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Welcome to Neural’s beginner’s guide to AI. This long-running series should provide you with a very basic understanding of what AI is, what it can do, and how it works. In addition to the article you’re currently reading, the guide contains articles on (in order published) neural networks, computer vision, natural language processing, algorithms, artificial general intelligence, the difference between video game AI and real AI, the difference between human and machine intelligence, and ethics. In this edition of the guide... Читать дальше...

Your Google searches for breaking news stories may now produce a surprising outcome: a warning that your results could be unreliable. The company has started showing notifications for searches on emerging topics, which suggest that users return later when more information is available. The notice is Google’s latest efforts to mitigate misinformation in search results for breaking news. In a blog post, Danny Sullivan, public liaison for search at Google, said that sometimes reliable information isn’t online at the time that users search... Читать дальше...

Google’s algorithmic failures can have dreadful consequences, from directing racist search terms to the White House in Google Maps to labeling Black people as gorillas in Google Photos. This week, the Silicon Valley giant added another algorithmic screw-up to the list: misidentifying a software engineer as a serial killer. The victim of this latest botch was Hristo Georgiev, an engineer based in Switzerland. Georgiev discovered that a Google search of his name returned a photo of him linked to a Wikipedia entry on a notorious murderer. Читать дальше...

New York City plans to expand its currently limited EV charging infrastructure with new curbside chargers that will be introduced in October. Well, that does make sense, given that NYC’s five boroughs are so overcrowded that drivers mostly park their cars at the curb. The city’s Department of Transport (DOT) believes that by enabling EV drivers to charge their cars when they – I’m sure not without effort  – find a curbside parking spot, it can further encourage the adoption of electric vehicles.... Читать дальше...

Microsoft announced Windows 11 alongside a bazillion new features today, but by far the most surprising of these was the introduction of Android apps to Windows — no thanks to Google, apparently. Yes, you read that right. Android apps will be available right through the Microsoft Store, which will pull Android apps via the Amazon Appstore. (If you’re wondering why Amazon has an app store, it’s for its Fire tablets and streaming devices, which don’t use Google services). These apps will, theoretically... Читать дальше...

After weeks of teasers and leaks, Windows 11 is official. Messy livestream aside, it looks like a sweet update. Though a leaked build revealed some of what was to come, and the OS upgrade doesn’t look quite as dramatic as, say, the jump from Windows 8 to Windows 10 Microsoft says it has a lot more in store for Windows 11‘s official launch later this year. You can watch Microsoft‘s sleek promo video below: Looks pretty sweet. Here’s our list of the top new features coming to Microsoft‘s latest and (hopefully) greatest OS. Читать дальше...