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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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Google's TF-Coder Tool Automates Machine Learning Model Design
Google Brain researchers have created an automated coding tool for machine learning frameworks like TensorFlow, that outperforms humans on challenging development...
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Finding Common Ground
Self-driving vehicles start to understand pedestrians, cyclists.
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Privacy Problems Are Widespread for Alexa, Google Assistant Voice Apps
Researchers have found that privacy policies for Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa often violate baseline requirements.
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The U.S. Has AI Competition All Wrong
Computing power, not data, is the secret to tech dominance.
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Using AI to Smell the Roses
Researchers used machine learning to help a computer understand what a chemical smells like to humans.
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Deep Learning Moves Cancer Vaccines Toward Reality
Researchers have designed a deep learning method to help develop personalized cancer vaccines by better understanding the biological mechanisms of interaction between...
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PCAST Delivers Roadmap to Spur 'Industries of the Future'
The President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology has recommended detailed actions to spur "Industries of the Future," meet national STEM workforce...
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How BMW Used Pandemic Plant Stoppages to Boost AI
Automaker BMW used pandemic-related work stoppages as an opportunity to increase the use of artificial intelligence at its manufacturing facilities in Germany. ...
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Machine Learning Method Allows Hospitals to Share Patient Data Privately
Researchers have developed a machine learning method that can facilitate the sharing of patient data without compromising privacy.
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We Need to Talk About Linguistic Diversity in AI
More than 7,000 languages are spoken worldwide, but speech- and text-based services that use artificial intelligence are dominated by a handful.
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For Robots, It’s a Time to Shine (and Maybe Disinfect)
The pandemic has turned cleaning and other mundane building tasks into a challenge, stoking interest in machines as cost-effective solutions.
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GPT-3: AI Game-changer or Environmental Disaster?
The tech giants' latest machine-learning system comes with both ethical and environmental costs.
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Instant Videos: Just Add Text
Artificial intelligence software can create a video montage from a few typed words.
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This Tool Could Protect Your Photos From Facial Recognition
Researchers at the University of Chicago want you to be able to post selfies without worrying that the next Clearview AI will use them to identify you.
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AI Identifies Prostate Cancer With Near-Perfect Accuracy
Researchers trained an artificial intelligence program to recognize and characterize prostate cancer, achieving the highest accuracy rate to date.
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AI Is All the Rage. So Why Aren’t More Businesses Using It?
A big study by the U.S. Census Bureau finds that only about 9% of firms employ tools like machine learning or voice recognition—for now.
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Machine Learning Reveals Recipe for Building Artificial Proteins
Researchers at the University of Chicago's Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (PME) have created a process that uses big data to design new proteins.
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How the Coronavirus Pandemic Is Breaking Artificial Intelligence and How to Fix It
Among the many things the coronavirus outbreak has highlighted is how fragile our artificial intelligence systems are. We need new approaches to ensure our AI systems...
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How AI Systems Use Mad Libs to Teach Themselves Grammar
Artificial intelligence researchers at Stanford University have found that advanced AI systems can work out linguistic principles like grammar by themselves.
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