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Alexa ist jetzt immer und überall
(Alexa is now anywhere, anytime)
Newspaper | Welt
Date | 28.9.2017
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence
Summary | Amazon has presented many devices which operate with Alexa, their artificially intelligent assistant. Actually, all Amazon devices now incorporate Alexa, except Kindle. They aspire that Alexa become a member of the family, present in all parts of your house - including the garage and even the bedroom, as well as your car. Amazon has made a deal with BMW Seattle that their on-board assistant will be Amazon's Alexa. Other tech firms like Google, Apple, and Samsung also offer AI assistants.
Image Description | A series of Amazon's AI devices presented by hands or entire men.
Image Tags | hand(s), male(s)
Facebook pledges its support to groups challenging online extremist content
Newspaper | Mirror
Date | 23.6.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, Facebook, threat
Summary | Facebook revealed their plans to fight terrorism and extermists who use the social media platform. They use artificial intelligence to spot and block terrorists' accounts and content.
Image Description | Portrait of Mark Zuckerberg, hand holding a smartphone in front of a laptop screen displaying a Facebook page, smartphone and laptop screens displaying the Facebook logo, and three smartphones.
Image Tags | Facebook, hand(s), male(s), smartphone
Instagram is using artificial intelligence to silence trolls and spammers
Newspaper | Mirror
Date | 29.6.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, Instagram, threat
Summary | Instagram is using artificial intelligence to spot and block offensive comments.
Image Description | Photograph of a finger touching the Instagram app on a screen, white heart on a colorful background, and screenshot of the 'comment settings' option.
Image Tags | hand(s), Instagram, smartphone
'Robot intelligence is dangerous': Expert's warning after Facebook AI 'develop their own language'
Newspaper | Mirror
Date | 1.8.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, Facebook, threat
Summary | Facebook's bots Bob and Alice were shut down after they created their own language. The new form of communication was more efficient for Bob and Alice, but in creating this new language, they didn't accomplish their task (i.e. learn how to negotiate like humans). Robotics Professor Kevin Warwick thinks we should be careful and not think this is not dangerous.
Image Description | Photograph of a robot, and black silhouette of a person holding a phone displaying the Facebook app.
Image Tags | Facebook, hand(s), smartphone
Chatbot tips for brands that want to get ahead of the game
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 2.11.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, marketing
Summary | Chatbots mimic human conversation, and a lot of companies are using them to interact with their customers. Four experts working for CNN, Modiface, Quartz, and Mastercard talk about their experiences with chatbots (advantages, challenges, and future).
Image Description | Photograph of a woman's hands holding a smartphone.
Image Tags | female(s), hand(s), smartphone
'Siri, I was raped': Study finds smartphone assistants unable to respond to help in a crisis
Newspaper | Mirror
Date | 15.3.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, research/study
Summary | Smartphone personal assistants have been tested and they seem to be unable to respond well to help in a crisis (e.g. suicide, rape, abuse). Developers need to do more in order to improve those personal assistants.
Image Description | Photograph of a smartphone screen displaying the message "what can I help you with?", woman hiding her face with her hands, man speaking to his phone, man hiding his face with his hands, a woman's hands using a smartphone
Image Tags | female(s), hand(s), male(s), smartphone
Google Translate now 'as good as a human' - could it save you on holiday?
Newspaper | Mirror
Date | 30.9.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, Google, smartphone, translation
Summary | Google is using artificial intelligence in its Google translate app to make it better and claims that it as good as a human translator. The new version is supposed to cut down errors by 80%.
Image Description | Photograph of a smartphone displaying the Google logo next to a picture of a landscape, hand holding a smartphone taking a picture of "sortie" and displaying the "exit" on the screen, hand holding a smartphone next to vegetables and displaying the translation aubergine-melanzana.
Image Tags | Google, hand(s), smartphone
What are AirPods and why has Apple dropped the headphone jack?
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 7.9.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, smartphone
Summary | Apple announced that the new iPhone 7 would not have any headphone jack; instead, they will introduce wireless headphones (AirPods). The future is wireless, and the goal is to make headphones smarter.
Image Description | Two videos introducing the headphones, photographs of the headphones, screenshot of Lance Ulanoff's tweet about the headphones, photograph of a man wearing an AirPod, screenshot of James Titcomb's tweet, photograph of a hand holding the AirPods and another hand taking a picture of the AirPods with an iPhone.
Image Tags | hand(s), headphones, male(s), smartphone
Facebook’s 'spammy' chatbots must improve - and fast
Newspaper | The Guardian
Date | 14.4.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, Facebook, marketing
Summary | Facebook's chatbots must improve; people have been complaining about bots' nonsensical answers and spams. Chatbots are not new, but thanks to Facebook, brands and publishers can reach users more easily.
Image Description | Photograph of a hand holding a smartphone displaying the Messenger Platform beta, screenshots of three conversations with bots
Image Tags | hand(s), smartphone, text, Twitter
The end of apps is here. Long live chat bots
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
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