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Mechanical Harvesting of Papayas Might Be a Reality With Computational Technique
Researchers are investigating how papayas could be harvested mechanically using algorithms and computer vision.
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Developers Love Trendy New Languages but Earn More with Functional Programming
Developer Q&A site Stack Overflow performs an annual survey to find out more about the programmer community, and the latest set of results has just been published...
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Teaching Computers to Guide Science: New Machine Learning Method Sees the Forests and the Trees
Researchers have created a novel machine learning method that enables scientists to derive insights from highly complex systems in record time.
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AI Has a Hallucination Problem That's Proving Tough to Fix
Deep neural network software driving innovation in consumer gadgets and automated driving is vulnerable to sabotage by hallucination, experts say.
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The New .S.-China Rivalry: A Technology Race
As the United States and China look to protect their national security needs and economic interests, the fight between the two financial superpowers is increasingly...
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The Key to the Perfect March Madness Bracket: Evolution
Predicting the winners and losers of March Madness is such a daunting challenge that it attracts math nerds like Starfleet voyagers lining up at Comic-Con.
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China Eyes 'Black Tech' to Boost Security as Parliament Meets
At a highway check point on the outskirts of Beijing, local police are this week testing out a new security tool: smart glasses that can pick up facial features...
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AI Has a Hallucination Problem That's Proving Tough to Fix
Tech companies are rushing to infuse everything with artificial intelligence, driven by big leaps in the power of machine learning software. But the deep-neural...
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Stanford Researchers Develop Technique to See Objects Hidden Around Corners
Stanford University researchers have developed laser-based imaging technology that can produce images of objects hidden from view around corners.
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New Low Light Camera Tech Will Improve AR Apps, Facial Recognition in Smartphones
Researchers in Israel have developed new imaging software that could help improve facial recognition systems and augmented reality apps on smartphones.
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Baidu's New AI Can Mimic Your Voice After Listening to It for Just One Minute
Researchers at Chinese search giant Baidu say they have developed an artificial intelligence that can learn to precisely mimic a person's voice.
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Google Researchers Are Learning How Machines Learn
Machines are starting to learn tasks on their own. They are identifying faces, recognizing spoken words, reading medical scans and even carrying on their own conversations...
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AI's Dirty Little Secret: It's Powered by People
There's a dirty little secret about artificial intelligence: It's powered by hundreds of thousands of real people.
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Finding the Needle in a Digital Haystack
Researchers are studying how to teach computers to define "normal" data, and then have them detect anomalies.
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Paul Allen Wants to Teach Machines Common Sense
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen will pour another $125 million into the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence to fund a project to teach computers common...
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New Algorithm Can Create Movies From Just a Few Snippets of Text
A new algorithm creates videos from text snippets.
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Teaching Quantum Physics to a Computer
Researchers have used machine learning to teach a computer to predict the outcomes of quantum experiments.
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Purdue Prof: Future AI Advances Pose Problems for Police, Courts
A Purdue Polytechnic Institute professor says pursuing artificial intelligence advancements without considering their criminal implications is foolhardy.
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Can Neuroevolution Change Machine Learning?
Neuroevolution borrows techniques from natural evolution to push the boundaries of machine learning.
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