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Inside the Mechanical Brain of the World's First Robot Citizen
Hanson Robotics' humanoid robot, Sophia, is defined by creator Ben Goertzel as more of a user interface than a conscious artificial intelligence.
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Father of the Web Confronts His Creation in the Era of Fake News
World Wide Web Consortium founder (and 2016 A.M. Turing Award recipient) Sir Tim Berners-Lee discusses how his perspective of the Web has changed since its inception...
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New Quantum Materials Offer Novel Route to 3D Electronic Devices
Researchers at Aalto University in Finland have demonstrated how the principles of general relativity can open a pathway to novel electronic applications.
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Cellphone Data Reveals Hurricane Maria's Impact on Travel in Puerto Rico
Researchers have detailed when people chose to move out of a hurricane's path and how much travel was hindered by winds and flooding following Hurricane Maria in...
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New Tool Quantifies Power Imbalance Between Female and Male Characters in Hollywood Movie Scripts
Researchers using machine-learning technology to analyze about 800 movie scripts found widespread gender bias in the portrayal of male and female characters.
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How to Survive a Robot Apocalypse: Just Close the Door
In a competition, robots were unable to overcome the challenge of an unlocked door impeding their way at an outdoor obstacle course, illustrating the technology's...
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Researchers Study Human Movement to Build Better Robots
Researchers at Northeastern University are studying how people and robots move independently and in tandem.
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Co-Design Center Develops Next-Gen Simulation Tools
The Exascale Computing Project's Center for Efficient Exascale Discretizations collaborates to create highly optimized discretization libraries and next-generation...
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Tune Out Background Noise With Msu's New Technology
Researchers are developing hearing aid technology that would eliminate background noise heard through conventional hearing aid devices.
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Researcher Seeks to Tame 'ghost' of ncertainty in Complex Dynamic Systems
University of Kansas professor Huazhen Fang is leading research to address "unstructured uncertainty" in the quest to develop accurate predictive mathematical...
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Walk This Way: A Better Way to Identify Gait Differences
Researchers re developing new input/output architectures for convolutional neural network-based cross-view gait recognition by utilizing a Siamese network for verification...
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Training For Artificial Intelligence in Warfare
Governments are taking a closer look at artificial intelligence as a way to further their strategic interests in areas such as national defense.
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Machine Learning and Deep Learning Programs Provide a Helping Hand to Scientists Analyzing Images
Researchers are using machine learning and deep learning to better identify how neutrinos interact with normal matter.
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Why They Dox: First Large-Scale Study Reveals Top Motivations and Targets For This Form of Cyber Bullying
Researchers say they have published the first large-scale study of doxing.
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IBM Raises the Bar With 50-Qubit Quantum Computer
IBM last week announced a 50-quantum bit quantum computer, as well as the availability of a 20-qubit system via its cloud computing platform.
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Only If It Serves the State: North Korea's Online Experience
Ever so cautiously, North Korea is going online.
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Highly Flexible Organic Flash Memory For Foldable and Disposable Electronics
A new ultra-flexible organic flash memory can be applied to non-conventional substrates, such as plastics and papers.
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Cosmos Code Helps Probe Space Oddities
The Cosmos computer code is driving supercomputer models of black hole jets and is used to investigate other unusual space phenomena.
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