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Researchers Develop Smart-Car Identity and Access Management System
Researchers at City, University of London have developed an identity and access management system to make smart cars less vulnerable to cyber attacks.
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AI Learns by Doing More with Less
Sparsity and energy constraints guide learning and communications in silicon neuronal networks
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Medicare AI Will Infer Race to Close Health Equity Gap
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services plans to use artificial intelligence algorithms to determine a patient's race as a means of improving health...
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Security Company Warns of Mitsubishi Industrial Control Vulnerabilities
Researchers at cybersecurity firm Nozomi Networks Labs have identified five vulnerabilities in Mitsubishi's safety programmable logic controllers, centered on the...
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Researchers Create Computational Model to Evaluate Drug Delivery Through Inhalers
Scientists from India and Australia seek to improve effectiveness of pressurized metered-dose inhalers and dry powder inhalers.
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Humans and Algorithms Struggle to Read Emotions When Faces Are Obscured
Study compares accuracy of humans versus artificial systems in deciphering emotions of people in face masks and sunglasses
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Brain Connectivity Can Build Better AI
Artificial neural networks modeled on real brains can perform cognitive tasks
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'Glowworm Attack' Recovers Audio From Devices' Power LEDs
Israeli scientists have demonstrated a novel passive variant of the TEMPEST exploit called Glowworm, which can extract electronic conversations by analyzing devices'...
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Neural Network Model Unravels People with Autism's Difficulty with Facial Expressions
Researchers at Japan's Tohoku University developed an neural network model that can help explain the difficulty people with autism spectrum disorder have in interpreting...
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Java Surges Back Up in RedMonk Rankings
The adaptability of one of the most common programming languages is behind its continued strength, say analysts.
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System Trains Drones to Fly Around Obstacles at High Speeds
New algorithm could enable fast, nimble drones for time-critical operations such as search and rescue
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Real-Time Lyric-Generation Technology Can Inspire Songwriting
LyricJam uses artificial intelligence to generate lyrics for live instrumental music
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U.S. Prisons Mull AI to Analyze Inmate Phone Calls
The U.S. House Appropriations Committee has asked for a report on using artificial intelligence to analyze prison inmates' phone calls to help prevent violent crime...
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Gaming Companies Should Avoid Predatory Designs, Lawmakers Say
Democrats press executives to extend new U.K. 'Age Appropriate Design Code' regulations to children in the U.S.
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Twitter's Photo-Cropping Algorithm Confirms Inherent Biases
Results from the company's AI bias competition reveals a preference for young, beautiful, and light-skinned faces
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Messaging Apps Have an Eavesdropping Problem
Google's Project Zero researcher Natalie Silvanovich found vulnerabilities in messaging apps that add eavesdropping bugs without requiring users to click a malicious...
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Touchy-Feely Glove Senses, Maps Tactile Stimuli
A team of engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and China's Southern University of Science and Technology has designed a touch-sensing glove capable...
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AI Knows Where Your Proteins Go
Machine learning able to predict subcellular locations of functionally related proteins
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Researchers Use AI to Unlock the Secrets of Ancient Texts
University of Notre Dame researchers are developing a neural network to read ancient, hand-written texts using human perception to enhance deep learning-based document...
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