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Robot Beats Humans at Curling, Thanks to Deep Learning
Researchers developed a deep learning algorithm that enabled a curling robot to beat human players.
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People's Notions About AI Are Terrible, an MIT Study Asks Whether They Can Be Helped
Researchers surveyed several hundred people to determine whether they view artificial intelligence as an agent or a tool.
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Twitter Apologizes for 'Racist' Image-Cropping Algorithm
Twitter has issued an apology for an image-cropping algorithm deemed racist after users found it would automatically focus on white faces over black ones.
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We’re Not Ready for AI, Says Winner of New $1-Million AI Prize
Regina Barzilay, the first winner of the Squirrel AI Award, on why the pandemic should be a wake-up call.
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UW Researchers Hone Computer Models to Identify Animals in Photos
Computer models developed by researchers at the University of Wyoming use artificial intelligence to identify images of wild animals in camera-trap photographs....
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When AI Is the Opposite of Sinister: MIT Researcher Is Held Up as Model of How Algorithms Can Benefit Humanity
The Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence named artificial intelligence researcher Regina Barzilay the first recipient of its new award for...
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Data Processing Module Makes Deep Neural Networks Smarter
Researchers have enhanced deep neural network performance by integrating feature normalization and feature attention modules into a hybrid attentive normalization...
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Smart Transportation Systems Need to Reckon with Rogues
Arizona State University engineers have come up with an algorithm that manages autonomous vehicle traffic through intersections safely, under real-life conditions...
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Genetic Analysis Method Could Advance Personal Genomics
The laboratory ofJohns Hopkins University's Alexis Battle developed software that could help identify more causes of genetic disorders, especially when used with...
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AI Can Edit Video in Real Time to Sync Audio to People's Lips
Researchers at India's International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) have developed artificial intelligence that tweaks video footage in real time to...
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Can AI Detect Dyslexia?
Researchers try to fill the void of simple, inexpensive dyslexia detection tools with a game, and with handwriting analysis, both supported by artificial intelligence...
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Take a Road Trip Using the 2020 Robotics Roadmap
Every four years a Roadmap for U.S. Robotics is published. 2020 is the year for the latest edition, and RIA Robotics Week just introduced it.
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Method for Automated Control Leverages Advances in AI
Researchers at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory developed a method for designing automated control systems that incorporate advances in deep learning and...
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Anticipating the Feeling Economy
As artificial intelligence proliferates, human emotional intelligence increasingly will be prized in workers.
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Computers Can't Cut Red Tape
Modernizing government technology can be helpful during a crisis. To a point.
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Stanford Launches AI-Powered TV News Analyzer
Researchers have launched an interactive tool powered by artificial intelligence that enables the public to search cable TV news transcripts and compute the screen...
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AI Removes Unwanted Objects From Photos
A new algorithm uses artificial intelligence to digitally remove unwanted objects in photos.
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Toward an ML Model That Can Reason About Everyday Actions
Researchers trained a hybrid language-vision machine learning model to recognize abstract concepts in video.
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Wildfire Spotting Goes High Tech: Can Silicon Valley Save Northern California?
High-technology implementations in Northern California are making fire spotters and firefighters more adaptive to changing conditions while improving their safety...
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