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Robot Foresters Could Plant Thousands of Trees a Day
Two types of autonomous robot foresters developed by Estonia's University of Tartu and robot manufacturer Milrem are planting trees from Milrem's driverless ground...
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Google's AI Can Keep Loon Balloons Flying for Over 300 Days in a Row
An artificially intelligent pilot can keep huge stratospheric balloons aloft in a fixed position for hundreds of days to operate as floating cell towers for remote...
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Voice Assistant Recordings Could Reveal What Someone Nearby Is Typing
A machine learning system can be used with voice assistants to detect typing on touchscreens nearby, using artificial intelligence (AI) tools to determine what...
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AI Can Turn Spoken Language Into Photorealistic Sign Language Videos
Researchers at the U.K.'s University of Surrey employed a neural network to render spoken language as sign language.
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Software Can Spy on What You Type in Video Calls by Tracking Your Arms
A new model can track the movement of the shoulders and arms of a person typing during a video call to determine what they are typing.
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AI Camera Can Tell What Surfaces Feel Like with Just a Glance
Rutgers University researchers have trained a camera-linked artificial intelligence to read the tactile properties of an object when presented with a photograph...
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AI Can Edit Video in Real Time to Sync Audio to People's Lips
Researchers at India's International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) have developed artificial intelligence that tweaks video footage in real time to...
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AI Removes Unwanted Objects From Photos
A new algorithm uses artificial intelligence to digitally remove unwanted objects in photos.
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Uber, Lyft Pricing Algorithms Charge More in Non-White Areas
George Washington University researchers found apparent racial bias in pricing algorithms used by ride-hailing companies like Uber and Lyft.
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AI Can Search Satellite Data to Find Plastic Floating in the Sea
Researchers have developed an artificial intelligence system that can identify sea plastic in satellite imagery.
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AI Can Distinguish Between Bots, Humans Based on Twitter Activity
Researchers trained an artificial intelligence system to detect Twitter bots based on differences in the patterns of Tweeting activity of real and fake accounts...
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DeepMind AI Can Understand the Unusual Atomic Structure of Glass
DeepMind researchers used machine learning to simulate how atomic particles in a piece of glass respond to different temperatures and pressures.
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U.S. Military Facial Recognition System Could Work From 1 Kilometer Away
The U.S. Special Operations Command is developing a portable facial recognition system that can identify individuals from 1 kilometer (0.6 miles) off.
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This Piece of Music Could Stop Your Amazon Alexa
Carnegie Mellon University researchers developed a technique to inhibit the Amazon Alexa voice assistant's ability to respond to commands by playing an audio clip...
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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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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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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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AI Learns to Defy Laws of Physics to Win at Hide-and-Seek
Scientists at the OpenAI artificial intelligence laboratory developed bots that trained themselves to cooperate by playing hide-and-seek.
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AI Facial Recognition Software Now Works for Wild Chimpanzees, Too
A new facial recognition artificial intelligence program can detect and identify individual chimpanzees captured in video footage recorded in the wild.
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