Machine learning & AI

Is it possible to slow down the development of AI?

Top AI executives say they want to slow the breakneck pace of artificial intelligence development, but competition, U.S. government reluctance and geopolitical factors stand in the way.

Machine learning & AI

Alarm over AI grows as divided U.S. Congress struggles to act

The U.S. Congress returned from recess Monday facing urgent warnings that artificial intelligence could spin dangerously out of control—and little agreement over whether, or how, Washington should intervene.

Machine learning & AI

Who should own the knowledge that underpins AI technology?

Russian mathematician Yurii Nesterov was recently awarded the Gauss Prize for outstanding mathematical contributions and his "groundbreaking work" on optimization. The award cited his work on gradient descent methods—and ...

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