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This MIT Robot Wants to Use Your Reflexes to Walk and Balance
Researchers have developed a teleoperation system that allows a two-legged robot to "borrow" a human operator's physical skills to move with greater agility.
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Military Algorithm Can Predict Illness 48 Hours Before Symptoms Show
Researchers in two U.S. Department of Defense units collaborated with a health IT company to develop a predictive algorithm that determines if a service member...
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Patent Office Seeks Help From AI
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is expanding its use of artificial intelligence to handle a steadily increasing number of patent applications, including an...
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Delivery Drones Could Land on Public Transport to Extend Their Range
Researchers at Stanford University have developed a computer program that plans deliveries by getting drones to piggyback on public transport for a range boost....
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Artificial Networks Shed Light on Human Face Recognition
Researchers have gained new insights on humans' ability to recognize faces, through the use of deep neural networks.
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Rebel Robot Helps Researchers Understand Human-Machine Cooperation
Researchers have developed a handheld robot that predicts a user's plans, then frustrates the user by rebelling against those plans, demonstrating an understanding...
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Warning! AI Is Heading for a Cliff
Stuart Russell wants to harness artificial intelligence before it's too late.
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Researchers Find Racial Bias in Hospital Algorithm
A predictive hospital algorithm was more likely to choose white patients to receive additional medical assistance than black patients.
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AI Could Help Count How Many People are in Large Crowds
German Aerospace Center researchers have developed an artificial intelligence system that can accurately count the number of people in large crowds.
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Swarm of Tiny Drones Explores Unknown Environments
Researchers created a swarm of tiny drones that can explore unknown environments on their own.
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Google Just Got Better at Understanding Your Trickiest Searches
Google is rolling out an update to its English-language search engine that vice president of search Pandu Nayak calls "the single biggest change we've had in the...
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Use of AI Poised to Grow in State Government, Survey Finds
A survey of state chief information officers found many U.S. states are exploring the use of artificial intelligence.
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Real-World Applications for Drones
Unmanned vehicles have a number of compelling real-world use cases.
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Oil, Gas Companies Turn to AI to Cut Costs
Oil and gas companies are investing in artificial intelligence to help automate operations, anticipate equipment malfunctions, boost fossil fuel production, and...
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DeepMind AI Beats Humans at Deciphering Damaged Ancient Greek Tablets
Researchers at DeepMind trained an artificial intelligence algorithm to guess missing words or characters from Greek inscriptions up to 2,600 years old.
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Researchers Use AI to Find Patterns Among Multitude of People, Cells
Researchers have developed a method of leveraging artificial intelligence neural networks to reveal larger patterns of activity of individual cells that come from...
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Astrobee Performs First Autonomous Flight on the International Space Station
A National Aeronautics and Space Administration Astrobee robot is now up and running on the International Space Station (ISS).
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