Guest Microsoft’s intelligent chatbot Tay behaved badly last week (and this week too), but that shouldn’t have shocked any of us. Clearly, we’re expecting too much of AI too soon. Flaws are what make us who we are as people — they define us. So it’s a bit of a double standard that we seem to …
Microsoft today introduced upgrades to some of its conversational Cognitive Services and a toolkit for making branded virtual assistants quickly.
Microsoft picked up XOXCO -- creator of Botkit, an enterprise bot builder first supported by Slack -- in its fourth big AI startup acquisition this year.
Microsoft previews PlayFab multiplayer game services. Microsoft acquired Seattle-based PlayFab back in January for its Azure platform.
AirSim on Unity enables developers to test autonomous drones, cars, and robots in digital environments with realistic physics.
New AI-driven features are heading to Microsoft's Power BI platform, including native integration with Microsoft Cognitive Services.
In the age of HQ2, every new office announcement seems to send cities’ hearts racing. Apple’s announcement that it would accelerate investments in the U.S., add 20,000 new jobs over the next five years, and open a new campus in the next year was no exception. On Twitter, the Apple announcement quickly drew comparisons to …
Building on prior announcements of its plans to invest in U.S. manufacturing and job creation, Apple today announced that it will increase its Advanced Manufacturing Fund from $1 billion to $5 billion, create 20,000 new jobs, and contribute over $350 billion to the U.S. economy over the next five years. Made public just ahead of …
Amazon has become the second U.S. company to hit a market capitalization of $1 trillion, after its share price briefly edged past the $2,050 mark this morning.
The end of Amazon's search for its new second headquarters makes it look bleak for cities to be able to land corporate investment without subsidies.