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Virtual Learning: sing AI, Immersion to Teach Chinese
A new artificial intelligence system relies on immersive scenes to teach students the Mandarin language.
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AI Helps Doctors Use Data Better
Using artificial intelligence to process medical sensor data can have a significant impact on health-related costs and outcomes.
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How Faking Videos Became Easy and Why That's So Scary
A minute-long video of Barack Obama has been seen more than 4.8 million times since April. It shows the former U.S. president seated, with the American flag in...
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DARPA Announces $2 Billion in Funding for 'AI Next' Campaign
The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency plans to spend more than $2 billion on research into "third wave" artificial intelligence capabilities.
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Robots Can Now Pick p Any Object After Inspecting It
Dense Object Nets is a system that lets robots inspect random objects and visually understand them enough to accomplish specific tasks without having seen them...
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How AI Changed Organ Donation in the .S.
Paired kidney donation is one of the great success stories of artificial intelligence.
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How AI Technology Can Tame the Scientific Literature
When computer scientist Christian Berger's team sought to get its project about self-driving vehicle algorithms on the road, it faced a daunting obstacle.
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AI Can Estimate an Area's Obesity Levels by Analyzing Its Buildings
Researchers at the University of Washington trained an artificial intelligence algorithm to find the relationship between a city's infrastructure and obesity levels...
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AI Robots Can Develop Prejudices, Just Like s Mere Mortals
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Cardiff University in the U.K. found that artificial intelligence bots can develop prejudices by learning...
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Bat-Inspired Robot ses Echolocation to Navigate
Researchers at Tel Aviv University have developed Robat, a fully autonomous robot that uses echolocation like a bat to move through new environments.
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The Pentagon Is Investing $2 Billion into Artificial Intelligence
The Pentagon's high-tech research agency laid the groundwork for the Internet, stealth aircraft and self-driving cars. Now, it's going big on artificial intelligence...
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AI Can Recognize Images. But Can It nderstand This Headline?
In 2012, artificial intelligence researchers revealed a big improvement in computers' ability to recognize images by feeding a neural network millions of labeled...
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Getting Your TV to Understand You Better
Researchers have developed a method to improve the voice query understanding capabilities of home entertainment platforms.
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AIs Are Being Tested to See How Well They nderstand Our Thoughts
Researchers have created a set of tests to explore the progress of artificial intelligence in understanding the world.
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The Outlook for Reality: Mixed
Exploring new frontiers in augmented and virtual reality.
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Model Can More Naturally Detect Depression in Conversations
A new neural network model can analyze raw text and audio data from clinical interviews to detect speech patterns signaling depression.
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Russian and American Scientists Collaborate to Create Faster Internet
Researchers at Samara Oblast University in Russia and the University of Missouri have created an algorithm that processes data 50% faster.
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First In-Home Test of Brain-Computer Communication by ALS Patients Offers Promise Amidst Challenges
Researchers have demonstrated the reliability of a brain-computer interface that gives patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis a means to communicate by thought...
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Silicon Valley Takes a (Careful) Step Toward Autonomous Flying
Several Silicon Valley startups are developing technology that can be applied to small helicopters and other passenger aircraft to allow for autonomous flight. ...
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