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Der Shitstorm vom Fließband
(Shitstorms from the conveyor belt)
Newspaper | Welt
Date | 3.4.2016
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, politics, social media, threat
Summary | Social bots are becoming more frequent on social media. Some are quite believable, other not so much. Nevertheless they can reak quite some havoc on social media. They can be vocal supporters of an opinion and voice that opinion very stongly all the time, like in a shitstorm. They are responsible for much of the hate language online. Social bots can be assumed to have influenced political elections as they were used to push an opinion. The technology is similar to that of chatbots but they are designed to be assisting humans through conversational orders.
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Messenger met les marques en contact avec leurs clients
(Messenger brings together brands and their customers)
Newspaper | Le Figaro
Date | 12.4.2016
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, marketing
Summary | Bots might be the future of big companies such as Facebook. In France, the train company SNCF and the insurance company Axa Shift were the first ones to introduce bots. Chatbots were born in 1950, but they only became popular with the introduction of Siri in 2011 (the iPhone's assistant). With bots, people will be able to book a cab or check their bank information on their phone. Bots wouldn't replace apps; they would make the use of apps easier.
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Schon bald werden wir uns in Roboter verlieben
(We will be falling in love with robots pretty soon)
Newspaper | Welt
Date | 2.2.2016
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, threat
Summary | Robots with artificial intelligence are supposed to enter our lives in 2016. They are already being used in factories but now they are being designed as household helpers. Most of them show humanoid features. This is dangerous because it may cause humans to empathize with robots and even develop strong feelings for them.
Image Description | Images of a series of AI robots.
Quand les banques s'initient aux chatbots pour répondre à leurs clients
(When banks use chatbots to answer their customers)
Newspaper | Les Echos
Date | 24.10.2016
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence
Summary | Banks are starting to use more and more virtual assistants to help them. Luvo, Amelia, or KAI can answer customers' questions related to for instance the cost of money withdrawal abroad.
Image Description | Speech bubble saying "Bonjour, que puis-je faire pour vous?"
Viv, le nouvel assistant personnel des créateurs de Siri
(Viv, the new personal assistant of Siri's creators)
Newspaper | Le Figaro
Date | 11.5.2016
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence
Summary | The new personal assistant Viv is more efficient than Siri. Viv understands natural language and can answer complex questions and requests thanks to artificial intelligence.
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"Hallo Echo"
("Hello Echo")
Newspaper | Welt
Date | 27.10.2016
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, privacy
Summary | Amazon's artificial intelligence assistant Alexa can now be tested in Germany as well. It functions very well in English but it can also be used in German, it will however take a while longer for Alexa to work well in German. Each new use gives the AI system new experience to learn from. It is voice-activated and can give users various information, manage their calenders, set alarms, or order items off the internet. Many people are worried about privacy issues.
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Das steckt hinter Googles Sucht nach Innovationen
(This is behind Google's addiction for innovations)
Newspaper | Welt
Date | 1.9.2016
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, Google, privacy, translation
Summary | Google is always after the most exciting innovations. Their main focus at the moment is on artificial intelligence assistants which can be operated conversationally. Because they are voice-activated, issues with privacy come up: is Google's AI assistant constantly listening in? Google is working on solutions for making privacy settings as customizable as possible. Another big focus is translation. Google translate can already operate in 100 languages and now users can even scan, say a restaurant menu, and get it translated right away.
Image Description | Google CEO Sundar Pichai.
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Un cerveau dans les réseaux
(A brain among networks)
Newspaper | Les Echos
Date | 10.2.2016
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, Facebook
Summary | Yann LeCun was hired by Zuckerberg to join the Facebook team in 2013. LeCun is a master of artificial intelligence, which is why he was hired. LeCun became interested in neural networks after reading a conversation between Chomsky and Piaget about language learning.
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Höre und glaube
(Listen and believe)
Newspaper | Die Zeit
Date | 7.7.2016
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, Google
Summary | Google have big plans in arificial intelligence. They want to redefine themselves as an answer engine rather than a search engine. Google's AI assistant will be able to understand cryptic questions such as "did Germany win?... and Portugal?" as related to soccer and interpret the context correctly. It will also be able to understand non-native speakers of English such as Google CEO Sundar Pichai with his Indian accent.
Image Description | Getty images of Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Google vice president Ben Gomes.
Image Tags | male(s)
Pourquoi les rois du Net rêvent d'intelligence artificielle
(Why the kings of the Internet dream of artificial intelligence)
Newspaper | Les Echos
Date | 16.2.2016
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, brain
Summary | Google, Amazon, and Apple have been investing millions of dollars in the field of deep learning. AI used to be a trend in sci-fi movies and books only, but it's now part of our lives. Nowadays, computers do not only do math, they can understand people and respond to them. The way deep learning works is similar to the way ourr brain works.
Image Description | Cartoon representing two chess players: a real man and a "digital" man.
Image Tags | male(s)
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