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System Detects Errors When Medication is Self-Administered
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers have developed a system to detect and reduce errors when patients administer their own medication.
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Engineers Combine AI, Wearable Cameras in Self-Walking Robotic Exoskeletons
Researchers combined computer vision and deep-learning artificial intelligence technology in an effort to develop robotic exoskeleton legs that can make decisions...
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Novel Deep Learning Framework for Symbolic Regression
Computer scientists have created a new framework and visualization tool that applies deep reinforcement learning to symbolic regression problems.
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Deep Learning Speeds MRI Scans
Machine intelligence significantly reduces the time needed for an MRI scan, which can help reduce patient anxiety.
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The Best of NLP
Natural language processing delves more deeply into its knowledge gap.
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AI Could Enable 'Swarm Warfare' for Tomorrow's Fighter Jets
A Pentagon project is testing scenarios involving multiple aircraft that could change the dynamics of air combat.
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How AI Can Help Curb Traffic Accidents in Cities
An interdisciplinary research team led by Spain's Universitat Oberta de Catalunya is leveraging artificial intelligence to reduce traffic accidents in cities.
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Argument Technology for Debating with Humans
Project Debater is an IBM-developed artificial intelligence system that can engage with humans in debates.
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Carmakers Strive to Stay Ahead of Hackers
The effects of a breach of a car, or fleet, could be devastating. Auto manufacturers and suppliers have aggressive plans, and a lot of firewalls.
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ML Models for Diagnosing Covid-19 Not Yet Suitable for Clinical Use
Studies describing machine learning models for diagnosing Covid-19 are not yet suitable for detecting or diagnosing the virus from standard medical imaging.
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Drive-Throughs That Predict Your Order? Restaurants Are Thinking Fast
Many restaurants expect digital ordering and drive-throughs to remain key business channels, and some are testing artificial intelligence to predict and suggest...
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Who Is Making Sure the A.I. Machines Aren't Racist?
When Google forced out two well-known artificial intelligence experts, a long-simmering research controversy burst into the open.
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A Quantum Trick with Photons Gives ML a Speed Boost
Researchers at Austria's University of Vienna have accelerated machine learning using a quantum trick involving photons.
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How Facebook Got Addicted to Spreading Misinformation
The company's AI algorithms gave it an insatiable habit for lies and hate speech. Now the man who built them can't fix the problem.
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Trading Chicken Parts is Going Digital
Ashley Honey at New Zealand-based Nui hopes to use his company's electronic trading platforms to automate trading of meat and poultry products.
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Researchers Are Peering Inside Computer Brains. What They've Found Will Surprise You
Researchers at research company OpenAI developed new techniques to examine the inner workings of neural networks to help interpret their decision-making.
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Your Loved Ones, and Eerie Tom Cruise Videos, Reanimate Unease With Deepfakes
A tool that allows old photographs to be animated, and viral videos of a Tom Cruise impersonation, shined new light on digital impersonations.
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Furious AI Researcher Creates a List of Non-reproducible Machine Learning Papers
The Papers Without Code website aims to create a centralized list of machine learning papers that are not implementable.
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Facebook Researchers Report Advance in Computer Vision
A software toolkit developed by Facebook's artificial intelligence research arm could enable companies to create computer vision software more quickly.
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