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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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AI Helps Predict Heart Attacks, Stroke
A study led by researchers in the U.K. used artificial intelligence to measure blood flow in order to forecast death, heart attack, and stroke.
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DOD Adopts Ethical Principles for Artificial Intelligence
The recommendations came after 15 months of consultation with experts on artificial intelligence from industry, government, academia, and the American public.
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UCI, Disney Research Scientists Develop AI-Enhanced Video Compression Model
An AI-enhanced video compression model has shown that deep learning can provide results comparable to established video compression technology.
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U.S. Energy Department Appoints AI Leader
Cheryl Ingstad, the department's first director of its Artificial Intelligence and Technology Office, will oversee the DOE's AI activities
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U.S. Military Facial Recognition System Could Work From 1 Kilometer Away
The U.S. Special Operations Command is developing a portable facial recognition system that can identify individuals from 1 kilometer (0.6 miles) off.
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Coding for Uncertainty Increases Security
Computer scientists have designed an algorithm to combat poaching in wildlife preserves.
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Pentagon Adopts New Ethical Principles for Using AI in War
The new principles follow recommendations made last year by the Defense Innovation Board, a group led by former Google CEO Eric Schmidt.
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Across the Language Barrier
Translation devices are getting better at making speech and text understandable in different languages.
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Can Nanosheet Transistors Keep Moore's Law Alive?
The technology promises to advance semiconductors and computing, but also introduces new questions and challenges.
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AI Algorithm Better Predicts Corn Yield
An interdisciplinary research team developed a convolutional neural network that generates crop yield predictions, incorporating information from topographic variables...
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Powerful antibiotic discovered using machine learning for first time
Team says halicin kills some of the world's most dangerous strains.
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EU’s Agenda to Regulate AI Does Little to Rein in Facial Recognition
Europe is backpedaling on facial recognition.
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High Performers Show the Way Toward AI Adoption
A McKinsey Global Institute survey offers lessons from high-performing companies on artificial intelligence (AI) adoption, of whom about 3% are realizing outsize...
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'Sensorized' Skin Helps Soft Robots Find Their Bearings
Researchers have created "sensorized" skin to increase soft robots' awareness of their bodily motion and orientation.
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Iran Unveils Its Most Advanced Humanoid Robot Yet
A team of researchers at the University of Tehran in Iran has developed a fourth version of the Surena humanoid robotic system.
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AI Shortcuts Speed Simulations Billions of Times
Researchers used artificial intelligence to generate accurate machine learning emulator algorithms for accelerating simulations billions of times, for all scientific...
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An Algorithm That Grants Freedom, or Takes It Away
Local authorities in the U.S. and Europe use predictive governance algorithms to assess people's risk of criminality, and base probation, jail time, and other decisions...
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Google's ML-Fairness-Gym Lets Researchers Study the Long-Term Effects of AI's Decisions
Researchers at Google have developed a set of components for evaluating algorithmic fairness in simulated social environments.
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Brazil Takes a Page From China, Taps Facial Recognition to Solve Crime
Brazil is following China's example and adopting facial-recognition technology to crack down on crime.
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