Researchers develop AI that can play Angry Birds
Rovio’s Angry Birds, a title that tasks players with slingshotting colorful fowl toward ill-intentioned, egg-stealing swine, has been characterized by one reviewer as “one...
Rune raises $2 million to use AI to find friends for mobile gamers
Rune has raised $2 million in funding in its effort to use artificial intelligence to help find friends for mobile gamers. Rune is a...
Google Assistant can now launch games, capture screenshots, and more on Xbox One
Add the Xbox One to the long list of things Google Assistant can control. This morning, Microsoft and Google jointly announced the Xbox Action,...
The Alexa Skills Store now has more than 100,000 voice apps
The Alexa Skills Store — where Alexa users can browse, view, and manage third-party apps and services — now has over 100,000 apps, up...
Facebook’s Portal TV lets you watch shows during video calls
The Portal team at Facebook is today introducing its latest generation of devices for WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger video calls, augmented reality experiences, and...
AI generates Let’s Play commentary from videos
Let’s Play videos — which document game playthroughs — have surged in popularity in the past decade. Felix Kjellberg, better known by his online...
After 5,000 games, Microsoft’s Suphx AI can defeat top Mahjong players
Bolstered by algorithmic breakthroughs and an abundance of cheap computing power, AI has become a veritable games champion, notching wins against the world’s top-ranked...
IBM’s tennis AI measures player performance and selects highlights
Tennis and AI are like peas in a pod, if you ask IBM. The folks at the Armonk, New York-based company today detailed Coach...
Jensen Huang interview: Why AI is the single most powerful force of our time
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang proudly proclaimed on an analyst earnings call this week that artificial intelligence is the “single most powerful force of our...
Amazon launches Custom Interfaces for Alexa skills to deepen connections with games and gadgets
Amazon has maintained a steady focus on connecting home devices with its Echo smart speakers, from forging ties with more than 60,000 smart home...