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Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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DARPA Calls on Diyers For Weaponized Tech
The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is seeking ideas on how products assembled from benign technologies might be transformed into security threats...
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Forget the Robots--Here Come the Geminoids!
Last weekend's South by Southwest Interactive Festival was a showcase for many types of robots.
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What AI Can Tell S About the .s. Supreme Court
Researchers at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University's Discovery Analytics Center have proposed using machine learning to model the U.S. Supreme Court...
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Computer Science Education in the Age of CS For All
Momentum for bringing computer science to all primary and secondary U.S. schools is building, even though many issues remain unresolved.
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Why the Government Can't Actually Stop Terrorists From Using Encryption
Security experts say U.S. government efforts to force technology firms to grant access to encrypted devices will do little to prevent terrorists from using the...
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To Get Truly Smart, AI Might Need to Play More Video Games
The latest computer games can be fantastically realistic.
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Pentagon Paying Techies to Think Like Terrorists
To stop a terrorist, it helps to think like one.
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What Google's Winning Go Algorithm Will Do Next
Following the defeat of one of its finest human players, the ancient game of Go has joined the growing list of tasks at which computers perform better than humans...
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Apple Fight Could Escalate with Demand For 'source Code'
The latest filing in the legal war between the planet’s most powerful government and its most valuable company gave one indication of how the high-stakes confrontation...
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With Book on New Computer Language, Kernighan Guides Students at Princeton and Beyond
Princeton University professor Brian Kernighan has co-authored a book on the computer language Go with Alan Donovan, a member of the Go design team.
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High Throughput Computing Helps Ligo Confirm Einstein's Last nproven Theory
The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory is helping researchers detect gravitational waves caused by the collision of two black holes 1.3 billion...
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Less Than Meets the Eye
Computer-vision models designed to reproduce the capacities of the human brain may need to be adjusted.
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Fast Facial Analysis Software Set For Release
The new software could be particularly useful in fields where subjective interpretation has been the norm.
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In the Apple Case, a Debate Over Data Hits Home
Three years ago, reeling from Edward J. Snowden’s disclosure of the government’s vast surveillance programs and uncertain how to respond, President Obama said he...
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How Google's AI Viewed the Move No Human Could nderstand
The move didn't make sense to the humans packed into the sixth floor of Seoul's Four Seasons hotel. But the Google machine saw it quite differently.
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Gates Thinks Quantum Computing in the Cloud May Come in a Decade
Bill Gates says it is possible that in six to 10 years "cloud computing will offer super-computation by using quantum."
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New Learning Procedure For Neural Networks
Max Planck Institute researcher Robert Gutig has used a computer model to develop a new learning procedure for neural networks.
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The 'Elephant in the Valley' Is Tech's Problem
The outlook remains bleak for gender and minority representation in Silicon Valley, according to the "Elephant in the Valley" survey.
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A Bitcoin-Style Currency For Central Banks
Virtual currency could become more viable thanks to a new Bitcoin-like system developed by University College London researchers.
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