Riot is being pitched as a digital, hyper-aware spy. It's nothing more than a simple data aggregator from public social media profiles.

No, computers didn't predict the Arab Spring. Their vague outputs are just being sold as predictions after the fact.

Is it possible to simulate and compute our way to solving the mysteries of the universe and actually get it right in the end?

A new computer language wants computers to learn about the world the same way we do: using statistics.

The idea that simulating a brain in a computer will yield an intelligent being has become an unshakeable belief amongst Singularitarians.

Before you let IBM sell you a computer to help lead your company, consider the downsides of outsourcing your strategy to a machine learning algorithm.

Two IBM project leaders are arguing about the results of the Blue Matter experiments. The critics seem to have the upper hand, scientifically speaking.

Researchers at IBM seem to believe that simulating the background activity of the brain will create a conscious, self-aware mind.

Simulations are great starting points. But there are only so many conclusions we can draw from them.