A Silicon Valley specialist in machine learning with a long career at Microsoft has joined La Jolla-based Human Longevity as chief data scientist. David Heckerman helped invent “Clippy,” the Microsoft ...

I have long been an advocate of respecting virtuosity. Too often applications and other systems fail when they are over-automated and try to replace, rather than supplement, human intelligence. I ...

A single laundry load containing synthetic clothing can release thousands of plastic microfibers from nylon, acrylic and ...

Instagram started to automatically block offensive comments Thursday, using artificial intelligence to go beyond simple keyword filters. The use of this technology is also a test case for Facebook as ...

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is a senior reporter who has covered AI, robotics, and more for eight years at The Verge. Facebook has always ...