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How Vector Space Mathematics Helps Machines Spot Sarcasm
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay led by Aditya Joshi report developing a new strategy to help computers better detect the presence of sarcasm...
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Google's AI Reasons Its Way Around the London nderground
Artificial-intelligence systems known as neural networks can recognize images, translate languages and even master the ancient game of Go. But their limited ability...
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White House: AI Will Be Critical Driver of .S. Economy
A new White House report says artificial intelligence can be a critical economic and societal driver with its development supported by a collaboration between industry...
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China Has Now Eclipsed US in AI Research
Humanity may still be years if not decades away from producing sentient artificial intelligence.
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Deep Learning: Achilles Heel in Robo-Car Tests
Machine learning is a serious impediment to the performance of autonomous cars in safety tests. "The training dataset does not conform to traditional expectations...
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Here's How the White House Wants the .s. to Approach AI R&d
The White House has issued two new reports that detail how the U.S. government wants to approach research and development into artificial intelligence and what...
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The White House Frontiers Conference
President Barack Obama on Thursday will host the White House Frontiers Conference, an event co-hosted by the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University...
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Computer Scientist Publishes Manifesto For Expressive Algorithmic Music
Gerhard Widmer at Austria's Johannes Kepler University has published a manifesto for music information research. He argues the field should refocus so it can facilitate...
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Australia Says Its First Self-Driving Car Can 'navigate Without Driver Input'
An autonomous automobile developed by German manufacturer Bosch in collaboration with the Australian government were to be tested on Australian roads this week....
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Your Next Nurse Could Be a Robot
Researchers from Italy's Polytechnic University of Milan led an international team that trained a robot to imitate natural human actions.
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Japanese Robotics Giant Gives Its Arms Some Brains
The big, dumb, monotonous industrial robots found in many factories could soon be quite a bit smarter, thanks to the introduction of machine-learning skills that...
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CM Computer Beats Humans in 'doom' Video Game
Carnegie Mellon University researchers are using the videogame "Doom" as an artificial intelligence research platform as part of the Visual Doom AI Competition....
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At the Bleeding Edge of AI: Quantum Grocery Picking and Transfer Learning
Don't laugh, but there may come a time when quantum computers are sorting out your grocery deliveries, and if Paul Clarke, CTO of the online food store Ocado is...
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Can We Open the Black Box of Ai?
Dean Pomerleau can still remember his first tussle with the black-box problem.
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Google Translate Gets a Deep-Learning pgrade
Google has launched a Google Translate upgrade utilizing enhanced deep-learning techniques to produce more accurate translations.
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Google Builds a Robotic Hive-Mind Kindergarten
How many robots does it take to open a door?
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Even with Rising Wages, Robot Revolution Skips Restaurants
Clamshell grills are making burger flipping obsolete at McDonald’s, Johnny Rockets and other burger chains. Digital kiosks, tabletop tablets and mobile phones are...
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Why Deep Learning Is Suddenly Changing Your Life
Decades-old discoveries are now electrifying the computing industry and will soon transform corporate America.
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The Problem With Google's 'star Trek' Computer
Google is hoping to develop its Assistant, a Siri-like technology to be included on the company's new smartphones and other products, into something like the computer...
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