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Researchers ­se Machine Learning to Spot Counterfeit Consumer Products
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Researchers ­se Machine Learning to Spot Counterfeit Consumer Products

A team of researchers has developed a mechanism that uses machine-learning algorithms to distinguish between genuine and counterfeit versions of the same product...

Meet the Company That's ­sing Face Recognition to Reshape China's Tech Scene
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Meet the Company That's ­sing Face Recognition to Reshape China's Tech Scene

In China, face recognition is transforming many aspects of daily life.

D.i.y. Artificial Intelligence Comes to a Japanese Family Farm
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D.i.y. Artificial Intelligence Comes to a Japanese Family Farm

Not much about Makoto Koike's adult life suggests that he would be a farmer.

Andrew Ng Spreads the Gospel of AI With a New Online School
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Andrew Ng Spreads the Gospel of AI With a New Online School

Andrew Ng is a soft-spoken AI researcher whose online postings talk loudly.

Bot and Bothered
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Bot and Bothered

Facebook has been working on artificial intelligence that claims to be great at negotiating, makes up its own language and learns to lie.

Nvidia and Remedy ­se Neural Networks For Eerily Good Facial Animation
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Nvidia and Remedy ­se Neural Networks For Eerily Good Facial Animation

Remedy, the developer behind the likes of Alan Wake and Quantum Break, has teamed up with GPU-maker Nvidia to streamline one of the more costly parts of modern...

Robots, Start Your Engines!
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Robots, Start Your Engines!

There's nothing like a throw-down to push new technologies out to the masses.

The Rise of AI Is Forcing Google and Microsoft to Become Chipmakers
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The Rise of AI Is Forcing Google and Microsoft to Become Chipmakers

By now our future is clear: We are to be cared for, entertained, and monetized by artificial intelligence.

Pittsburgh Gets a Tech Makeover
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Pittsburgh Gets a Tech Makeover

In 2015, Monocle magazine, a favorite read of the global hipsterati, published an enthusiastic report on Lawrenceville, the former blue-collar neighborhood here...

Watson Won Jeopardy, But Is It Smart Enough to Spin Big Blue's AI Into Green?
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Watson Won Jeopardy, But Is It Smart Enough to Spin Big Blue's AI Into Green?

In retrospect, there was much more at stake than a mere $1 million when IBM's Watson computer faced off against two Jeopardy! champions back in 2011.

China's Got a Huge Artificial Intelligence Plan
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China's Got a Huge Artificial Intelligence Plan

China aims to make the artificial intelligence industry a "new, important" driver of economic expansion by 2020, according to a development plan issued by the State...

Bringing Neural Networks to Cellphones
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Bringing Neural Networks to Cellphones

Researchers at MIT have developed a battery of techniques for modeling neural networks' power consumption which could make the systems available for mobile devices...

Russian Weapons Maker To Build AI-Directed Guns
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Russian Weapons Maker To Build AI-Directed Guns

The maker of the famous AK-47 rifle is building "a range of products based on neural networks," including a "fully automated combat module" that can identify and...

AI Hype Creates Confusion and Obscures Benefits, Gartner Says
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AI Hype Creates Confusion and Obscures Benefits, Gartner Says

Market hype and growing interest in artificial intelligence are pushing established software vendors to introduce AI into their product strategy, creating considerable...

Crazy Smart Summer: Girls Build Robots To Help People
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Crazy Smart Summer: Girls Build Robots To Help People

While some middle schoolers spend their summers lounging poolside, others spend time building robots. At the Women in Robotics Summer Youth Program last week, 23...

AI Expert Affirms Musk's Claim: Robots Will Kill Jobs
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AI Expert Affirms Musk's Claim: Robots Will Kill Jobs

New York Institute of Technology Professor Kevin LaGrandeur argues that intelligent technology is displacing not only manual labor, but also middle-class jobs and...

These Truckers Work Alongside the Coders Trying to Eliminate Their Jobs
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These Truckers Work Alongside the Coders Trying to Eliminate Their Jobs

Just before Stefan Seltz-Axmacher offers a job to an engineer at Starsky Robotics Inc., a driverless trucking startup in San Francisco, he gives them the talk. ...

Intel, While Pivoting to Artificial Intelligence, Tries to Protect Lead
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Intel, While Pivoting to Artificial Intelligence, Tries to Protect Lead

The computers in modern data centers—the engine rooms of the digital economy—are powered mainly by Intel chips.

Artificial Intelligence Helps Build Brain Atlas of Fruit Fly Behavior
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Artificial Intelligence Helps Build Brain Atlas of Fruit Fly Behavior

A machine-learning program named JAABA has helped scientists create a brain-wide atlas of fruit fly behavior.

AI and 'enormous Data' Could Make Tech Giants Harder to Topple
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AI and 'enormous Data' Could Make Tech Giants Harder to Topple

Another week, another record-breaking AI research study released by Google—this time with results that are a reminder of a crucial business dynamic of the current...
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