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A Healthy Dose of AI
Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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The Year A.I. Ate the Internet
Call 2023 the year many of us learned to communicate, create, cheat, and collaborate with robots.
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VR Goggles for Mice Create Immersive Scenarios for Brain Research
Northwestern University researchers developed virtual reality goggles for mice.
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Engineers Design Robotic Replica of the Heart's Right Chamber
Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have created a robotic replica of the heart’s right ventricle.
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Quantum-Computing Approach Uses Single Molecules as Qubits for First Time
Two teams of researchers made pairs of calcium monofluoride molecules interact to become entangled, a necessity for quantum computers to perform algorithms.
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This A.I. Subculture's Motto: Go, Go, Go
The eccentric pro-tech movement known as "Effective Accelerationism" wants to unshackle powerful A.I., and party along the way.
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E.U. Agrees on Landmark Artificial Intelligence Rules
The agreement over the A.I. Act solidifies one of the world's first comprehensive attempts to limit the use of artificial intelligence.
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U.K. Says Russia Has Targeted Lawmakers and Others in Cyberattacks for Years
The government said a group linked to Russia's intelligence service carried out sustained operations to undermine trust in Britain's political system.
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The World Depends on 60-Year-Old Code No One Knows
COBOL is one of the top mainframe programming languages in use, but most schools and universities have not taught COBOL in decades.
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Samet Honored with ACM SIGSPATIAL Lifetime Impact Award
Hanan Samet was honored with the inaugural Lifetime Impact Award from ACM’s Special Interest Group on Spatial Information (SIGSPATIAL).
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Bitcoin Mining Used More Water Than New York City Last Year
A study found that water use by bitcoin miners hit 591 billion gallons so far this year, up from 415 billion gallons in 2021.
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AI Networks Vulnerable to Attacks
Tianfu Wu at North Carolina State University and colleagues developed the QuadAttacK software to test deep neural networks for adversarial vulnerabilities.
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2D Material Reshapes 3D Electronics for Hardware
An international team developed a monolithic three dimensional integrated chip comprised of layered two-dimensional materials.
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Bots, Fraud Farms Responsible for 73% of Web Traffic
Arkose Labs reported malicious attacks by bots and human fraud farms accounted for 73% of all Web and app traffic in the third quarter of 2023.
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Drones Protect Wind Turbines from Ice
Researchers developed a method to protect wind turbines from ice using drones.
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DARPA-Funded Research Leads to Quantum Computing Breakthrough
Harvard-led team develops novel logical qubits to enable scalable quantum computers.
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Multimodal AI Connects the Digital Dots
By knitting together multiple components and data streams, multimodal AI offers the promise of smarter, more human-like systems.
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Google's Gemini Is Not the Generative AI Model We Expected
DeepMind product VP Eli Collins claims Gemini Ultra can comprehend "nuanced" information in text, images, audio and code.
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A Drone with Ears
Researchers developed a microphone array that can be added to drones, along with cameras, to help locate disaster victims.
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Network of Robots Monitors Pipes Using Acoustic Wave Sensors
Researchers showed that guided acoustic wave sensors can enable networks of independent robots to inspect large pipe structures for defects.
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