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Artificial Intelligence for the Real World
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Artificial Intelligence for the Real World

In 2013, the MD Anderson Cancer Center launched a "moon shot" project: diagnose and recommend treatment plans for certain forms of cancer using IBM's Watson cognitive...

AI Will Create New Jobs But Skills Must Shift, Say Tech Giants
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AI Will Create New Jobs But Skills Must Shift, Say Tech Giants

AI will create more jobs than it destroys was the not-so-subtle rebuttal from tech giants to growing concern over the impact of automation technologies on employment...

IBM's Watson Hops On Board Human Space Flight
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IBM's Watson Hops On Board Human Space Flight

CIMON, a medicine ball-sized device that uses IBM's Watson technology, will accompany a mission to the International Space Station this June. CIMON's digital face...

Feeding Frenzy for AI Engineers Gets More Intense
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Feeding Frenzy for AI Engineers Gets More Intense

In December, Bloomberg reported that desperate demand for software engineers who know how to build artificial intelligence systems turned a previously low-key academic...

Tech Companies Should Stop Pretending AI Won't Destroy Jobs
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Tech Companies Should Stop Pretending AI Won't Destroy Jobs

I took an Uber to an artificial-­intelligence conference at MIT one recent morning, and the driver asked me how long it would take for autonomous vehicles to take...

Researchers Join AI-Enabled Counterparts for 'Collaborative Autonomy'
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Researchers Join AI-Enabled Counterparts for 'Collaborative Autonomy'

A team of firefighters clears a building in a blazing inferno, searching rooms for people trapped inside or hotspots that must be extinguished. Except this isn't...

AI Will Create More Jobs Than It Eliminates in 2020, Gartner Says
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AI Will Create More Jobs Than It Eliminates in 2020, Gartner Says

Artificial intelligence-related job creation will cross into positive territory in 2020, creating 2.3 million jobs while eliminating 1.8 million, according to Gartner...

Why A.I. Researchers at Google Got Desks Next to the Boss
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Why A.I. Researchers at Google Got Desks Next to the Boss

If you want to understand the priorities of a technology company, first look at the seating chart.

Global AI Experts Sound The Alarm
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Global AI Experts Sound The Alarm

Twenty-six experts on the security implications of emerging technologies have jointly authored a report that sounds the alarm about the potential malicious use...

Drones Deliver Green Transportation Option
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Drones Deliver Green Transportation Option

Drone-based delivery could reduce greenhouse gas emissions and energy use in the transportation sector, according to newly published research.

Missing Data Hinder Replication of Artificial Intelligence Studies
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Missing Data Hinder Replication of Artificial Intelligence Studies

The booming field of artificial intelligence is grappling with a replication crisis. AI researchers have found it difficult to reproduce many key results, and that...

Can Social Media Data Help Predict Threats or Identify Fake News?
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Can Social Media Data Help Predict Threats or Identify Fake News?

Professor Conrad Tucker of Penn State University has received funding from the U.S. Air Force to investigate whether crowd-sourced data from social media can be...

Can a Cockroach Teach a Robot How to Scurry Across Rugged Terrain?
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Can a Cockroach Teach a Robot How to Scurry Across Rugged Terrain?

Researchers at Johns Hopkins University are coaxing cockroaches to share some crucial locomotion tips that could help future robotic vehicles traverse treacherous...

Robot Density Rises Globally
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Robot Density Rises Globally

Driven by accelerating automated production, 74 robot units per 10,000 employees is the new average of global robot density in manufacturing industries around the...

As China Marches Forward on  A.I., the White House Is Silent
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As China Marches Forward on A.I., the White House Is Silent

In July, China unveiled a plan to become the world leader in artificial intelligence and create an industry worth $150 billion to its economy by 2030.

Sky-High Salaries Are the Weapons in the AI Talent War
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Sky-High Salaries Are the Weapons in the AI Talent War

If you want to command a multiyear, seven-figure salary, you used to have only four career options: chief executive officer, banker, celebrity entertainer, or pro...

His 2020 Campaign Message: The Robots Are Coming
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His 2020 Campaign Message: The Robots Are Coming

Among the many, many Democrats who will seek the party's presidential nomination in 2020, most probably agree on a handful of core issues: protecting DACA, rejoining...

Machine-Learning Systems: Your New Co-Workers
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Machine-Learning Systems: Your New Co-Workers

Technology is changing the way we do our jobs, and the very jobs themselves. It "will push us toward excellence," says Nirav Merchant, director of the University...

Want Awesome Robots? You'll Have to Best These Challenges
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Want Awesome Robots? You'll Have to Best These Challenges

We are living in the midst of a profound technological restructuring of human society. The machines that once only frolicked in science fiction have begun to infiltrate...

Inside Amazon's Artificial Intelligence Flywheel
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Inside Amazon's Artificial Intelligence Flywheel

In early 2014, Srikanth Thirumalai met with Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos.
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