machine learning

Artificial intelligence, cloud computing and machine learning are just some of the technologies that tech execs say they will be focusing on in 2022.

Ricult is helping small farmers in Thailand and Pakistan boost yields through artificial intelligence and machine learning.

Robots are emerging as entertainers worldwide amid the coronavirus pandemic. In Japan, a robot based on the Gundam Sci-Fi series is attracting fans in Yokohama.

The Pentagon is adopting new ethical principles as it prepares to accelerate its use of artificial intelligence technology on the battlefield

The new tool is called SpoilerNet, and it uses artificial intelligence powered by neural networks to automatically flag spoilers in online reviews of books and TV shows. Researchers said this data can potentially be used to create software that catches spoilers on social media platforms.

Almost everyone agrees that humans caused climate change, and now some scientists and business leaders say it will take superhumans to help fix it. A study co-written by leading academics and business leaders analyzes nine different ways artificial intelligence (AI) can help reduce gas emissions that are known to have a negative effect on Earth’s atmosphere and four tools to...

Machine learning tries to deliver balanced journalism.

Tech giants like Facebook and Google came under increasing pressure in Europe on Monday when countries proposed stricter rules to force them to block extreme material such as terrorist propaganda and child porn. Britain called for a first-of-its-kind watchdog for social media that could fine executives and even ban companies. And a European Union parliamentary committee approved a bill giving...

Amazon is opening a new 85,000 square-foot office building in San Diego’s University Town Center with the ability to provide more than 300 new technology jobs in the area, the tech giant announced Wednesday.

Millions of anti-Semitic messages on Twitter have spread negative stereotypes and conspiracy theories about Jews across the social media platform, according to a report Monday by the Anti-Defamation League. ADL national director and CEO Jonathan Greenblatt said the data showed many used Twitter as a “megaphone to harass and intimidate Jews.” An earlier report from the Jewish civil rights group...

Retail powerhouse Amazon is disrupting retail yet again, with the opening of its checkout-free Amazon Go grocery store in Seattle. It looks and feels like a regular grocery store, but with one major difference: There’s no checkout — and no checkout lines. Upon entering, shoppers scan a special smartphone app that registers them into the store. After grabbing their items,...

NASA and Google have discovered an eighth planet orbiting a star in the Kepler-90 solar system, tying it with our solar system, for the first time, with the highest number of planets.

Under pressure in advance of hearings on Russian election interference, Facebook is moving to increase transparency for everyone who sees and buys political advertising on its site. Executives for the social media company said Friday they will verify political ad buyers in federal elections, requiring them to reveal correct names and locations, and to create new graphics where users can...

San Diego’s DNA intelligence company Human Longevity has developed an algorithm that can predict what people look like using only their genome sequence.

Apple will begin testing self-driving car technology in California, its first public move into a highly competitive field that could radically change transportation.

This Earth Day, BlocPower a startup that creates apps to crowdsource funding, construction, acquisitions and jobs to retrofit properties across low to moderate income communities is launching three new apps that streamline its resources putting the ability to green a property directly into the property owners’ hands. BlocPower takes on retrofitting proposals, which is when a property can take an...

A distinguished scientist and former director at Microsoft is joining San Diego’s health intelligence company, Human Longevity, as chief data scientist.