How the Internet Is Loosening Our Grip on the Truth
Next week, if all goes well, someone will win the presidency. What happens after that is anyone’s guess. Will the losing side believe the...
New Research Center to Explore Ethics of Artificial Intelligence
Carnegie Mellon University plans to announce on Wednesday that it will create a research center that focuses on the ethics of artificial intelligence.
The ethics...
Even Bugs Will Be Bugged
When Mark Zuckerberg posted a picture of himself on Facebook in June, a sharp-eyed observer spotted a piece of tape covering his laptop’s camera....
Algorithm Patents Increased 30x The Past Fifteen Years
Recently at Gartner we have been researching issues surrounding the ownership and legal protection of a company’s information assets and analytic models.
Since information can be...
What Do People – Not Techies, Not Companies – Think About Artificial Intelligence?
In 1942 the author and professor Isaac Asimov introduced his Three Laws of Robotics, one of the most well-known attempts to establish workable rules...
Performance Spirals: Up for Amazon, Down for Samsung
In the financial markets, the ultimate barometer of a company’s performance is without doubt its market value –and that’s just based on the price...