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Google Quietly Tweaks Image Searches for Racially Diverse Results
Effort is meant to avoid incidents that show algorithmic bias.
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Another Facebook Whistleblower Just Testified in British Parliament
Here's what to know about her allegations.
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AI Has Cracked a Key Mathematical Puzzle for Understanding Our World
Partial differential equations can describe everything from planetary motion to plate tectonics, but they're notoriously hard to solve.
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Researchers Develop AI System to Improve Eye Disease Detection
The comprehensive artificial intelligence retinal expert (CARE) system can detect and monitor eye diseases.
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7-Eleven Took Photos of Australian Customers' Faces Without Consent, Privacy Commissioner Rules
Australian privacy commissioner Angelene Falk said facial recognition technology used in 700 Australian 7-Eleven stores interfered with customer privacy.
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Why NASA Launched a Robotic Archaeologist Named Lucy
In a vast odyssey across the solar system, the mission will study asteroids known as Trojans that may contain secrets of how the planets ended up in their current...
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In Space, No One Can Fix Your Sign Errors
Once you've left the Earth, the simple inversion of a critical parameter can cause a mission to fail.
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Researchers Develop Model to Assess for Flood Hazards
Canadian and U.K. scientists have developed a new technique for generating a watershed-scale flood risk model based on LiDAR data.
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Almost 40% of Internet Users Globally Don't Have Internet Freedom
As the world becomes more digital, governments want to have more control over people's online presence.
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Developing Artificial Intelligence That 'Thinks' Like Humans
Scientists still do not fully understand how Deep Neural Networks process information.
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These Neural Networks Know What They're Doing
Researchers have shown that a specific neural network can learn the cause-and-effect structure of a navigation task it is taught.
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Search Engine Could Help Researchers Scour Internet for Privacy Documents
Pennsylvania State University scientists have designed a search engine that uses artificial intelligence to sift through millions of online documents.
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Data Mining the Past
Researchers have developed an algorithm to convert old newspapers into searchable data by identifying and ranking people's names in order of their importance.
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Researchers Build $400 Self-Navigating Smart Cane
Stanford University researchers have unveiled a $400 self-navigating robotic cane that can help visually impaired users detect and avoid obstacles.
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World's Fair Offers New View of 3D-Printed Michelangelo's 'David': Just His Head
The world's fair in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, showcases a three-dimensionally printed replica of Michelangelo's statue, "David," in the Italian pavilion.
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Cybersecurity Experts Sound Alarm on Apple, EU Phone Scanning Plans
Over a dozen cybersecurity experts have criticized proposals by Apple and the European Union to scan phones for illegal content.
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Virtual Obstacle Courses Help Real Robots Learn to Walk
Researchers developed an army of more than 4,000 simulated doglike robots and used them to train an algorithm to control a real-world robot's legs.
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Tool for Predicting Pedestrian Flow Expands Its Reach
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers have developed and applied a predictive model of pedestrian traffic to Melbourne, Australia.
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