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Inside the Fighter Jet of the Future Where AI Is the Pilot
I'm in the cockpit of a Typhoon fighter jet. It's an overwhelming sea of buttons, twiddly knobs and square screens displaying various diagrams and measurements....
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The Loyal Engineers Steering Nasa's Voyager Probes Across the Universe
In the early spring of 1977, Larry Zottarelli, a 40-year-old computer engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, set out for Cape Canaveral, Fla....
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Killer Robots: World’s Top AI and Robotics Companies Urge United Nations to Ban Lethal Autonomous Weapons
An open letter by leaders of leading robotics and artificial intelligence companies is released as the United Nations delays meeting to discuss the robot arms race...
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E-Zpass Could Kickstart Smart Cities
Everyone likes the idea of a smart city. Traffic lights would automatically adjust to optimize traffic flow, you could find parking spaces without circling for...
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Computer Scientists Use Music to Covertly Track Body Movements, Activity
Researchers at the University of Washington have demonstrated the use of smart devices as surveillance tools to track a user's position, body movements, and activity...
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This Robot Lab Has No Idea What Its Robots Are Doing
The Georgia Institute of Technology's Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines supports the Robotarium, an arena where scientists can run experiments on...
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I'm a Woman in Computer Science. Let Me Ladysplain the Google Memo to You.
A main reason the Google "manifesto" has been met with so much support is its quasi-professional tone, writes Cynthia Lee of Stanford University.
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A Researcher Disguised Himself as a Car Seat to Teach Driverless Cars How to Communicate With Humans
Researchers costumed themselves as car seats to give the appearance no one is driving during autonomous vehicle experiments.
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First Evidence That Social Bots Play a Major Role in Spreading Fake News
Researchers say they have proof that social bots are the key to the online proliferation of fake news.
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How Do You Fix a School-Bus Problem? Call MIT
A team of researchers has developed an algorithm to plot more efficient public-school bus routes.
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China's Plan For World Domination in AI Isn't So Crazy After All
Xu Li's software scans more faces than maybe any on earth. He has the Chinese police to thank.
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AI Artist Conjures p Convincing Fake Worlds From Memories
Researchers have developed a neural network capable of creating realistic photos based on real-world images.
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Mapping the Brain, Neuron By Neuron
Researchers worked with an international team of neuroscientists to create a complete map of the learning and memory center of the fruit fly larva brain
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Computer 'anthropologists' Study Global Fashion
Researchers are using deep-learning methods to analyze billions of photos uploaded to photo-sharing services and social media platforms.
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Inside the Increasingly Complex Algorithms That Get Packages to Your Door
If you had to hand-deliver 50 packages, how would you go about planning the best route?
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Your Virtual Robot Assistant
With its "unique capabilities," virtual "James" is designed to interact with people regarding the delivery of a service.
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A True Random-Number Generator Built From Carbon Nanotubes
Researchers say they have built a true random number generator from a static random-access memory cell printed with a specialized carbon nanotube ink.
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How A.i. Is Creating Building Blocks to Reshape Music and Art
In the mid-1990s, Douglas Eck worked as a database programmer in Albuquerque while moonlighting as a musician.
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Deepmind AI Teaches Itself About the World By Watching Videos
Researchers at Google's DeepMind unit have developed an artificial intelligence system that teaches itself to recognize visual and audio concepts by watching video...
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