StarCraft II is now a laboratory for AI research
Blizzard’s partnership with DeepMind, a firm that specializes in machine learning, has culminated in the release of the StarCraft II API, which is available...
Google’s DeepMind A.I. takes on something even more complicated than chess or go: StarCraft II
Google and Blizzard are opening up StarCraft II to anyone who wants to teach artificial intelligence systems how to conduct warfare, because apparently I’m...
The DeanBeat: Why video game companies — and all of us — need to think more about A.I.
I was fascinated to meet Masayoshi Son, the CEO of SoftBank, one of the world’s biggest tech companies, this week at the ARM TechCon...
Anki’s Cozmo robot is an amazing sentient toy, but the novelty may wear off
Anki has created an amazing toy in Cozmo, a cute robot toy that makes use of the company’s deep artificial intelligence research. It shows...
Anki launches its robotic Supertrucks combat racing toys
Anki is launching a cool truck expansion for its popular Anki Overdrive robotic cars. The new Anki Overdrive Supertrucks add a new dimension of play...
The DeanBeat: Westworld finds the frontier between the real and the virtual, between humans and A.I.
HBO’s Westworld debuts on Sunday as a major TV show that delves into enduring sci-fi and morality themes about whether we should create human-like...
Nvidia debuts 2 Pascal-based Tesla chips for deep learning applications
Nvidia wants the artificial intelligence and deep learning markets badly. It launched its 15-billion transistor Tesla P100 chip in April for deep-learning applications. And now...
Nvidia’s $1.43 billion in revenue beats expectations as Pascal graphics chips launch
Graphics and A.I. chip maker Nvidia reported second-quarter earnings that beat Wall Street’s expectations by a handy margin. Nvidia’s results are a bellwether for...
Nvidia zooms by earnings targets thanks to graphics chip demand from cars and games
Graphics chip maker Nvidia reported earnings for its fIrst fiscal quarter ended April 30 that beat Wall Street’s expectations. Nvidia’s results are a bellwether for...
NaturalMotion’s A.I. breakthrough: Clumsy Ninja melds zany character with true human motion & reacts to you
After 10 years in the making, Natural Motion launches Clumsy Ninja, an autonomous virtual character game.