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A Healthy Dose of AI
Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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Almost 40% of Internet Users Globally Don't Have Internet Freedom
As the world becomes more digital, governments want to have more control over people's online presence.
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Facebook Researchers Collect Thousands of Hours of First-Person Video to Train AI
The solution to machine learning problems is generally either more or better data.
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Cutting Through the Noise
Artificial intelligence enables high-fidelity quantum computing.
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Data Mining the Past
Researchers have developed an algorithm to convert old newspapers into searchable data by identifying and ranking people's names in order of their importance.
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How to Move More Goods Through America's Clogged Infrastructure? Robot Trains
Autonomous trains increasingly are seen as a solution to U.S. truck driver shortages, as well as a way for companies to reduce carbon emissions.
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Researchers Build $400 Self-Navigating Smart Cane
Stanford University researchers have unveiled a $400 self-navigating robotic cane that can help visually impaired users detect and avoid obstacles.
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World's Fair Offers New View of 3D-Printed Michelangelo's 'David': Just His Head
The world's fair in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, showcases a three-dimensionally printed replica of Michelangelo's statue, "David," in the Italian pavilion.
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Researchers Create Earthquake System Model with Better Detection Capabilities
The University of Wyoming's Pejman Tahmasebi and Tao Bai have invented a machine learning model that boosts the accuracy of earthquake detection.
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Virtual Obstacle Courses Help Real Robots Learn to Walk
Researchers developed an army of more than 4,000 simulated doglike robots and used them to train an algorithm to control a real-world robot's legs.
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Dead-End SF Street Plagued With Confused WayMo Cars
The cars, packed with self-driving technology, stop in a queue as if they are completely baffled by the dead end.
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Tool for Predicting Pedestrian Flow Expands Its Reach
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers have developed and applied a predictive model of pedestrian traffic to Melbourne, Australia.
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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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Los Alamos Supercomputers Uncover Subtleties of the X Chromosome
A new model shows the X chromosome inactivation process, paving the way for drug treatments for gene-based disorders and diseases.
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NIST, Collaborators Develop Sensitive Way of Detecting Transistor Defects
Researchers have developed a sensitive model for detecting and counting transistor defects.
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The Outlook for Virtual Meetups
Future online meetings could include people in disparate locations cutting a virtual birthday cake together.
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Simulated AI Creatures Demonstrate How Mind, Body Evolve, Succeed Together
Stanford University scientists engineered virtual artificial intelligences performing tasks in simulated environments to mimic the evolution of mind and body.
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A New Link to an Old Model Could Crack the Mystery of Deep Learning
To help them explain the shocking success of deep neural networks, researchers are turning to older but better-understood models of machine learning.
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Professional Footballers Threaten Data Firms with GDPR Legal Action
Hundreds of professional footballers (soccer players) have threatened litigation against the data collection industry.
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Researchers Use AR to See Radiation Defects in Nuclear Reactors
A machine learning platform uses augmented reality to detect and quantify radiation-induced defects in parts and testing materials in nuclear reactors.
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