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Artificial-Intelligence Research Center Is Founded By Silicon Valley Investors
A group of prominent Silicon Valley investors and technology companies said on Friday that they would establish an artificial-intelligence research center to develop...
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Seymour Cray and the Development of Supercomputers
Join us in the Linux Voice time machine once more as we go back to the 1970s and the early Cray supercomputers.
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Growth in Computer Science Driven By Student Interest, Societal Need
In response to growing enrollment and increasing interest from other disciplines, Princeton University is expanding its computer science faculty by more than 30...
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In Belgium, an Encryption Powerhouse Rises
Belgium's University of Leuven has become a stage where privacy and surveillance advocates are fighting over digital encryption.
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This Is How You Count All the Trees on Earth
Researchers have proposed a tree-counting project that combines better algorithms with less costly and faster data processing.
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Tech Breakthroughs Are Giving Animals the Power to Speak
Scientists are developing new technologies to enhance human-animal communication and interaction.
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Backslash: Anti-Surveillance Gadgets For Protesters
When riot police descended on protesters in Ferguson, Missouri, last year sporting assault rifles and armored vehicles, the images sparked an awareness of the military...
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These 3 Guys May Have Figured Out How to Predict Awesome Sunsets
Three young weather enthusiasts in Pennsylvania have developed a new computer model that can predict visually striking sunsets.
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Baidu's Self-Driving Car Takes On Beijing Traffic
Driving around Beijing often feels unnervingly like a contact sport, with vehicles recklessly plunging through thick traffic, sneaking along the shoulder, or cutting...
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Why Memory and Mimicry Are The Next Big Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence
For the last five years the effort to teach computers to think more like humans, to learn how to recognize speech and images on their own has been the goal of ...
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A Bootstrap For STEM
The non-profit Bootstrap program teaches students to understand algebraic functions by helping them program video games.
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Custom AI Programs Take on Top Ranked Humans in Starcraft
In a recent contest, three Artificial Intelligence programs played against a Russian player in StarCraft: Brood War.
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Hacker Lexicon: Malvertising, the Hack That Infects Computers Without a Click
Malvertising is when hackers buy ad space on a legitimate website, and, as the name suggests, upload malicious advertisements designed to hack site visitor’s computers...
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Teaching Computers How to Give Cricket Commentary
Indian researchers have used machine-learning techniques to generate text-based cricket commentary with an accuracy rate of 90 percent.
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Chinese Researchers Unveil Brain-Powered Car
Chinese researchers from Nankai University have spent the last two years developing a mind-controlled car.
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As Aging Population Grows, So Do Robotic Health Aides
Roboticists and doctors deployment of innovations in computerized, robotic, and Internet-connected technologies to help aging adults stay independent longer.
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What Makes Tom Hanks Look Like Tom Hanks?
A new system uses machine-learning algorithms to construct and animate three-dimensional models of celebrities based on large numbers of photographs.
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Want a Computer That Never Crashes? Don't Let Bugs Freak It Out
Developers' perception of software bugs must shift from something that must be found and removed at all costs to an unavoidable fact of life.
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Here's What Developers Are Doing with Google’s AI Brain
An artificial intelligence engine that Google uses in many of its products, and that it made freely available last month, is now being used by others to perform...
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