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Robotic Consensus
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Robotic Consensus

Planning algorithms for teams of robots fall into two categories: centralized algorithms, in which a single computer makes decisions for the whole team, and decentralized...

Mit's Teaching AI How to Help Stop Cyberattacks
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Mit's Teaching AI How to Help Stop Cyberattacks

Finding evidence that someone compromised your cyber defenses is a grind.

Microsoft Research Chief: AI Is Still Too Stupid to Wipe ­S Out (and Will Be For Decades)
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Microsoft Research Chief: AI Is Still Too Stupid to Wipe ­S Out (and Will Be For Decades)

Microsoft Research Cambridge laboratory director Chris Bishop dismisses the fear artificial intelligence is on the cusp of overtaking human intelligence.

Arms Control Groups ­rge Human Control of Robot Weaponry
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Arms Control Groups ­rge Human Control of Robot Weaponry

Two international arms control groups on Monday issued a report that called for maintaining human control over a new generation of weapons that are increasingly...

Why Robots Need to Be Able to Say 'no'
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Why Robots Need to Be Able to Say 'no'

Robots' blind obedience to human instructions can lead to harmful results and unwanted outcomes.

Soft Robotic Fingers Recognize Objects By Feel
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Soft Robotic Fingers Recognize Objects By Feel

Daniela Rus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has led the development of bendable, stretchable robot fingers that can lift and handle delicate objects...

'new Rembrandt' Unveiled in Amsterdam
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'new Rembrandt' Unveiled in Amsterdam

A portrait titled "the Next Rembrandt" is the end-product of an 18-month project that brought together data scientists, developers, engineers, and art historians...

The Robot Will See You Now: U of T Experts on the Revolution of Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
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The Robot Will See You Now: U of T Experts on the Revolution of Artificial Intelligence in Medicine

The University of Toronto hosted a panel discussion Tuesday on the ethical use of artificial intelligence in medicine. 

The Next Hot Job in Silicon Valley Is For Poets
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The Next Hot Job in Silicon Valley Is For Poets

Demand for chatting virtual assistants and other artificial intelligence products is creating favorable job prospects for writers, poets, comedians, and others. ...

IBM Wants to Implant Fake Brains in Real Brains to Prevent Seizures
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IBM Wants to Implant Fake Brains in Real Brains to Prevent Seizures

Talk about neural networking.

Mapping the Brain to Build Better Machines
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Mapping the Brain to Build Better Machines

Take a three year-old to the zoo, and she intuitively knows that the long-necked creature nibbling leaves is the same thing as the giraffe in her picture book.

A $2 Billion Chip to Accelerate Artificial Intelligence
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A $2 Billion Chip to Accelerate Artificial Intelligence

The field of artificial intelligence has experienced a striking spurt of progress in recent years, with software becoming much better at understanding images, speech...

Say What You See, Facebook
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Say What You See, Facebook

When Matt King signed up for Facebook, in 2009, he had been completely blind for nearly twenty years.

Why Microsoft Believes that AI Bots Are the Only Logical Path Forward
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Why Microsoft Believes that AI Bots Are the Only Logical Path Forward

For Microsoft, the future of communication is bots.

Could Alphago Bluff Its Way Through Poker?
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Could Alphago Bluff Its Way Through Poker?

University College London lecturer David Silver suggests software similar to Google DeepMind's AlphaGo could be crafted to play poker competently.

Fooling the Machine
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Fooling the Machine

A growing field of research suggests artificial intelligence can easily be fooled, as it can provide correct answers without truly understanding information. 

How AI Is Feeding China's Internet Dragon
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How AI Is Feeding China's Internet Dragon

Shortly after walking through the front doors of Baidu in Beijing last November, I was surprised to notice that my face had transformed into that of a cheerful-­looking...

How Google Deepmind Plans to Solve Intelligence
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How Google Deepmind Plans to Solve Intelligence

Padded walls, gloomy lighting, and a ceiling with floral wallpaper.

Where's the Lane? Self-Driving Cars Confused By Shabby ­.s. Roadways
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Where's the Lane? Self-Driving Cars Confused By Shabby ­.s. Roadways

Volvo's North American CEO, Lex Kerssemakers, lost his cool as the automaker's semi-autonomous prototype sporadically refused to drive itself during a press event...

The Race Is On to Control Artificial Intelligence, and Tech's Future
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The Race Is On to Control Artificial Intelligence, and Tech's Future

The resounding win by a Google artificial intelligence program over a champion in the complex board game Go this month was a statement—not so much to professional...
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