MIT CSAIL’s research examines the economic practicality of using AI for automating tasks, with a particular emphasis on computer vision.

The IBM Watson AI XPRIZE, a competition that aims to improve human collaboration with artificial intelligence to solve global challenges, announced 10 semifinalists for everything from robotic trash cans to AI for fighting malaria.

Meet the three Wild Card entries in the IBM Watson AI XPRIZE, which join a competition designed to develop and apply AI to a wide range of problems.

Among the innovations that IBM says will change the world in the next five years are AI-powered robot microscopes to monitor the oceans and fixing growing AI bias.

IBM and University of California San Diego have launched a joint research project to combine technology, artificial intelligence and life science knowledge to improve quality of life for aging populations. The partnership is part of IBM’s Cognitive Horizons Network — a group of universities working with the company to implement AI — and aims to…