Artificial intelligence

Sports

The Masters looks to 'ace' fan experience with IBM's Watson

Using IBM Watson's artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities, golf fans will be able to create customized "feature groups" of the tournament's more than 90 participating professional golfers and access video of every shot by those players throughout the tournament in almost real time through the Master's App. 

Technology

Apple hit with $1.4B lawsuit by Chinese AI firm over Siri technology

Shanghai Zhizhen Network Technology Co. -- also known as Xiao-i -- announced it is suing Apple for 10 billion yuan ($1.43 billion) in damages in Shanghai court after the Chinese company recently acquired a patent for a voice assistant whose technical architecture is said to be similar to Siri's.