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Origami-Inspired 'Inspector Gadget Robotic Arm'
Researchers at Seoul National University's Soft Robotics Research Center have developed a foldable origami-inspired robotic arm that can self-fold while also being...
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How Accurate Is Your AI?
A researcher at Kyoto University in Japan has developed a new technique that evaluates an artificial intelligence program's ability based on the nature of its input...
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New AI Can Tell If a Person Is Male or Female by Reading Their Smile
A new artificial intelligence system that identifies gender by reading a person's smiles.
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'Body on a Chip' Could Improve Drug Evaluation
A microfluidic platform links engineered tissues from multiple human organs to replicate organ-drug interactions so medications' effects on different parts of the...
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Pentagon Wants Silicon Valley’s Help on A.I.
There is little doubt that the Defense Department needs help from Silicon Valley's biggest companies as it pursues work on artificial intelligence. The question...
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Expert Says Graduates in AI Should Take Oath: 'I Must Not Play at God nor Let My Technology Do So'
Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence CEO Oren Etzioni suggests artificial intelligence should be "developed from a higher moral ground today."
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AI Assistants Say Dumb Things, and We're About to Find Out Why
A new test will pose elementary-school-level multiple-choice science questions to artificial intelligence systems.
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Cracking Open the Black Box of AI with Cell Biology
The deep neural networks that power today's artificial intelligence systems work in mysterious ways.
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TSA Researchers Want to Teach Computers to Learn Like Humans
Researchers have created a new cloud-based learning platform for artificial intelligence designed to teach machines to learn like humans.
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Mechanical Harvesting of Papayas Might Be a Reality With Computational Technique
Researchers are investigating how papayas could be harvested mechanically using algorithms and computer vision.
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Developers Love Trendy New Languages but Earn More with Functional Programming
Developer Q&A site Stack Overflow performs an annual survey to find out more about the programmer community, and the latest set of results has just been published...
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Teaching Computers to Guide Science: New Machine Learning Method Sees the Forests and the Trees
Researchers have created a novel machine learning method that enables scientists to derive insights from highly complex systems in record time.
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AI Has a Hallucination Problem That's Proving Tough to Fix
Deep neural network software driving innovation in consumer gadgets and automated driving is vulnerable to sabotage by hallucination, experts say.
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The New .S.-China Rivalry: A Technology Race
As the United States and China look to protect their national security needs and economic interests, the fight between the two financial superpowers is increasingly...
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The Key to the Perfect March Madness Bracket: Evolution
Predicting the winners and losers of March Madness is such a daunting challenge that it attracts math nerds like Starfleet voyagers lining up at Comic-Con.
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China Eyes 'Black Tech' to Boost Security as Parliament Meets
At a highway check point on the outskirts of Beijing, local police are this week testing out a new security tool: smart glasses that can pick up facial features...
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AI Has a Hallucination Problem That's Proving Tough to Fix
Tech companies are rushing to infuse everything with artificial intelligence, driven by big leaps in the power of machine learning software. But the deep-neural...
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Stanford Researchers Develop Technique to See Objects Hidden Around Corners
Stanford University researchers have developed laser-based imaging technology that can produce images of objects hidden from view around corners.
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New Low Light Camera Tech Will Improve AR Apps, Facial Recognition in Smartphones
Researchers in Israel have developed new imaging software that could help improve facial recognition systems and augmented reality apps on smartphones.
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