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Patent Mining Indicates Promising Routes for Research
Using big data tools such as data mining and network analysis, researchers at two entities affiliated with the University of Sao Paulo in Brazil devised a method...
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AI Can Estimate an Area's Obesity Levels by Analyzing Its Buildings
Researchers at the University of Washington trained an artificial intelligence algorithm to find the relationship between a city's infrastructure and obesity levels...
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Driver's Licenses Going Digital
Iowa plans to be the first U.S. state to replace hard-copy driver's licenses with an app.
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AI Robots Can Develop Prejudices, Just Like s Mere Mortals
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Cardiff University in the U.K. found that artificial intelligence bots can develop prejudices by learning...
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Team Tackles Computer Science Diversity, Retention
University of Hawaii at Manoa researchers are using a $300,000 grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation to evaluate a new approach to improving student retention...
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The Pentagon Is Investing $2 Billion into Artificial Intelligence
The Pentagon's high-tech research agency laid the groundwork for the Internet, stealth aircraft and self-driving cars. Now, it's going big on artificial intelligence...
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What is Cyberwar?
At its core, cyberwarfare refers the use of digital attacks by one country or nation to disrupt the computer systems of another with the aim of create significant...
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Meet Martti, the Finnish Robocar That ses 5G
Researchers are testing the capabilities of 5G network technologies to transmit information to and from vehicles while they are on the road, using a robotic car...
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Securing the Vote
A new report advises all U.S. elections should use paper ballots by the 2020 presidential election.
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No Sweat on Brown niversity Team Trying to Hack a Robot
Brown University researchers were able to hack a University of Washington robot connected to the Internet.
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Model Can More Naturally Detect Depression in Conversations
A new neural network model can analyze raw text and audio data from clinical interviews to detect speech patterns signaling depression.
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Mobile Robots Cooperate to 3D Print Large Structures
Researchers in Singapore used two mobile robots operating concurrently to three-dimensionally-print a single piece of concrete structure.
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Silicon Valley Takes a (Careful) Step Toward Autonomous Flying
Several Silicon Valley startups are developing technology that can be applied to small helicopters and other passenger aircraft to allow for autonomous flight. ...
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Google and Harvard Made AI to Predict Earthquake Aftershocks
Google and Harvard University researchers have trained a neural network to accurately predict the locations of future aftershocks.
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Alphabet’s Chairman on Government, China, and Fake News
John L. Hennessy talks about the future that Silicon Valley is creating, the rise of employee activism and how Google should address censorship.
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The New Science of Seeing Around Corners
While vacationing on the coast of Spain in 2012, the computer vision scientist Antonio Torralba noticed stray shadows on the wall of his hotel room that didn't...
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Artificial Intelligence Nails Predictions of Earthquake Aftershocks
A machine-learning study that analysed hundreds of thousands of earthquakes beat the standard method at predicting the location of aftershocks.
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AI-Human Partnerships Tackle 'Fake News'
During the 2016 U.S. presidential election, inaccurate and misleading articles burned through social networks.
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AI Can Predict If Your Musical Taste Is More Ice T...or Vanilla Ice
Researchers have developed a system that uses machine learning algorithms and psychological models to infer a person's "musical sophistication."
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