A collaborative effort between Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Amazon and IBM, the Partnership on Artificial Intelligence to Benefit People and Society, will focus on AI best practices and standards. FULL STORY >

Smart businesses will move quickly to harness artificial intelligence, as they have done with every disruptive technology in the past says Interactive Intelligence. FULL STORY >

Having created a robot-focused division within the company, Sony is reportedly working on a robot that can form an emotional bond with users. FULL STORY >

With Google I/O kicking off today, reports say the company is readying an Amazon Echo competitor called Google Home, which is wants to release later this year. FULL STORY >

After previewing its new AI platform to select media last week, Viv makes its global debut at TechCrunch Disrupt NY. FULL STORY >

The creators behind Siri, Viv labs, are reportedly readying a new AI system that they say revolutionises users ability to "interface with everything". FULL STORY >

Interactive Intelligence Group Inc., a global leader of cloud services for customer engagement, communications and collaboration, has shared its predictions for the five trends that will disrupt customer... FULL STORY >

This week's Geek News Highlights proves that good things come to those who wait, with an original issue of Action Comics #1 from 1938 selling for $3.2 million, Humble Bundle offering up more exclusives and NASA discovering water clouds on... FULL STORY >