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Google Researchers Are Teaching Their AI to Build Its Own, More Powerful AI
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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.

New Computation Tools Enable Much Faster and Cheaper Product Development
From ACM TechNews

New Computation Tools Enable Much Faster and Cheaper Product Development

Researchers at the VTT Technical Research Center of Finland have developed faster, more accurate, and agile computation tools and methods.

Microsoft Has a Plan to Add Dna Data to its Cloud
From ACM TechNews

Microsoft Has a Plan to Add Dna Data to its Cloud

Microsoft Research plans to have a DNA-based data storage system functioning within a data center by 2020.

Google Program Inspires Kids to Learn Coding
From ACM TechNews

Google Program Inspires Kids to Learn Coding

Google's Code in the Community Program aims to help 3,000 underprivileged children develop computational skills for possible technology careers.

Internet of Things Made Simple: One Sensor Package Does Work of Many
From ACM TechNews

Internet of Things Made Simple: One Sensor Package Does Work of Many

Researchers have developed a plug-in sensor package that tracks multiple phenomena in a room.

A Robot Revolution, This Time in China
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A Robot Revolution, This Time in China

Even a decade ago, car manufacturing in China was still a fairly low-tech, labor-intensive endeavor.

Father of the Internet: 'ai Stands For Artificial Idiot'
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Father of the Internet: 'ai Stands For Artificial Idiot'

Google chief Internet evangelist Vint Cerf said modern artificial intelligence systems are only as smart as the people who interact with them.

Teaching Robots to Teach Other Robots
From ACM TechNews

Teaching Robots to Teach Other Robots

C-LEARN is a system designed to let users teach robots skills that they can pass along to other robots.

At&t Labs Working to Combine Drone Video Footage With Artificial Intelligence Monitoring
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At&t Labs Working to Combine Drone Video Footage With Artificial Intelligence Monitoring

Researchers are studying ways to use artificial intelligence techniques to analyze video shot by a drone for signs of damage to cell towers.

Study Finds Gender Bias in Open Source Programming
From ACM TechNews

Study Finds Gender Bias in Open Source Programming

Women's contributions in open source software communities tend to be accepted more often than men's in general, but they are rejected more frequently when a woman's...

Rice's Lydia Kavraki Wins ACM Athena Lecturer Award
From ACM TechNews

Rice's Lydia Kavraki Wins ACM Athena Lecturer Award

Rice University professor and ACM Fellow Lydia Kavraki will receive this year's ACM Athena Lecturer Award.

Can Early Experiences With Computers, Robots Increase STEM Interest Among Young Girls?
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Can Early Experiences With Computers, Robots Increase STEM Interest Among Young Girls?

Six-year-old girls exposed to a computer-programming activity had more interest in technology and more positive outlooks about their own skills compared to non-participants...

How the ­pdate Framework Improves Security of Software ­pdates
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How the ­pdate Framework Improves Security of Software ­pdates

New York University professor Justin Cappos has been developing The Update Framework (TUF) for eight years to help organizations update their software securely....

Can Facebook Fix Its Own Worst Bug?
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Can Facebook Fix Its Own Worst Bug?

In early January, I went to see Mark Zuckerberg at MPK20, a concrete-and-steel building on the campus of Facebook's headquarters, which sits across a desolate highway...

Every Continent, and One Time Lord, Turned Out For the March For Science
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Every Continent, and One Time Lord, Turned Out For the March For Science

An estimated 600 March for Science rallies took place Saturday across the U.S., and across the globe.

Inside China's Plans For World Robot Domination
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Inside China's Plans For World Robot Domination

Scenes from China's quest to dominate the robotic future: At startup E-Deodar, a human-looking droid serves coffee to employees who are building $15,000 industrial...

Free Quantum Computers Online!
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Free Quantum Computers Online!

D-Wave and IBM offer access to supercomputing quantum computers in the cloud.

Combating Cancer With Data
From Communications of the ACM

Combating Cancer With Data

Supercomputers will sift massive amounts of data in search of therapies that work.

Making Chips Smarter
From Communications of the ACM

Making Chips Smarter

Advances in artificial intelligence and machine learning are motivating researchers to design and build new chips to support different computing models.

Bionics in Competition
From Communications of the ACM

Bionics in Competition

Developers of innovative assistive devices compete as a means of networking with each other.
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