Communications of the ACM
A Healthy Dose of AI
Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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Google's Alphago Defeats Chinese Go Master in Win For AI
Google DeepMind's AlphaGo program beat a Chinese world champion in the first of three Go games held this week.
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Potential and Peril
The outlook for artificial intelligence-based autonomous weapons.
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Optimization Search Finds a Heart of Glass
Analog computing could provide greater efficiency, improved digital algorithms.
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Deep Learning Takes on Translation
Improvements in hardware, the availability of massive amounts of data, and algorithmic upgrades are among the factors supporting better machine translation.
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Georgia Professor ses Artificial Intelligence To Teach Class
A computer science professor at Georgia Tech is using artificial intelligence to help him answer some of students' frequently asked questions.
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Curiosity May Be Vital For Truly Smart AI
A computer algorithm equipped with a form of artificial curiosity can learn to solve tricky problems even when it isn't immediately clear what actions might help...
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Smart Machines Pick p the Pace
Massachusetts Institute of Technology principal research scientist Andrew McAfee says the pace of machine-learning advancement is often underestimated.
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Google Researchers Are Teaching Their AI to Build Its Own, More Powerful AI
Google has unveiled a new approach to machine learning in which neural networks are used to build better neural networks.
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Making Machines Make Sense
Researchers are working to imbue computing devices with sophisticated object recognition and tactile capabilities that could take computer sensing to an entirely...
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Ready, Set, Go! Rematch of Man vs. Machine in Ancient Game
AlphaGo, Google DeepMind's artificial intelligence program, will compete against the Chinese world champion Go player Ke Jie in a three-game series.
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Your Camera Wants to Kill the Keyboard
Snapchat knew it from the start, but in recent months Google and Facebook have all but confirmed it: The keyboard, slowly but surely, is fading into obscurity. ...
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In Memoriam Alain Colmerauer: 1941-2017
French computer scientist Alain Colmerauer passed away on May 15.
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Machine Learning Algorithms Re-Create City in 3D sing Only Image Data
Varcity is a new platform that collects massive amounts of image data of a city and uses algorithms to automatically create a three-dimensional model of it.
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Imec Demonstrates Self-Learning Neuromorphic Chip That Composes Music
Researchers say they have created the world's first self-learning neuromorphic chip, based on OxRAM technology, that demonstrates the ability to compose music. ...
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What This Apple-Picking Robot Means For the Future of Farm Workers
Robots are replacing human workers at a faster pace than any other point in history. Most of these robots are in factories, but a new kind of mechanized worker...
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Virtual Top Hats Allow Swarming Robots to Fly in Tight Formation
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have created a team of autonomous flying robots that do not collide or undercut each other.
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Tech Majority Disagrees With AI Warnings From Hawking, Musk, and Gates
A new study demonstrates strong public and expert skepticism of warnings about artificial intelligence.
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Artificial Intelligence Course Creates AI Teaching Assistant
A team of researchers has developed a virtual teacher's assistant, called Jill Watson, using technologies from IBM's Watson platform.
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Better Screenings Through Artificial Intelligence
Researchers say they have developed a cervical cancer screening technique that could perform as well as, or better than, traditional screening methods at a greatly...
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