s), smartphone

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)

Robots will replace customer service agents - thank god for that

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Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 15.4.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, threat
Summary | Chatbots are taking over the world. On Facebook Messenger for instance, you can ask a shopping concierge bot what you want to buy. The bot will then tailor options to your price range. This is what the future looks like: robot customer service agents. They will kill the customer service industry that we know. However, those bots will lack a human touch.
Image Description | Photograph of an iPhone screen displaying a conversation with the bot "Spring", chart showing the number of call center employees, photograph of a reception desk with a robot and real people, photograph of telemarketers
Image Tags | chart, female(s), male(s), smartphone, text

The end of apps is here. Long live chat bots

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Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 31.3.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, texting, threat
Summary | Apps will soon disappear as bots keep rising. Bots are helpful assistant that can chat with you within any app. Thanks to bots, you can book a table at a restaurant, or make an appointment. You just have to write a message (e.g. on Facebook or Skype), and "someone" will text you back. However, bots are not perfect. Microsoft's bot Tay expressed racist and hateful comments.
Image Description | Digital image representing a collage of a lot of apps, screenshot of a computer screen, chart, hand holding a smartphone displaying a conversation, David Marcus's Facebook post, smartphone screen showing how you can add a bot on Skype, and Tay Tweets account
Image Tags | chart, Facebook, hand(s), Skype, smartphone, text, Twitter

Can't find the right emoji? AI app analyses your message to suggest the perfect memes, emoticons and gifs while you type

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Newspaper | Mail Online
Date | 14.6.2016
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, emojis, GIFs, meme, texting
Summary | A new app called Dango uses artificial intelligence to suggest the most appropriate emojis, GIFs, or memes you can use. Thanks to AI, the app analyzes the meaning of your text messages.
Image Description | Screenshot of Dango's chat bubble, photograph of a series of emojis on a screen, and chart explaining how Dango's neural system works.
Image Tags | chart, emojis, smartphone, text

Diese Technik soll uns den Alltag erleichtern

(This technology should make our daily lives easier)

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Newspaper | Tages-Anzeiger
Date | 5.4.2017
Language | German
Country | Switzerland
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, privacy, research/study, smartphone, translation
Summary | Computer are becoming more and more intertwined in our daily lives. Some smartphones can already translate real-time conversations with imitating the speakers voice thanks to advances in voice recognition. Image recognition has also advanced substantially to being able to "read" moods, age, and attractiveness of the photographed individuals. Research is being done for smartphones and other devices to monitor body odor, sweat (to allet to dehydration), or tear liquid (for diabetics).
Image Description | Various simple visualizations of smartphones/devices interacting with people (depicted by emojis), body parts, et cetera.
Image Tags | chart, emojis, female(s), smartphone

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