Tech Industry Where A.I.’s Next Big Breakthrough May Come From: Eye on A.I.Fortune - Jonathan Vanian A pioneer in artificial intelligence says conventional companies can still distinguish themselves in A.I. despite worries that tech giants like …
Tech Industry Tech Coalition Asks Governments to Ease Visa Rules for A.I. ExpertsFortune - Jeremy Kahn Partnership on AI, a non-profit group whose members include large U.S. technology companies as well as universities and researchers working on …
Facial Recognition A U.K. Court May Have Made Police Use of Facial Recognition EasierFortune - Jeremy Kahn A landmark decision in a U.K. court case may make it easier for law enforcement agencies throughout Europe to use facial recognition technology. In a …
Tech Industry An Offer You Can’t Refuse: How A.I. Is Poised to Transform Negotiations. Eye on A.I.Fortune - Jeremy Kahn Negotiation is a fundamental business skill—one that is inextricably bound up with human emotion and psychology as much as economic calculus. Perhaps …
Tech Industry Hello, This Is Artificial Intelligence. How Can I Help You? Eye on A.I.Fortune - Jonathan Vanian People who call companies to ask questions about their cable bills or complain about their Internet service being out are increasingly talking to …
Tech Industry China’s Lax Attitude About Privacy Is Shifting – Data SheetFortune - David Z. Morris, Clay Chandler If you're a regular reader of global media coverage of China's technology sector, you've probably come across some variation of the following …
Tech Industry Silicon Valley’s Smokescreen and the Phoniness of ‘Thought Leadership’—Data SheetFortune - Adam Lashinsky, Robert Hackett Technology companies are big on changing the world. And they do. Computers have revolutionized access to information and how we communicate. Software …
ViacomCBS Bargaining Power: CEO DailyFortune - Alan Murray, David Meyer Yesterday’s announcement of the merger of Viacom and CBS was anticlimactic. Recombining Sumner Redstone’s two media companies, which have been joined …
How State Politics Is Playing a Huge Role in Artificial Intelligence: Eye on A.I.Fortune - Jonathan Vanian New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed legislation in late July to create a temporary state commission that will examine how artificial intelligence …
The Word of 2019 Isn’t ‘Plastics’: CEO DailyFortune - Alan Murray, David Meyer Can you name a company that is 139 years old and was one of the two best performing stocks of the S&P 500 in the last 12 months? Hint: it’s not a tech …
The Dangers of Tech Firms’ Safe Harbor: CEO DailyFortune - Alan Murray, David Meyer Over the weekend, I caught up with a piece published last week by Bloomberg Businessweek provocatively titled, “The 26 Words That Got Us Into This …
Readers Respond to Walmart’s Gun Sales: CEO DailyFortune - Alan Murray, Katherine Dunn Good morning, and time for some Friday feedback. I got lots of it for my post on whether Walmart should further restrict gun sales. A sampling: “I …
Walmart Grapples With Guns: CEO DailyFortune - Alan Murray, Katherine Dunn Keep an eye on Walmart CEO Doug McMillon. He wrote a heart-felt post to his employees after a visit to the store in El Paso where a tragic shooting …
The Cost of the Streaming War: CEO DailyFortune - Katherine Dunn Good morning from London. This is Katherine Dunn, filling in for Alan. Today, a quick break from the U.S.-China trade war—more news on that …
The Recession Watch Is Back On: CEO DailyFortune - Alan Murray, Katherine Dunn It’s probably not intentional, but by making clear he will cut interest rates to offset the economic costs of a trade war, the Fed chief may have …
The Dark Side of Customer Service: CEO DailyFortune - Alan Murray, Katherine Dunn “Customer focused, data driven” has become something of a mantra for modern business. Ubiquitous data, natural language processing, machine learning …
Why ‘Fitness Tech’ Is Working Out—Data SheetFortune - Adam Lashinsky, Aaron Pressman I have leisure and athletic activity on my brain, so Thursday morning I popped into the San Francisco headquarters of Strava, the fitness app devoted …
Another Front Opens in the U.S.-China Trade War: CEO DailyFortune - Andrew Nusca, Katherine Dunn Good morning from Fortune’s Los Angeles bureau. Digital editor Andrew Nusca here, filling in for Alan. Sun Tzu famously wrote that the art of war is …
Why a Robot Maker’s Stock Is Flying High—Data SheetFortune - Adam Lashinsky, Aaron Pressman This is the web version of Data Sheet, Fortune’s daily newsletter on the top tech news. To get it delivered daily to your in-box, sign up here. Last …
In India and China, Scandals Blunt Investor Confidence: CEO DailyFortune - Jeremy Kahn, Katherine Dunn Good morning. It’s Jeremy Kahn here, filling in for Alan. While many investors were fixated on the U.S. Federal Reserve yesterday, emerging market …
DeepMind’s Latest A.I. Predicts Kidney Injuries 48 Hours in AdvanceFortune - Jeremy Kahn DeepMind, the artificial intelligence company owned by Google parent Alphabet, has developed software capable of predicting which hospital patients …
How Sanctions Are Starting To Squeeze Huawei—Data SheetFortune - Clay Chandler, Aaron Pressman Media coverage of Huawei Technology's announcements of its half-year financial results reminds me of the famed sketch from a 1888 German postcard …
The Federal Reserve Contemplates a Rate Cut: CEO DailyFortune - Katherine Dunn Good morning. Katherine Dunn in London, filling in for Alan. It’s officially Federal Reserve Day, when bankers, traders, and markets the world over …
Social Media’s Plan to Fight Online Trolls Gets a Reality Check: Eye on A.I.Fortune - Jonathan Vanian Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube executives say artificial intelligence is the solution to policing the deluge of offensive content that users post on …
Why Jeff Williams May Not Be the Next Apple CEO—Data SheetFortune - Adam Lashinsky, Aaron Pressman This is the web version of Data Sheet, Fortune’s daily newsletter on the top tech news. To get it delivered daily to your in-box, sign up here. A trio …
Putting Ethics on Par With Shareholder Value: CEO DailyFortune - Jeremy Kahn, Katherine Dunn Corporations exist to make money for their shareholders. In the United States, this raison d’etre has been elevated above any other consideration and …
How Ford Lost $181 Million Betting on a Technology Startup—Data SheetFortune - Adam Lashinsky, Aaron Pressman This is the web version of Data Sheet, Fortune’s daily newsletter on the top tech news. To get it delivered daily to your in-box, sign up here. In May, …
Boeing’s 737 Max Grounding Grinds On: CEO DailyFortune - Katherine Dunn Katherine Dunn here, filling in from London for Alan, who is on vacation this week. The saga of Boeing’s 737 Max continues, as the months-long …
Tulsi Gabbard’s Google Lawsuit Is About ‘Paranoia’ Against Big Tech, Says Legal ExpertFortune - Alyssa Newcomb Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, a 2020 Democratic presidential contender, filed a lawsuit against Google on Thursday for temporarily suspending her advertising …
