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AI to Find Optimal Electric Car Recharge Point Locations
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AI to Find Optimal Electric Car Recharge Point Locations

A new artificial intelligence tool can determine the best locations for electric car charging stations.

The Auto Plants of the Future May Have a Surprisingly Human Touch
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The Auto Plants of the Future May Have a Surprisingly Human Touch

Carmakers have big plans for their next generation of factories: smarter designs, artificial intelligence and collaborative robots building a wide range of vehicles...

Scientists Plan European AI Hub to Compete With ­.S.
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Scientists Plan European AI Hub to Compete With ­.S.

Europe's leading scientists have crafted plans for a multinational European institute for artificial intelligence research.

Some Startups ­se Fake Data to Train AI
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Some Startups ­se Fake Data to Train AI

Berlin startup Spil.ly had a problem last spring. The company was developing an augmented-reality app akin to a full-body version of Snapchat's selfie filters—hold...

Heat-Seeking Cameras Could Help Keep Self-Driving Cars Safe
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Heat-Seeking Cameras Could Help Keep Self-Driving Cars Safe

After Uber's fatal self-driving crash last month in Tempe, Arizona, most observers had two basic question: Why did the car not see Elaine Herzberg crossing the...

Shrinking Machines, Cellular Computers
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Shrinking Machines, Cellular Computers

Scientists are using DNA and RNA to build the world's tiniest robots and computing devices.

­.S. Is Way Behind Other Countries on Robot 'Readiness,' Report Says
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­.S. Is Way Behind Other Countries on Robot 'Readiness,' Report Says

The United States lags behind other countries in readiness for an increasingly automated world, placing ninth on a ranking of 25 advanced economies, according to...

The Hunt for Explainable AI
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The Hunt for Explainable AI

Looking for artificial intelligence that can share the basis for its decisions.

Who Has More of Your Personal Data Than Facebook? Try Google
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Who Has More of Your Personal Data Than Facebook? Try Google

Recent controversy over Facebook Inc.'s hunger for personal data has surfaced the notion that the online advertising industry could be hazardous to our privacy...

Oral History: Russell Impagliazzo in Conversation with Dick Karp
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Oral History: Russell Impagliazzo in Conversation with Dick Karp

In honor of Dick Karp's five years of service as Founding Director of the Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing.

Robot Conquers One of the Hardest Human Tasks: Assembling Ikea Furniture
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Robot Conquers One of the Hardest Human Tasks: Assembling Ikea Furniture

Researchers have programmed a robot to assemble an Ikea chair.

Machine Learning's 'Amazing' Ability to Predict Chaos
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Machine Learning's 'Amazing' Ability to Predict Chaos

Half a century ago, the pioneers of chaos theory discovered that the "butterfly effect" makes long-term prediction impossible.

Scientists ­se Machine Learning to Speed Discovery of Metallic Glass
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Scientists ­se Machine Learning to Speed Discovery of Metallic Glass

Researchers used artificial intelligence to discover and improve metallic glass faster and less expensively than previous methods.

Google Offers New Way to Discover Books, Fun Way to Play With Words
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Google Offers New Way to Discover Books, Fun Way to Play With Words

Google recently launched a website to demonstrate the company's progress in semantic search.

Machine Learning’s ‘Amazing’ Ability to Predict Chaos
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Machine Learning’s ‘Amazing’ Ability to Predict Chaos

In new computer experiments, artificial-intelligence algorithms can tell the future of chaotic systems.

Google's New AI Head Is So Smart He Doesn't Need AI
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Google's New AI Head Is So Smart He Doesn't Need AI

Google's heavy investment in artificial intelligence has helped the company's software write music and beat humans at complex board games. What unlikely feats could...

­.S. Army Develops Face Recognition Technology That Works in the Dark
From ACM TechNews

­.S. Army Develops Face Recognition Technology That Works in the Dark

A new machine learning and artificial intelligence technique generates a visible face image from a thermal image of a person's face taken at night.

­sing an Algorithm to Reduce Energy Bills—Rain or Shine
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­sing an Algorithm to Reduce Energy Bills—Rain or Shine

Researchers have developed a residential energy scheduling algorithm by training three action dependent heuristic dynamic programming networks.

Robots Ride to the Rescue Where Workers Can't Be Found
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Robots Ride to the Rescue Where Workers Can't Be Found

When Zbynek Frolik needed new employees to handle surging orders at his cavernous factories in central Bohemia, he fanned advertisements across the Czech Republic...

Deep Learning Transforms Smartphone Microscopes Into Laboratory-Grade Devices
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Deep Learning Transforms Smartphone Microscopes Into Laboratory-Grade Devices

Deep learning can discern and enhance microscopic details in smartphone photos, with the potential to transform applications in global health, telemedicine, and...
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