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Iu, Nswc Crane Partnering to Bolster National Defense Through 'smart Tech' Agreement
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Iu, Nswc Crane Partnering to Bolster National Defense Through 'smart Tech' Agreement

Indiana University  and the U.S. Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division, have entered into a collaborative research agreement to improve military sensor technology...

Astronomers Explore Uses For AI-Generated Images
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Astronomers Explore Uses For AI-Generated Images

Volcanoes, monasteries, birds, thistles: the varied images in Jeff Clune's research paper could be his holiday snaps.

Computer Diagnoses Cataracts as Well as Eye Doctors Can
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Computer Diagnoses Cataracts as Well as Eye Doctors Can

Scientists at Sun Yat-Sen University in China are using a new artificial neural network to recognize and diagnose congenital cataracts as accurately as eye doctors...

Inside the 20-Year Quest to Build Computers That Play Poker
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Inside the 20-Year Quest to Build Computers That Play Poker

Recent breakthroughs in artificial intelligence research raise questions about the threat that bots pose to the online gambling industry.

Berkeley Launches Riselab, Enabling Computers to Make Intelligent Real-Time Decisions
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Berkeley Launches Riselab, Enabling Computers to Make Intelligent Real-Time Decisions

The University of California, Berkeley recently launched the RISELab, which  aims to improve how machines make intelligent decisions based on real-time input.

Inside the 20-Year Quest to Build Computers That Play Poker
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Inside the 20-Year Quest to Build Computers That Play Poker

Four of the best professional poker players in the world spent most of January holed up at the Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh, losing.

Google's Go-Playing Machine Opens the Door to Robots that Learn
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Google's Go-Playing Machine Opens the Door to Robots that Learn

Two robotic arms face two closed doors. Both reach forward and miss the door handles entirely.

Smart City Transport Systems
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Smart City Transport Systems

Researchers have developed a machine-learning program to accurately recreate and predict public transport use based on the distribution of land use and amenities...

A Computer Program That Learns How to Save Fuel
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A Computer Program That Learns How to Save Fuel

Artificial intelligence may one day be able to help cars use energy more efficiently.

Artificial Intelligence ­ncovers New Insight Into Biophysics of Cancer
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Artificial Intelligence ­ncovers New Insight Into Biophysics of Cancer

Researchers have used a machine-learning artificial intelligence platform to predict three reagents that produced a previously unseen cancer-like phenotype in tadpoles...

The AI that Learns Our Habits and Knows When People Cheat
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The AI that Learns Our Habits and Knows When People Cheat

For people who play the video game Counter Strike online, it's hard enough watching your back at the best of times. In the fast-paced first-person shooter, there...

How AI Is Changing Software Development
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How AI Is Changing Software Development

Artificial intelligence technologies like advanced machine learning, deep learning, and natural language processing will help build better software faster.

AI Software Learns to Make AI Software
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AI Software Learns to Make AI Software

Several research organizations are working to create artificial intelligences that can in turn develop machine-learning software.

Hipeac Vision Report Advocates Reinvention of Computing
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Hipeac Vision Report Advocates Reinvention of Computing

The European Network on High Performance and Embedded Architecture and Compilation, or HiPEAC, on Monday published a report calling for "the reinvention of computing...

­.s. Soldiers Will Be Armed With Machine Translators to Kill Communication Woes
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­.s. Soldiers Will Be Armed With Machine Translators to Kill Communication Woes

The U.S. military will soon reach full deployment of its Machine Foreign Language Translation System, which runs on military and commercial devices.

Impact of Job-Stealing Robots a Growing Concern at Davos
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Impact of Job-Stealing Robots a Growing Concern at Davos

Open markets and global trade have been blamed for job losses over the last decade, but global CEOs say the real culprits are increasingly machines.

DARPA Wants to Simulate How Social Media Spreads Info Like Wildfire
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DARPA Wants to Simulate How Social Media Spreads Info Like Wildfire

A new program from the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency aims to better understand the spread and evolution of information online.

After First Week, AI System Is Beating Human Poker Players
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After First Week, AI System Is Beating Human Poker Players

An artificial intelligence system called Libratus has gained the upper hand against human poker players in the first week of a 20-day tournament in Pittsburgh. ...

In 2017, China Is Doubling Down on AI
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In 2017, China Is Doubling Down on AI

This year, China looks set to make larger waves than ever in artificial intelligence and augmented reality.

Microsoft Thinks Machines Can Learn to Converse By Making Chat a Game
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Microsoft Thinks Machines Can Learn to Converse By Making Chat a Game

Microsoft is buying a deep learning startup based in Montreal, a global hub for deep learning research.
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