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Deep Learning: Is It Approaching a Wall?
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Deep Learning: Is It Approaching a Wall?

As with all major technologies in their early phases, deep learning must overcome a number of serious challenges.

Beyond Deep Fakes
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Beyond Deep Fakes

Carnegie Mellon University researchers have developed a new method of automatically transforming the content of one video into the style of another.

AI Helps Track Down Mysterious Cosmic Radio Bursts
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AI Helps Track Down Mysterious Cosmic Radio Bursts

Researchers used machine learning to discover 72 fast radio bursts from a mysterious source about 3 billion light years from Earth.

DARPA Wants Brain Interfaces for Able-Bodied Warfighters
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DARPA Wants Brain Interfaces for Able-Bodied Warfighters

Until now, the neuroscience programs at DARPA, the mad science wing of the Department of Defense, have focused on technologies for warfighters who have returned...

Taking Machine Thinking Out of the Black Box
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Taking Machine Thinking Out of the Black Box

Researchers are using two main approaches to replacing black-box machine learning models with prediction methods that are more transparent.

Many Adults Want to Reskill for Cybersecurity Careers
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Many Adults Want to Reskill for Cybersecurity Careers

Many Americans are willing to consider returning to college to pursue a cybersecurity education, according to a recent Champlain College Online survey.

Virtual Learning: ­sing AI, Immersion to Teach Chinese
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Virtual Learning: ­sing AI, Immersion to Teach Chinese

A new artificial intelligence system relies on immersive scenes to teach students the Mandarin language.

AI Helps Doctors U­se Data Better
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AI Helps Doctors U­se Data Better

Using artificial intelligence to process medical sensor data can have a significant impact on health-related costs and outcomes.  

How Game Apps That Captivate Kids Have Been Collecting Their Data
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How Game Apps That Captivate Kids Have Been Collecting Their Data

Before Kim Slingerland downloaded the Fun Kid Racing app for her then-5-year-old son, Shane, she checked to make sure it was in the family section of the Google...

DARPA Announces $2 Billion in Funding for 'AI Next' Campaign
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DARPA Announces $2 Billion in Funding for 'AI Next' Campaign

The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency plans to spend more than $2 billion on research into "third wave" artificial intelligence capabilities.

Does Technology Really Enhance Our Decision-Making Ability?
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Does Technology Really Enhance Our Decision-Making Ability?

Researchers have determined that most people cannot distinguish between liking a user interface and making sound choices.

Role Models Tell Girls That STEM’s for Them in New Campaign
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Role Models Tell Girls That STEM’s for Them in New Campaign

A public service as campaign called "She Can STEM" aims to encourage girls ages 11 to 15 to get involved in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM).

The Causal Revolutionary
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The Causal Revolutionary

Judea Pearl  is a computer scientist and philosopher, best known for championing the probabilistic approach to artificial intelligence and the development of Bayesian...

How AI Technology Can Tame the Scientific Literature
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How AI Technology Can Tame the Scientific Literature

When computer scientist Christian Berger's team sought to get its project about self-driving vehicle algorithms on the road, it faced a daunting obstacle.

Driver's Licenses Going Digital
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Driver's Licenses Going Digital

Iowa plans to be the first U.S. state to replace hard-copy driver's licenses with an app.

AI Robots Can Develop Prejudices, Just Like ­s Mere Mortals
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AI Robots Can Develop Prejudices, Just Like ­s Mere Mortals

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Cardiff University in the U.K. found that artificial intelligence bots can develop prejudices by learning...

Getting Your TV to Understand You Better
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Getting Your TV to Understand You Better

Researchers have developed a method to improve the voice query understanding capabilities of home entertainment platforms.

This Rollable Tablet Was Inspired by Ancient Scrolls
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This Rollable Tablet Was Inspired by Ancient Scrolls

Researchers have developed a prototype rollable touchscreen tablet with a 7.5-inch 2K flexible display wrapped around a three-dimensionally-printed cylinder.

Meet Martti, the Finnish Robocar That ­ses 5G
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Meet Martti, the Finnish Robocar That ­ses 5G

Researchers are testing the capabilities of 5G network technologies to transmit information to and from vehicles while they are on the road, using a robotic car...

No Sweat on Brown ­niversity Team Trying to Hack a Robot
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No Sweat on Brown ­niversity Team Trying to Hack a Robot

Brown University researchers were able to hack a University of Washington robot connected to the Internet.
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