Communications of the ACM
A Healthy Dose of AI
Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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Japanese Researchers Teaching Robots to Repair Themselves
Researchers have demonstrated how to teach a PR2 robot to perform simple repairs on itself by tightening its own screws.
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Framework Brings Accuracy, Efficiency to Identifying Stop Words
An algorithmic approach for data analysis automatically recognizes uninformative words, known as stop words, in a large collection of text.
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Facebook's AI Masters the Card Game Hanabi
Researchers at Facebook have taught the company's artificial intelligence software how to play the game Hanabi, a Solitaire-like card game that requires players...
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Do We Need A Theory of AI?
What would a theory of artificial intelligence look like, and how might it be achieved?
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Emotion-Sensing Robot Launches to Assist Space Station Astronauts
A robot with emotion-sensing voice detectors has been launched to the International Space Station.
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Can You Hear Me Now?
Columbia University researchers achieve a meeting of minds on Artificial Intelligence-assisted hearing technology.
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China Issues Rules to Clamp Down on Deepfake Technologies
China has issued rules banning online video and audio providers from generating, distributing, and broadcasting fake news as it cracks down on deepfake technologies...
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Tesla’s Autopilot Could Save the Lives of Millions, But It Will Kill Some People First
The complicated ethics of Elon Musk's grand autonomous vehicle experiment.
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Robot Prototype Shows Promise for Microsurgery on Eyes, Aneurysms
Researchers have developed a continuum robot that achieves multi-scale motion and may allow previously impossible complex microsurgeries.
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With Face Scans, Automated Marking, Singapore Carves AI Niche
Singapore has unveiled an effort to become a global leader in artificial intelligence by 2030.
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Maintaining U.S. Dominance in AI
Standards are seen as a way to eliminate bias and incorporate trustworthiness in artificial intelligence, even as the U.S. seeks to secure its lead in the field...
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Tech Companies Step Up Fight Against 'Deepfakes'
Companies such as Facebook, Twitter, and Google are working to slow the spread of maliciously doctored content, known as deepfakes, ahead of the 2020 election. ...
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IBM: The Fight Against A.I. Bias Is Never Over
"When you deliver an A.I. system ...every design choice, not just training data, can bring unconscious bias."
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Computing Power Needed to Train AI Is Rising Seven Times Faster Than Before
The computational power needed to train AI models is doubling at a rate seven times faster than before.
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Nuclear Warheads? This Robot Can Find Them
Researchers at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory and Princeton University have developed a swarm of autonomous, rolling robots that can identify the source...
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Robots Aim to Boost Astronaut Efficiency
A multitude of robotic assistants for astronauts and rovers are in development to make space exploration more resource-efficient.
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Malevolent Machine Learning
AI attacks throw light on the nature of deep learning.
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Future of Autonomous Delivery May Be Unfolding in Suburban Houston
Robotics company Nuro has been field-testing delivery via autonomous vehicles (AV) in Houston.
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U.S. Army Creating Robots That Can Follow Orders
Researchers have developed software that allows robots to understand verbal instructions, carry out those instructions, and report back.
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