Computing

Personalized AI requires personal data. Apple, Google and others say they can now grab more of it while keeping privacy and security intact

The Waze model of crowdsourced info is only the beginning

Advertisers and software developers have been trying to outdo one another for years. Is it time for a truce?

The best facial-recognition algorithms are now as good as the best forensic examiners are. But the best results come by combining human and computer skills. Christopher Intagliata reports.

The new Google AI voice assistant, called Duplex, highlights the intricacies of carrying out a mundane human-style conversation, as it keeps you off the phone.

A systems scientist breaks down the intricacies of making a machine that can fool humans into thinking it’s one of us

The use of algorithms to guess a person’s gender based on images, video or audio raise significant social and ethical concerns yet to be fully explored

Scientists have added radar info to seismic data, isotope measurements and optical imagery to study covert nuclear tests. Christopher Intagliata reports.

Deep-learning algorithm spontaneously mimicked the activity of specialized neurons that tell us where we are in space

Right now, your computer might be using its memory and processor power—and your electricity—to generate money for someone else, without you ever knowing

Animation software brings together data to tell a molecular story

Google's new camera decides what to photograph, based on AI algorithms