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A Healthy Dose of AI
Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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Facial Recognition Software Results in Few Arrests, Raises Concerns
Clearview AI has been marketing facial recognition software to law enforcement around the country. In Minnesota, some agencies are finding out the technology doesn't...
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Regulation of AI Remains Elusive
About 130 jurisdictions globally have implemented data protection laws, often seen as a starting point for the regulation of artificial intelligence.
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The Costly Pursuit of Self-Driving Cars Continues On. And On. And On.
The development of self-driving vehicles has become a goal that only the most well-heeled companies are currently pursuing.
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Deceiving AI
The uncanny power of machine learning can be turned against it.
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Helping Robots Learn What They Can and Can't Do in New Situations
University of Michigan researchers have developed a method of helping robots to predict when the model on which they were trained is unreliable.
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'Blind' Robot Successfully Navigates Stairs
A "blind" bipedal robot trained in a simulator by Oregon State University (OSU) researchers can negotiate varying terrain, including the climbing of stairs.
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Google Aims for Commercial-Grade Quantum Computer by 2029
Google intends to invest billions of dollars to build a commercial-grade quantum computer that can perform large-scale, error-free calculations by 2029.
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Researchers Use 'Hole-y' Math, ML to Study Cellular Self-Assembly
Brown University researchers have demonstrated a machine learning method that measures the topological properties of cell clusters.
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AI Program Accurately Predicts Lung Cancer Risk
A deep learning artificial intelligence algorithm can accurately predict the risk of lung nodules detected on computed tomography images turning cancerous.
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Helping Drone Swarms Avoid Obstacles Without Hitting Each Other
A predictive control model allows individual drones to predict their own behavior and that of neighboring drones in a swarm, to keep them from bumping into each...
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Mayo Clinic, Others Use 'AI Factories' to Speed AI Development
Healthcare provider is among organizations taking an assembly-line approach to quickly create targeted AI applications.
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Lasers, Levitation, and Machine Learning Make Better Heat-Resistant Materials
A process developed at the Argonne National Laboratory can predict how refractory oxides are impacted by high temperatures.
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Beautiful or Handsome? Neural Language Models Try Their Hand at Word Substitution
Researchers had five neural language models compete in lexical substitution tasks, including plain substitution and word sense induction .
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Helping Robots Collaborate to Get the Job Done
A new algorithm aims to foster cooperation between information-gathering robot teams.
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Precise Touchscreens, Thanks to AI
A new artificial intelligence technique more precisely estimates where a finger touches a mobile phone screen, to reduce typing errors.
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The Pentagon Inches Toward Letting AI Control Weapons
Drills involving swarms of drones raise questions about whether machines could outperform a human operator in complex scenarios.
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Amazon Cloud Technology Aids NFL in Schedule Making
The National Football League used Amazon Web Services' cloud platform to arrange its just-released 272-game 2021 schedule.
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The Autonomous Vehicle World is Shrinking — It's Overdue
'The AV industry has promised too much for too long, and has delivered too little'
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