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Google's unleashes ‘A.I. Mode’ in the next phase of its journey to change search • May 20, 2025, 4:14 PM ET (AP)
Elon Musk's AI company says Grok chatbot focus on South Africa's racial politics was 'unauthorized' • May 16, 2025, 6:54 PM ET (AP)
Nvidia to send 18,000 AI chips to Saudi Arabia • May 13, 2025, 9:37 PM ET (AP)
From AI avatars to virtual reality crime scenes, courts are grappling with AI in the justice system • May 9, 2025, 3:49 PM ET (AP)
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and other US tech leaders testify to Congress on AI competition with China • May 8, 2025, 4:14 PM ET (AP)

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  • Both Siri and Google Translate utilize artificial intelligence programs modeled after the learning process of human neural networks.
  • American companies possessed about two-thirds of investments in artificial intelligence as of 2016.

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John M. Jumper
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Marvin Minsky
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Edward Albert Feigenbaum
American computer scientist
Allen Newell
American computer scientist
John McCarthy
American mathematician and computer scientist
Joseph Weizenbaum
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Alan Turing
Alan Turing
British mathematician and logician
Demis Hassabis
Demis Hassabis
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