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Google Consolidates AI Teams to ‘Significantly Accelerate’ Progress
artificial intelligence // April 20, 2023

Google has combined two of its artificial intelligence (AI) teams to speed its progress in the field. DeepMind and the Brain team from Google Research will be brought together in the new group called Google DeepMind that is focused on “a new era of AI,”...

Facebook Tests Wearable ‘Brain-Reading’ Device
Facebook // July 30, 2019

Facebook revealed that it is making progress on developing its brain-reading computer. The social media giant announced the program in 2017. “We are working on a system that will let people type with their brains,” the company said at the time. “Specifically, we have a...

Elon Musk’s Neuralink Aims To Augment The Brain To Keep Pace With AI
Artificial Intelligence // March 28, 2017

Elon Musk has launched another new company, Neuralink, which focuses on developing the capabilities of the brain through technological augmentation so that humans can one day keep up with artificial intelligence. According to TechCrunch, the company has been in the works for a while, with...

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Deutsche Telekom Previews ‘App-Free’ AI-Powered Smartphone

February 26, 2024
“There’s an app for that.” Fifteen years ago, that was Apple’s tagline for its iPhone, letting customers know that whatever they wanted a smartphone to do, they had an application that could do it. Now, Germany’s Deutsche Telekom is introducing a phone that doesn’t have apps, and apparently doesn’t need them, Reuters reported Monday (Feb. […]

Google Consolidates AI Teams to ‘Significantly Accelerate’ Progress

April 20, 2023
Google has combined two of its artificial intelligence (AI) teams to speed its progress in the field. DeepMind and the Brain team from Google Research will be brought together in...

Facebook Tests Wearable ‘Brain-Reading’ Device

July 30, 2019
Facebook revealed that it is making progress on developing its brain-reading computer. The social media giant announced the program in 2017. “We are working on a system that will let...

Elon Musk’s Neuralink Aims To Augment The Brain To Keep Pace With AI

March 28, 2017
Elon Musk has launched another new company, Neuralink, which focuses on developing the capabilities of the brain through technological augmentation so that humans can one day keep up with artificial...