Chinese and US spooks use sound to control AI assistants
A spy in your house
For two years, researchers in China and the United States have begun demonstrating that they can send hidden commands that are undetectable to the human ear to Apple’s Siri, Amazon’s Alexa and Google’s Assistant.
Volvo to get Intel-based infotainment with Android P OS
Powered by Intel's Atom Automotive SoC
At the Google I/O conference, Volvo has teamed up with Intel and Google to show its latest infotainment system based on Intel's Atom automotive SoC and running on the latest Android P OS.
Google’s new AI talks like a human
You could be working with Duplex and be unaware of it
Search engine Google has been showing off an AI tool dubbed "Duplex" which is an AI assistant that can call people up and interact with them – without anyone ever knowing they were speaking to a robot.
Qualcomm is ready for Android P
Snapdragon 845, 660 and 636
Qualcomm announced that it plans to fully support Android P on select Snapdragon mobile platform. Having early access, that enabled Qualcomm to optimize its software on Snapdragon 845, 660 and 636 mobile platforms to ensure readiness for OEMs to upgrade to Android P at the time of launch.
Google releases Android Things
Version 1
Search engine outfit Google has released version 1.0 of Android Things which will allow manufacturers to build and maintain Internet of Things (IoT) devices.
Pentagon will beat world to self driving cars
Never mind Tesla, Uber or Google
The Pentagon will be using self-driving vehicles before they arrive in the streets according to Michael Griffin, the undersecretary of defense for research and engineering.
Top three AIs are pretty stupid
Google is brighter, Siri is as intelligent as plankton
A new report has named Google as the cleverest AI but warns all three of the leading machines are pretty pants and disappointing.
Google's AR can see cancer
Still no cure for Google
Google boffins have been telling the American Association for Cancer Research's annual meeting, that they have come up with a prototype of an augmented reality microscope that could be used to help physicians diagnose cancer patients.
Essential promises better camera
The one after PH-1
Andy Rubin’s unicorn startup, the one that carriers the Essential name, has promised a better camera for the successor to the PH-1.
Apple hopes to get more intelligence from Google
Help us, John Giannandrea, you are our only hope
Fruity cargo cult Apple has head hunted Google's chief of search and artificial intelligence John Giannandrea in a desperate bid to catch up with its rivals on AI.
