Apple has bought Emotion, a program that uses artificial intelligence to read emotions by analyzing facial expression.
The news comes from the Wall Street Journal, citing several sources. But the purchase price is not known. Emotion is a society that uses facial recognition systems and is able to read emotions in a person's appearance.
The program is used and by doctors and researchers to understand what are the signs of pain in their patients. Its headquarters are in San Diego, California and has previously attracted $ 8 million investment from Intel.
Apple is not the only company that has invested in artificial intelligence. Among them is Google and Facebook. Finally Mark Zuckerberg has announced that among his plans for the 2016 is just and that will have to support a system of artificial intelligence in everyday tasks at work.