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This Tech Would Have Spotted the Secret Chinese Chip in Seconds
Researchers have developed a semiautomated system that could have identified in seconds malicious chips reportedly inserted into computer systems by the Chinese...
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AS Team Wins AI Commentator Track of the KAIST World Cup 2018
Arizona State University's team won the artificial intelligence commentator track of the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology AI World Cup 2018 competition...
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Supercomputing for Better Commuting: In Pursuit of Fuel Economy, Mobility
Researchers are working to demonstrate how traffic lights can be programmed to improve automotive fuel economy and reduce emissions, while facilitating the flow...
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New AI Strategy Mimics How Brains Learn to Smell
Today's artificial intelligence systems, including the artificial neural networks broadly inspired by the neurons and connections of the nervous system, perform...
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Introducing the Lettuce Peeling Robot
A robotic lettuce leaf peeling system is seen as a possible breakthrough in improving agricultural efficiency.
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Reducing False Positives in Credit Card Fraud Detection
A new machine learning technique can drastically reduce false positives in fraud-detecting technology that incorrectly flag credit card sales as suspicious.
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AI Created More Than 100,000 Pieces of Music After Analyzing Irish and English Folk Tunes
A machine learning artificial intelligence generated more than 100,000 folk tunes after analyzing Irish and English music.
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Machine Learning Confronts the Elephant in the Room
Score one for the human brain. In a new study, computer scientists found that artificial intelligence systems fail a vision test a child could accompli
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Request for Information on pdate to the 2016 National AI R&D Strategic Plan
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Stupid AI: How Humans Can Stop Machines From Falling for Visual Tricks
Research from Johns Hopkins University suggests new ways to prevent artificial intelligence from being visually deceived.
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Software Finds the Best Way to Stick a Mars Landing
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers have developed software that could inform the selection of landing sites for scientific expeditions to Mars.
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China's Leaders Are Softening Their Stance on AI
China might be at loggerheads with the United States over trade, but it is calling for a friendlier approach to the development of artificial intelligence.
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Chip Ramps p Artificial Intelligence Systems' Performance
Princeton University researchers working with Analog Devices have fabricated an accelerator chip that enhances the performance and efficiency of neural networks...
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Floating Voxels Provide New Hope for 3D Displays
In search of holograms that can be viewed from any angle.
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The Dangers of Automating Social Programs
Is it possible to keep bias out of a social program driven by one or more algorithms?
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Brown Researchers Teach Computers to See Optical Illusions
Brown University researchers have developed a neural network model that can be deceived by optical illusions.
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Over 2,000 European AI Experts Join Hands to Challenge .S., China in Artificial Intelligence
About 2,100 artificial intelligence researchers from 29 European countries have announced a joint research alliance.
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Machine Learning System Tackles Speech and Object Recognition, All at Once
A new system can learn to identify objects within an image, based on a spoken description of the image.
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