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AI Seeks ET: Machine Learning Powers Hunt for Life in the Solar System
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration is testing a pilot artificial intelligence system for use on a future Mars mission.
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UNESCO Launches Worldwide Online Public Consultation on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence
UNESCO is inviting interested stakeholders to comment on the draft text before July 31.
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Japan Is Figuring Out How to Deliver Goods Untouched by Humans
Japanese companies are developing next-generation logistics technology to deliver goods untouched by humans, driven by worker shortages and the Covid-19 pandemic...
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AI Enables Efficiencies in Quantum Information Processing
Researchers at the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command's Army Research Laboratory and Tulane University integrated machine learning with quantum information...
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Study: Only 18% of Data Science Students Are Learning AI Ethics
Only 15% of university instructors and professors surveyed are teaching artificial intelligence (AI) ethics, and just 18% of students say they are learning about...
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AI's Carbon Footprint Problem
A new tool measures the hidden cost of machine learning.
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Recyclers Turn to Robots After Waste Import Bans
Waste import bans have prompted many companies to use robotic technologies to enhance their processing capabilities.
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System Combines Smartphone Videos to Create 4D Visualizations
Carnegie Mellon University researchers combined iPhone videos shot "in the wild" by separate cameras to produce four-dimensional visualizations.
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How AI Helps Historians Solve Ancient Puzzles
Artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques are helping historians restore or recreate archaeological artifacts from photos of fragments.
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Study Shows Consumer Excitement For Drones, Self-Driving Vehicles Has Grown Amid Pandemic
Study finds 26% of consumers now view autonomous delivery technologies more favorably
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São Paulo Subway Facial Recognition System Slammed Over User Data Security, Privacy
Consumer rights groups say the agency operating the subway system in São Paulo, Brazil, has not shown that a new facial recognition technology platform protects...
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Can an Algorithm Predict the Pandemic’s Next Moves?
Researchers have developed a model that uses social-media and search data to forecast outbreaks of Covid-19 well before they occur.
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Disney's Deepfakes Closer to Big-Screen Debut
Disney researchers have demonstrated what they described as the first photorealistic deepfake at megapixel resolution.
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Lyft Releases Self-Driving Vehicle Data Set, Launches $30,000 Challenge
Lyft has released a Prediction Dataset, which contains the logs of movements of cars, pedestrians, and other obstacles encountered by its 23 autonomous vehicles...
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Drone With Bubble Machine Can Pollinate Flowers Like a Bee
Researchers have developed a method of pollinating flowers using an aerial drone that emits pollen-infused soap bubbles.
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Waymo, Uber Propose AI Techniques to Improve Self-Driving Systems
Researchers at Waymo and Uber have unveiled new technologies that aim to make their self-driving systems safer and more reliable.
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New Techniques Improve Quantum Communication, Entangle Phonons
Scientists have demonstrated a new quantum communication method.
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Countries Agree on Regulations for Automated Driving
The United Nations announced that 53 countries have agreed on common automated driving regulations.
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