Business Impact A Reality Check for IBM’s AI Ambitions IBM, number 39 on our list of the 50 Smartest Companies, overhyped its Watson machine-learning system, but the company still could have the best access to the kind of data needed to make medicine much smarter. by David H. Freedman 2017-06-27T07:00:00-04:00
Business Impact Chemists Are First in Line for Quantum Computing’s Benefits Efforts to invent more practical superconductors and better batteries could be the first areas of business to get a quantum speed boost. by Tom Simonite 2017-03-17T00:00:00-04:00
Connectivity New Weather App Can Spread Urgent Alerts Even When Cell Networks Are Down The Weather Company’s new Android app uses mesh networking to spread data between phones over Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. by Tom Simonite 2017-02-15T09:00:00-05:00
Connectivity Air Force Tests IBM’s Brain-Inspired Chip as an Aerial Tank Spotter Chips with silicon “neurons” could make satellites, aircraft, and drones smarter. by Andrew Rosenblum 2017-01-11T00:00:00-05:00
Intelligent Machines IBM’s Watson Is Everywhere—But What Is it? Ignore the hype and marketing—Watson may be a potent way for businesses to tap into advances in machine learning and AI. by Will Knight 2016-10-27T16:15:00-04:00
Intelligent Machines Google and Microsoft Want Every Company to Scrutinize You with AI The tech giants are eager to rent out their AI breakthroughs to other companies. by Tom Simonite 2016-08-01T00:00:00-04:00
Intelligent Machines Physicists Have Used a Quantum Computer to Simulate the Creation of Antimatter Scaling up the hardware could one day solve problems well beyond the ability of current computers. by Jamie Condliffe 2016-06-23T11:20:00-04:00
Intelligent Machines Google Reports Progress on a Shortcut to Quantum Supremacy Quantum computers could be closer than we thought, thanks to new steps toward an easier way to build them. by Tom Simonite 2016-06-09T17:10:00-04:00
Business Impact Can Machine Learning Help Lift China’s Smog? As China’s air quality sinks, IBM’s research group is using AI techniques to predict pollution levels for every square kilometer 10 days in advance. by Will Knight 2016-03-28T00:00:00-04:00
Intelligent Machines IBM’s Automated Radiologist Can Read Images and Medical Records Software that can read medical images and written health records could help radiologists work faster and more accurately. by Tom Simonite 2016-02-04T15:38:00-05:00
