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Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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Detection Tool to Fight Flood of Fake Academic Papers
Academic publishers have introduced an online tool developed by academic and professional publishing association STM that can identify bogus papers fabricated by...
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Raspberry Pi Code Editor Wants to Help Next-Generation Programmers
The Raspberry Pi Foundation has launched a free coding tool to help next-generation programmers globally hone their skills.
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Computer Simulations Show How Drugs Enter the Blood
Chemists and pharmaceutical scientists at ETH Zurich in Switzerland and Swiss drugmaker Novartis ran simulations on a supercomputer to gain insights into cyclic...
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Friend or Foe: Can Computer Coders Trust ChatGPT?
The use of artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT for coding has inspired both enthusiasm and reluctance among programmers.
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Bitcoin Mining has Raised Texas Electricity Prices 5%
The costs of cryptocurrency are increasingly clear. Are the benefits?
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Germany Taps Africa's IT Sector to Fill Labor Gap
German companies hope to address domestic workforce shortages by training young Africans in information technology (IT).
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OpenAI Will Pay People to Report Vulnerabilities in ChatGPT
OpenAI announced a new bug bounty program that will offer people $200 to $20,000 for finding and reporting vulnerabilities in the ChatGPT chatbot.
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'Digidog Is Out of the Pound': Robot Dog Rejoins New York Police
New York City Mayor Eric Adams says the New York Police Department will deploy the technology this summer.
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Italy Became the First Western Country to Ban ChatGPT. Here's What Other Countries are Doing
The move has highlighted an absence of any concrete regulations, with the European Union and China among the few jurisdictions developing tailored rules for AI....
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AI Cough-Monitoring Can Change the Way We Diagnose Disease
Hyfe AI's database of over 700 million cough samples could be used to improve disease diagnosis and treatment.
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Four-Legged Robotic System for Playing Soccer on Various Terrains
The four-legged DribbleBot robot developed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers can dribble soccer balls using onboard sensors, computing, and reinforcement...
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What Delivery Apps Reveal About Food Disparities in Los Angeles
University of Southern California researchers used machine learning to analyze digital menus from restaurants across Los Angeles to identify food disparities in...
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Predicting the Effects of Environmental Noise on Quantum Information
An advancement crucial for designing and building quantum computers capable of working in an imperfect world.
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Rage Against the Intelligent Machines
AI safety concerns mount as Large Language Model risks are revealed.
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The Virtual Vet Will See You Meow
Veterinary telemedicine could help more pet owners access much-needed care and put anxious animals at ease, but challenges remain.
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Are Robot Waiters the Future?
Many people envision robot waiters as a solution to the food service industry's labor shortages, with tens of thousands deployed in dining rooms globally.
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Interactive Mosaic Uses NASA Imagery to Show Mars in Vivid Detail
The Global CTX Mosaic of Mars is the highest-resolution global image of Mars ever created, at 5.7 trillion pixels (5.7 terapixels).
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How A.I., DNA Are Unlocking the Mysteries of Global Supply Chains
Firms are turning to advanced technologies to help answer a surprisingly tricky question: Where do products really come from?
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In A.I. Race, Microsoft and Google Choose Speed Over Caution
Technology companies were once leery of what some artificial intelligence could do. Now the priority is winning control of the industry's next big thing.
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