Move over big data and the internet of things — artificial intelligence is poised to be the next major trend that privacy pros should stay on top of. In the past month alone, we have seen the launch of a major industry effort to explore the policy ramifications of AI, and the U.S. Department of Tran...

For now, digital assistant programs like Apple’s Siri and Amazon’s Alexa aren’t quite the unobtrusive and discreet helpers that typically populate fantasies of the future, The Atlantic reports. Rather, tech companies have found it difficult to provide such personalized, digital help without running ...

With the rise of artificial intelligence, some of the world’s biggest tech companies are commencing informal talks on how best to develop an ethical and self-policing framework for the burgeoning technology, The New York Times reports. Alphabet, Amazon, Facebook, IBM and Microsoft have been meeting ...

Teaming up with the National Science and Technology Council and the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Subcommittee, the White House has a strategic plan for the research and development of artificial intelligence. “This ‘National Artificial Intelligence R&D Strategic...