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Researchers Working to Improve AI that Controls Traffic Lights
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Researchers Working to Improve AI that Controls Traffic Lights

Researchers at Texas A&M are working on technology to make traffic lights change more efficiently with the goal of reducing wait times at intersections.

AI Can Help Consumers Identify Fake News
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AI Can Help Consumers Identify Fake News

Research from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the University of Tennessee shows that artificial intelligence can help form accurate news assessments when a...

Designing Customized 'Brains' for Robots
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Designing Customized 'Brains' for Robots

MIT and Harvard researchers have developed a system that generates customized computer hardware that minimizes a robot's response time.

Job Screening Service Halts Facial Analysis of Applicants
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Job Screening Service Halts Facial Analysis of Applicants

HireVue, a provider of software that screens job candidates based on an algorithmic assessment, is killing off the controversial feature of its software that analyzes...

Crowdsourced Image Classification Will Train AI Models
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Crowdsourced Image Classification Will Train AI Models

A Proof of Concept Grant from the European Research Council for the Picture Pile Platform will provide users with an opportunity to set up and run crowd-sourced...

Machine Learning Could Lop a Year Off Technology Design Cycle
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Machine Learning Could Lop a Year Off Technology Design Cycle

A research team at Sandia National Laboratories has successfully used machine learning to complete cumbersome materials science calculations more than 40,000 times...

Initiative Aims for AI-Driven Behavioral Health Monitoring
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Initiative Aims for AI-Driven Behavioral Health Monitoring

Tanzeem Choudhury of Cornell Tech launched the Precision Behavioral Health Initiative, a collaboration of technologists and health industry professionals, that...

AI Helps Scientists Find New Uses for Existing Medications
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AI Helps Scientists Find New Uses for Existing Medications

Researchers at Ohio State University have developed a machine-learning method that crunches massive datasets to help determine which existing medications could...

'The Robot Made Me Do It': Robots Encourage Risk-Taking Behavior in Humans
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'The Robot Made Me Do It': Robots Encourage Risk-Taking Behavior in Humans

Robots can encourage humans to take greater risks in a simulated gambling scenario than they would if the robot is silent, research shows.

Carebots Raise Ethical Questions on Assisting Older Adults
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Carebots Raise Ethical Questions on Assisting Older Adults

Researchers at North Carolina State University are addressing ethical questions raised by AI-enabled carebots and their assistance to the elderly.

'We're Not Going to Run Out of Work'
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'We're Not Going to Run Out of Work'

Digitization and automation have replaced millions of middle-class jobs, yet there is reason for optimism for workers, said scholars and business leaders at an...

Report Unveils Strategy for U.S. Tech Competition With China
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Report Unveils Strategy for U.S. Tech Competition With China

Created as a guide for 2020 White House transition teams, a report by a bipartisan working group includes recommendations for U.S. competition with China in four...

AI Researchers Made a Sarcasm Detection Model and It's Sooo Impressive
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AI Researchers Made a Sarcasm Detection Model and It's Sooo Impressive

Researchers in China say they've created sarcasm detection AI that achieved state-of-the-art performance on a dataset drawn from Twitter.

Seven Finalists Vie for AI Health Outcomes Challenge
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Seven Finalists Vie for AI Health Outcomes Challenge

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced seven finalists who will advance to the final round of the Artificial Intelligence Health Outcomes...

Researchers Propose 'Physical AI' As Key To Lifelike Robots
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Researchers Propose 'Physical AI' As Key To Lifelike Robots

Researchers from Imperial College London and the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology have proposed the combined discipline of "Physical...

Pope Francis Prays for Good AI
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Pope Francis Prays for Good AI

For his monthly intention in November, Pope Francis prayed that AI will be beneficial for humanity.

Creating Better Customer Experience With AI
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Creating Better Customer Experience With AI

Researchers examined the tension between AI's benefits and costs and developed recommendations to guide managers and scholars through the challenges.

Meet Your (Chinese) Facebook Censors
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Meet Your (Chinese) Facebook Censors

At least half a dozen Chinese nationals are working as social media censors at Facebook, a former company insider says.

Scientists Call for Transparency and Reproducibility in AI Research
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Scientists Call for Transparency and Reproducibility in AI Research

International scientists are challenging their colleagues to make Artificial Intelligence research more transparent and reproducible to accelerate the impact of...

Many Top AI Researchers Get Financial Backing From Big Tech
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Many Top AI Researchers Get Financial Backing From Big Tech

More than half of tenure-track AI faculty at four prominent universities have received funding from Big Tech, which could distort the academic landscape, researchers...
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