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New AI System Can Imagine What It Hasn't Seen
"Before we work on artificial intelligence, why don't we do something about natural stupidity?" computer scientist Steve Polyak once joked.
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Computer Algorithms Can Test the Dodginess of Published Results
Researchers have developed a method for algorithmically gauging manipulation of published scientific results.
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AI Drone Learns to Detect Brawls
Researchers used deep learning to develop a drone surveillance system that automatically detects small groups of people fighting each other.
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Forgotten Corner of Europe Brought Back to Life, Thanks to AI
Researchers used artificial intelligence methods to learn of previously unknown political and cultural events which took place in a forgotten corner of the Austrian...
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Anti-Swearing AI Takes the Edge Off Abuse on Reddit and Twitter
IBM researchers have developed a system that translates offensive comments on social media into more polite language, while keeping the content intact.
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Computer Program Looks Five Minutes Into the Future
Self-learning software can predict actions five minutes into the future by first learning typical sequences of events from video footage, and then predicting actions...
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New Algorithm Fuses Quality, Quantity in Satellite Imagery
University of Illinois researchers have developed an algorithm that combines high-resolution and high-frequency satellite data into one integrated product.
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Robots Learn by Checking in on Team Members
Engineers have enabled teamwork between unmanned aerial vehicles.
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Watch Real Football Matches in Miniature Played on Your Desk
Researchers have taught a machine learning neural network algorithm to render two-dimensional video clips posted on YouTube as three-dimensional images.
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AI Could Get 100 Times More Energy-Efficient with IBM's New Artificial Synapses
Neural networks are the crown jewel of the AI boom. They gorge on data and do things like transcribe speech or describe images with near-perfect accuracy (see "10...
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New Machine Learning Approach Could Accelerate Bioengineering
A team at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has developed a predictive machine learning method to speed the design of biofuel-generating microbes.
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China's Schools Are Quietly sing AI to Mark Students' Essays ... but Do the Robots Make the Grade?
A quarter of schools in China are testing a device that uses artificial intelligence to grade students' essays.
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Move Over, China: .S. Is Again Home to World's Speediest Supercomputer
The United States just won bragging rights in the race to build the world's speediest supercomputer.
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The -2 Spy Plane Is Still Flying Combat Missions 60 Years After Its Debut
Six decades after the U-2 flew its first mission, the military is trying to harness artificial-intelligence technology to enhance the venerable spy plane's combat...
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AI Beats Doctors at Cancer Diagnoses
Researchers have demonstrated that a deep learning convolutional neural network can outperform experienced dermatologists at detecting skin cancer.
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How Do Autonomous Vehicles Learn to Drive? Download This Self-Driving Dataset and See for Yourself
The University of California, Berkeley has made available a massive dataset used by engineers in the development of driverless auto technologies.
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Self-Learning Assistance System for Efficient Processes
Researchers in Germany are developing a self-learning assistance system to help machine operators correct errors while accruing experience and process knowledge...
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Are You Scared Yet? Meet Norman, the Psychopathic AI
Norman is an algorithm trained to understand pictures but, like its namesake Hitchcock's Norman Bates, it does not have an optimistic view of the world.
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Combining Experts and Automation in 3D Printing
Researchers have developed an approach to the three-dimensional printing of soft material that merges expert judgment with an optimization algorithm.
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