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AI Learns to Recognize Species of Splatted Mosquitoes
Artificial intelligence taught to identify living and dead mosquitoes could help monitor the species most complicit in transmitting diseases.
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Google Wants to Challenge AI with 200 Tasks, to Replace the Turing Test
Artificial intelligence researchers have proposed an update to the Turing test for rating the capabilities of AI technology.
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Global Satellite Map Will Help Hunt Down Illegal Fishing Vessels
A new digital map uses satellite radar imagery to identify potential illegal fishing vessels.
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Robot Can Find Keys in a Bag by Listening as It Rummages
Stanford University researchers trained a microphone-outfitted robotic arm to locate objects like keys in a handbag by listening for telltale sounds while searching...
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Google, Waymo Used Driverless Cars to Make Virtual San Francisco
Researchers at driverless car company Waymo and Google Research used self-driving vehicles to create a virtual model of San Francisco.
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AI Can Erase Tattoos from Photos to Help Face Recognition Systems
Researchers trained an algorithm to remove facial tattoos from images, in order to improve facial recognition systems.
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Satellite Images Show Biggest Methane Leaks Come From Russia, U.S.
A multinational team determined that methane "ultra-emitter" sites account for about a tenth of the oil and gas industry's global methane emissions.
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Infrared Goggles, Vibrating Armband Help the Blind 'See'
Researchers incorporated a pair of infrared cameras into prototype goggles to help blind and visually impaired people navigate their environment intuitively.
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Quantum Computers a Million Times Too Small to Hack Bitcoin
Bitcoin is theoretically vulnerable to hacking by quantum computers, but calculations show they would need to be a million times larger than those that exist today...
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Australia's AI Cameras Catch Over 270,000 Drivers Using Phones
Artificial intelligence-equipped cameras have spotted more than 270,000 drivers using phones while driving in New South Wales, Australia, since March 2020.
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AI Has Learned to Read Time on Analog Clock
Artificial intelligence trained on computer-generated images of analog clocks captured at different angles learned to read the time.
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AI-Generated Deepfake Voices Can Fool Humans, Smart Assistants
Freely available voice-mimicking software can deceive people and voice-activated tools like smart assistants, according to University of Chicago scientists.
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DeepMind AI Can Accurately Predict if it Will Rain in Next 90 Minutes
Artificial intelligence can forecast extremely short-term rainfall more accurately than current models.
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Simple Make-Up Tips Can Help You Avoid Facial Recognition Software
Researchers at Israel's Ben-Gurion University of the Negev developed artificial intelligence software that can provide makeup advice to foil facial recognition...
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Ancient Mesopotamian Cuneiform Tablets Could Be Decoded by AI
A deep learning artificial intelligence model has decoded ancient Mesopotamian cuneiform tablets.
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Smart Reporting Tool Could Combat Fake News on Encrypted Chat Apps
Researchers at George Washington University say they have built a tool that would allow users to expose fake news without endangering their privacy. The Fuzzy Anonymous...
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AI Can Detect Deepfake Face Because Its Pupils Have Jagged Edges
A computer model developed by researchers at New York’s University of Albany can determine whether an image of a face is a deepfake by examining its pupils.
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Digital Archives Meant to Be Permanent Seem to Be Lost on the Web
Old Dominion University's Michael Nelson and colleagues have found that supposedly permanent digital Web archives could be lost.
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Google Can Take Two Months to Remove Malware Apps from App Store
It takes an average of 77 days from detection for Google to remove apps that may contain malware from the Google Play Store, accoriding to a recent analysis.
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