The Harvard University strategic initiative HarvardX is running a massive open online course (MOOC) that features adaptive learning and assessment algorithms that tailor course material in response to student…
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Is Artificial Intelligence Safe?
After seeing the many AI-powered toys, consumer products and smartphones at CES this month, it is important to ask about AI’s future and security. This week, tech billionaires from…
Could a Robot be Your Best Boss?
Most people think of leadership as an occupation or a person who is formally in charge of others, but leadership is really the mechanism that enables a group to…
CES and Enterprise Learning Technology: 5 Technologies to Watch
The Consumer Electronics Show 2017 (CES), the world’s large consumer technology event happens this week, and serves the $287 billion U.S. consumer technology industry. Thousands of solutions and exhibitors…
Meet the HyperAdapt, Nike's New Self-Lacing Sneaker
The Nike HyperAdapt 1.0, the first self-lacing – or adaptive lacing in Nike’s terms – brings those Back to The Future shoes worn by Michael J. Fox to life. “When…
Facebook Squeezes AI into Mobile App
Just three months ago Facebook set out to do something nobody else had done before: ship AI-based style transfer running live, in real time, on mobile devices. “This was…