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Artificial Intelligence Predicts Outcomes of Chemical Reactions
By thinking of atoms as letters and molecules as words, artificial intelligence software from IBM is now employing the same methods computers use to translate languages...
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Google Has Released an AI Tool That Makes Sense of Your Genome
Google has released an artificial intelligence tool that uses gene sequencing data to build a more accurate genomic model.
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Stanford-Led Artificial Intelligence Index Tracks Emerging Field
A Stanford University-led team has launched the AI Index, the first index to track the state of artificial intelligence.
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China's A.i. Advances Help Its Tech Industry, and State Security
During President Trump's visit to Beijing, he appeared on screen for a special address at a tech conference.
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Future Wars May Depend as Much on Algorithms as on Ammunition, Report Says.
The Pentagon is increasingly focused on the notion that the might of U.S. forces will be measured as much by the advancement of their algorithms as by the ammunition...
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A.i. Will Transform the Economy. But How Much, and How Soon?
There are basically three big questions about artificial intelligence and its impact on the economy: What can it do? Where is it headed? And how fast will it spread...
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AI Is Dreaming p New Kinds of Video Games
Angelina is an artificial intelligence that can imagine new video games from scratch, which has produced hundreds of experimental games since 2011.
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Algorithms Can Determine a Neighborhood's Political Leanings By Its Cars
Researchers at Stanford University have developed algorithms that can determine where a neighborhood's political allegiances lie by analyzing the cars on its streets...
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Artificial Intelligence Goes Bilingual--Without a Dictionary
Researchers in Spain and Facebook have separately developed unsupervised machine-learning techniques for teaching neural networks to translate between languages...
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nl Researchers Explore the Complexities, Dangers of Deep Learning
Researchers at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln are on the cutting edge of machine-learning development.
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Battling AI Biases
Machine learning mimics human biases; addressing the problem is complicated.
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South Korea Developing AI System to Keep Journalism Alive
Researchers in South Korea are developing an artificial intelligence system to help the journalism industry regain the public trust and recoup lost earnings.
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AI-Controlled Brain Implants For Mood Disorders Tested in People
Brain implants that deliver electrical pulses tuned to a person's feelings and behaviour are being tested in people for the first time. Two teams funded by the...
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This AI Can Spot Art Forgeries By Looking at One Brushstroke
Researchers have developed an artificial intelligence system that can identify an art forgery by examining the piece's brush strokes.
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Parallel Computational Thinking
Applications must be programmed to process instructions in parallel to take full advantage of the new multicore processors.
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Gaming Machine Learning
Game simulations are driving improvements in machine learning for autonomous vehicles and other devices.
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This Inquisitive AI Will Kick Your Butt at Battleship
Researchers have developed an artificial intelligence that can skillfully play a Battleship-like game by determining how to ask questions as efficiently as possible...
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CLA Engineers se Deep Learning to Reconstruct Holograms and Improve Optical Microscopy
Researchers have developed two new uses for machine learning--reconstructing a hologram to form a microscopic image of an object, and improving optical microscopy...
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