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The world’s largest chip maker is building a chip just for machine learning as the biggest tech companies look to an AI-powered future. The post Intel Looks to a New Chip to Power the Coming Age of AI appeared first on WIRED. Powered by WPeMatico

Civic-minded technologist Clay Johnson warns that putting Facebook in charge of deciding what’s true isn’t a good way to stop the spread of misinformation. The post Facebook Shouldn’t Bother Policing Fake News—It Should Go Local Instead appeared first on WIRED. Powered by WPeMatico

GE just acquired thirty machine learning specialists. How can a startup compete—even if the all the top AI talent doesn’t move to Canada? The post Giant Corporations Are Hoarding the World’s AI Talent appeared first on WIRED. Powered by WPeMatico

A grassroots effort to combat online harassment gains momentum. The post HeartMob’s Volunteers Crack the Trollish Eggs of Twitter appeared first on WIRED. Powered by WPeMatico

Research by Civis Analytics reveals swing voters in economically challenged Rust Belt went to Trump. The post How Pollsters Missed the ‘Bowling Alone’ Voters That Handed Trump the Presidency appeared first on WIRED. Powered by WPeMatico

Elon Musk’s OpenAI lab is tapping into the Microsoft Cloud—and that’s a sign the cloud computing market is on the move. The post OpenAI Joins Microsoft on the Cloud’s Next Big Front: Chips appeared first on WIRED. Powered by WPeMatico

Twitter hopes to curb harassment once and for all by giving users the ability to filter keywords and hashtags while be The post Twitter Is Adding New Filtering Tools in an Effort to Curb Abuse appeared first on WIRED. Powered by WPeMatico

Because Trump wasn’t spending as much on TV ads, it seemed like his team wasn’t investing in changing minds. But they were: they were just doing it online. The post Here’s How Facebook Actually Won Trump the Presidency appeared first on WIRED. Powered by WPeMatico

Carbon nanotube are too tiny to carve. So IBM is using chemistry to grow chips like crystals. The post IBM Is Using Tiny Tubes to Grow the Chips of the Future appeared first on WIRED. Powered by WPeMatico

A new search engine called Semantic Scholar helps academics deal with the increasingly enormous volume of academic research. The post Allen Institute for AI Eyes the Future of Scientific Search appeared first on WIRED. Powered by WPeMatico