Here’s How Apple Says It’ll Protect You In The Age Of Face ID

A new privacy website seeks to reassure users of the security of their data as facial recognition and machine learning are introduced into Apple products.

How Virtual Reality Could Help You Fall In Love

“Fall in Love VR,” for the Oculus Rift, shows how integrating natural-language processing in virtual reality can create a sense of real intimacy.

Machine Learning Is Making Video Game Characters Smarter And Robots More Competent

Unity Technologies has linked its game engine to machine learning software, in order to train better virtual characters and physical robots.

Six Reasons To Feel Good About Downloading iOS 11 Today

Most iPhone users will see a notification of the operating system upgrade today.

Facebook’s New Lab Bolsters Montreal’s Bragging Rights As An AI Hub

Between the new AI lab and others in Silicon Valley, New York, and Paris, Facebook will have a total of 100 people dedicated to AI research.

GM boasts “the world’s first mass-producible driverless car”

Alphabet’s AI Is Slowly Getting Better At Flagging The Internet’s Worst Trolls

After announcing a tie-up with forum software provider Disqus, Alphabet’s Jigsaw division flopped at spotting vitriolic comments on Breitbart.

Lyft’s New Robot Car Alliance Focuses On The Sometimes-Forgotten Human

Drive.ai will test its car technology with Lyft as part of the e-hail company’s growing, collaborative bid to catch up to Uber’s lead in self-driving cars.

Amazon promises good human-robot working relationships at first NYC fulfillment center

This robotic fridge brings the drinks to couch potatoes

At Toyota, The Automation Is Human-Powered

While the rest of the auto industry increasingly uses robots in manufacturing, Toyota has taken a contrarian stance by accentuating human craftsmanship.

Levi’s created a bot to help you find the perfect pair of jeans

Don’t Fear Super-Intelligent Robots. Fear Dumb, Unpredictable Ones

Elon Musk is wrong. Systems of simple AI programs—like stupid Wikipedia bots—can surprise us in scary ways, even when the individual bots are behaving well.

Google Broadens The Reach Of Its Assistant To More Speakers And Home Appliances

Big tech companies like Google, Amazon, and Apple are trying to put their digital assistants in any hardware device their users might want to talk to.

This new AI-composed pop song sounds like something from a Spotify playlist

Sprout Social’s Bot Builder tool comes to Facebook Messenger

Box is Getting Smarter Thanks To Google Cloud Vision

Today the cloud storage company announced that it’s bringing image recognition capabilities to the platform, making it much easier to search for photos and videos.

DoorDash is expanding robot delivery with a company that makes self-driving containers

The best Alexa skills can now get bankrolled by Amazon