Machine learning, a branch of artificial intelligence, allows a computer to teach itself how to solve problems by analyzing large sets of data.

To human observers, the following two images are identical. But researchers at Google showed in 2015 that a popular object detection algorithm classified the left image as “panda” and the right one as ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) has become a foundational technology across countless industries, but the question of when machine-learning (ML) inventions are patent-eligible remains a nebulous target.

When machine learning is used to suggest new potential scientific insights or directions, algorithms sometimes offer solutions that are not physically sound.

Let’s be honest: the term “machine learning” has been bastardized in recent years as some companies try to use it interchangeably with artificial intelligence, or even just to describe a souped-up ...

Search engines crawl and index websites. Search algorithms function. Search engines treat user intent as a ranking signal (and where they’re likely going with it). Another crucial area to understand ...

After talking to machine learning and infrastructure engineers at major Internet companies across the US, Europe, and China, two groups of companies emerged. One group has invested hundreds of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Gil Press writes about technology, entrepreneurs and innovation. Sixty-five years ago, Arthur Samuel went on TV to show the world ...