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Caltech, Cornell Create Creature-Cataloging Contest For Computers
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Caltech, Cornell Create Creature-Cataloging Contest For Computers

Researchers have created the iNaturalist Challenge, a competition to produce the best machine-learning algorithm for identifying the world's plant and animal species...

China and the ­.s. Are Battling to Become the World’s First AI Superpower
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China and the ­.s. Are Battling to Become the World’s First AI Superpower

"Right now, AI is a two-horse race between China and the US."

The Ghostly Radio Station That No One Claims to Run
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The Ghostly Radio Station That No One Claims to Run

In the middle of a Russian swampland, not far from the city of St Petersburg, is a rectangular iron gate.

Barbara Grosz Receives 2017 ACL Life Time Achievement Award
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Barbara Grosz Receives 2017 ACL Life Time Achievement Award

Grosz is Higgins Professor of Natural Sciences in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University.

Clarifying Complex Chemical Processes With Quantum Computers
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Clarifying Complex Chemical Processes With Quantum Computers

Researchers at ETH Zurich in Switzerland say they have demonstrated a concrete example of a future application for quantum computers.

The Future Takes Flight at Du
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The Future Takes Flight at Du

Researchers at the University of Denver's Unmanned Systems Research Institute are attempting to improve unmanned aerial vehicle technology.

Sneaky Attacks Trick Ais Into Seeing or Hearing What's Not There
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Sneaky Attacks Trick Ais Into Seeing or Hearing What's Not There

A new technique could be used by hackers to trick autonomous cars into ignoring stop signs or prevent surveillance cameras from spotting a suspect.

Argonne Goes Deep to Crack Cancer Code
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Argonne Goes Deep to Crack Cancer Code

Scientists are advancing an exascale computing framework for a deep neural network code designed to tackle key challenges to accelerate cancer research.

An App For the Perfect Selfie
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An App For the Perfect Selfie

Researchers at the University of Waterloo in Canada say they have developed a smartphone application to help people learn how to take better selfies.

Are the World's Highest Paid Football Players Overpaid? Big Data Says Yes
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Are the World's Highest Paid Football Players Overpaid? Big Data Says Yes

Researchers have used machine learning and data science to analyze the salaries of 6,082 professional European football (soccer) players.

Robots Could Act as Ethical Mediators Between Patients and Caregivers
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Robots Could Act as Ethical Mediators Between Patients and Caregivers

Researchers hypothesize that robots that understand ethical issues would be able to observe interactions between patients and caregivers, and intervene when needed...

How Apps Can Motivate You By Tapping Into Your Personality
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How Apps Can Motivate You By Tapping Into Your Personality

Rita Orji at the University of Waterloo in Canada is designing interactive persuasive computer games customized to the player's motivational style.

Wsu Physicists Write With Light, Turn Crystal Into an Electrical Circuit
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Wsu Physicists Write With Light, Turn Crystal Into an Electrical Circuit

Researchers at Washington State University have developed a method for writing an electrical circuit into a crystal.

Teaching Robots Right From Wrong
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Teaching Robots Right From Wrong

Artificial intelligence is outperforming the human sort in a growing range of fields—but how do we make sure it behaves morally?

New Web Tool Tracks Russian 'influence Ops' on Twitter
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New Web Tool Tracks Russian 'influence Ops' on Twitter

The Alliance for Securing Democracy, a bipartisan project backed by the German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF), has launched a Web tool to keep tabs on...

Chip Technology Could Help the Blind, Robots, See
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Chip Technology Could Help the Blind, Robots, See

Bio-inspired designs that encode light as time are ushering in systems as efficient as human neurology.

Storing Data in Dna Brings Nature Into the Digital ­niverse
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Storing Data in Dna Brings Nature Into the Digital ­niverse

Researchers at the University of Washington currently hold the record for the amount of information stored in and retrieved from DNA molecules.

How Neural Networks Are Transforming the World of Translation
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How Neural Networks Are Transforming the World of Translation

Imperial College London professor Erol Gelenbe says artificial neural networks can ease language translation by executing a three-step process.

'anonymous' Browsing Data Can Be Easily Exposed, Researchers Reveal
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'anonymous' Browsing Data Can Be Easily Exposed, Researchers Reveal

A German journalist and data scientist say they were able to easily obtain the "anonymous" online browsing information of more than 3 million Germans.

4d Movies Capture People in Clothing, Creating Realistic Virtual Try-on
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4d Movies Capture People in Clothing, Creating Realistic Virtual Try-on

ClothCapture is new technology that can digitally capture clothing on moving people, turn it into a three-dimensional digital platform, and dress virtual avatars...
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