Author: Jeff Francis

Starbucks has always been a leader in mobile personalization. Now, it's using a cloud-based AI engine to improve service even more. Read More

Following years of eager anticipation, Oak Ridge National Laboratory fired up Summit, the U.S.'s supercomputing crown jewel. The fastest such computer in the world. Read More

Artificial intelligence hasn’t reach the singularity just yet — essentially, the point at which an artificial intelligence becomes a more adept problem solver than humans such that it can think independently, creatively and iteratively improve itself in the process (summarized in Digital Trends nicely: “Super-intelligent machines will design even better... Read More

When the big players in AI release SDKs and APIs to market, Christmas came early as far as we're concerned. Microsoft did just that and we're pumped to take it to the streets — along with a host of other AI tools we can use to help you differentiate your... Read More

In a Mary Poppins sense, A.I. is a spoonful of sugar. But instead of medicine going down, it's bringing down errors and cost for stakeholders Read More

Carnegie Mellon is a bellwether of engineering emphasis—its autonomous driving department led the way until Uber poached the team away. Next up for CMU? Majoring in A.I. Read More

The Turing Test is one of THE benchmarks in artificial intelligence. And Google's A.I. might have just beat it with everyone watching. Read More

SenseTime's recent $600 million funding round proves two things: China is in it to win it on AI and image recognition is big business. Read More

Digital is no longer a bug in the corporate system, it's a feature. And as it has become more important, so too has the CIO. Read More

It's critical to spend time and resources to prevent cyberattacks. But, your employees are your first line of defense—arm them too. Read More