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CERN Robot Detects Radiation Leaks
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CERN Robot Detects Radiation Leaks

A dog-like robot undergoing tests by researchers at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) could be used to detect potential radiation leaks in challenging...

Open-Source Fish Robot Collecting Microplastics from U.K. Lakes
From ACM TechNews

Open-Source Fish Robot Collecting Microplastics from U.K. Lakes

A robot fish that won the 2022 Natural Robotics Contest has been developed into a functioning prototype that can collect microplastics from waterways.

These are The 5 Most In-Demand Cloud Computing Jobs in 2022
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These are The 5 Most In-Demand Cloud Computing Jobs in 2022

Unlike sectors such as hospitality, the cloud computing industry continued to grow in 2020 and onwards. But it's not stopping there.

Furious AI Researcher Creates a List of Non-reproducible Machine Learning Papers
From ACM News

Furious AI Researcher Creates a List of Non-reproducible Machine Learning Papers

The Papers Without Code website aims to create a centralized list of machine learning papers that are not implementable.

Scientists Use Supercomputers, AI to Determine How Good (or Deadly) Your Street Drugs Are
From ACM TechNews

Scientists Use Supercomputers, AI to Determine How Good (or Deadly) Your Street Drugs Are

An artificial intelligence system developed by scientists at Canada's University of Victoria can ascertain the predicted chemical composition of drugs.

Flawed Algorithm Used to Determine U.K. Welfare Payments Is 'Pushing People Into Poverty'
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Flawed Algorithm Used to Determine U.K. Welfare Payments Is 'Pushing People Into Poverty'

Human Rights Watch warns a flawed algorithm for calculating monthly social security benefits in Britain is causing hunger, debt, and psychological distress.

Majority of Europeans Would Consider Human Augmentation, Study Finds
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Majority of Europeans Would Consider Human Augmentation, Study Finds

A survey of more than 14,000 people in 16 countries found most Europeans would consider technological augmentation to their bodies.

Study: Only 18% of Data Science Students Are Learning AI Ethics
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Study: Only 18% of Data Science Students Are Learning AI Ethics

Only 15% of university instructors and professors surveyed are teaching artificial intelligence (AI) ethics, and just 18% of students say they are learning about...

Report: Whichever Country Claims AI Supremacy This Decade Will Rule the Earth
From ACM News

Report: Whichever Country Claims AI Supremacy This Decade Will Rule the Earth

Global economy expert Indermit Gill predicts the global leader in artificial intelligence in 2030 will go on to rule the planet for the balance of this century....

Hackers Hide Cryptocurrency Mining Malware in Adobe Flash Updates
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Hackers Hide Cryptocurrency Mining Malware in Adobe Flash Updates

Palo Alto Networks researchers have discovered a fake Flash updater that installs a malicious cryptocurrency mining bot.

Microsoft just made 60,000 of its patents open source
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Microsoft just made 60,000 of its patents open source

Apart from older Linux Kernel and Android patents, Microsoft's patent library includes upcoming technologies like LF Energy and HyperLedger.

White House Earmarks Over $1B for Quantum Technology Research
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White House Earmarks Over $1B for Quantum Technology Research

The White House has established an Office of Science and Technology Policy subcommittee to oversee federal backing and investment for quantum technology research...

Facebook AI Turns One Style of Music Into Another
From ACM TechNews

Facebook AI Turns One Style of Music Into Another

Facebook AI Research has developed a neural network that can translate music from one style, genre, and set of instruments into another.

Military Documents Reveal How the ­S Army Plans to Deploy AI in Future Wars
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Military Documents Reveal How the ­S Army Plans to Deploy AI in Future Wars

Tomorrow's wars will be fought with a lethal combination of soldiers, drones, and AI-powered systems. The Internet of Battle Things, as it's being called, is a vast...

This Artificial Intelligence Turns Horses Into Zebras--and Winter Into Summer
From ACM TechNews

This Artificial Intelligence Turns Horses Into Zebras--and Winter Into Summer

A new model enables users to transform images in a "cycle consistent" way, so any changes to the original image are expected to remain fully reversible.

Tech Pioneer Vint Cerf on the Age of Context and Why You Can't Be a Citizen of the Internet
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Tech Pioneer Vint Cerf on the Age of Context and Why You Can't Be a Citizen of the Internet

Few people have as much claim as Vint Cerf to the title "Father of the Internet," but as the technologies he helped develop in the 1970s and 1980s become increasingly...

Uruguay’s One Laptop Per Child Program: Impact and Numbers
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Uruguay’s One Laptop Per Child Program: Impact and Numbers

Uruguay has distributed more than 500,000 free laptops to its students and teachers over the last five years as part of its Plan Ceibal. 
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