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AI Will Replace Coders By 2040, Warn Academics
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AI Will Replace Coders By 2040, Warn Academics

Coders and programmers could find themselves becoming marginalized by emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence.

Google's 'superhuman' Deepmind AI Claims Chess Crown
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Google's 'superhuman' Deepmind AI Claims Chess Crown

Google says its DeepMind unit's AlphaGo Zero algorithm defeated world-leading specialist software Stockfish 8 in a chess match within hours of teaching itself the...

New Robots Can See Into Their Future
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New Robots Can See Into Their Future

Visual foresight is a new learning technology enabling robots to foresee the outcome of their actions..

The Next Big Step For Ai? U­nderstanding Video
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The Next Big Step For Ai? U­nderstanding Video

The Moments in Time Dataset is a massive archive of three-second video clips annotated with minute details of the action being performed.

In Pursuit of an Artificial Brain
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In Pursuit of an Artificial Brain

Researchers are creating artificial life to take thinking beyond the human realm; the approach could redefine artificial intelligence.

Demand For AI Talent Turns Once-Staid Conference Into Draft Day
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Demand For AI Talent Turns Once-Staid Conference Into Draft Day

Actors in robot costumes stood in the lobby of the Westin hotel in Long Beach, California on Sunday night, "Intel Inside" stickers displayed on their foam torsos...

Making AI 'intentional'
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Making AI 'intentional'

A new game-playing artificial intelligence program is imbued with social reasoning and "intentionality."

Artificial Intelligence Predicts Outcomes of Chemical Reactions
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Artificial Intelligence Predicts Outcomes of Chemical Reactions

By thinking of atoms as letters and molecules as words, artificial intelligence software from IBM is now employing the same methods computers use to translate languages...

How AI Will Invade Every Corner of Wall Street
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How AI Will Invade Every Corner of Wall Street

It was AI versus Warren Buffett.

Google Has Released an AI Tool That Makes Sense of Your Genome
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Google Has Released an AI Tool That Makes Sense of Your Genome

Google has released an artificial intelligence tool that uses gene sequencing data to build a more accurate genomic model.

Stanford-Led Artificial Intelligence Index Tracks Emerging Field
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Stanford-Led Artificial Intelligence Index Tracks Emerging Field

A Stanford University-led team has launched the AI Index, the first index to track the state of artificial intelligence.

China's A.i. Advances Help Its Tech Industry, and State Security
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China's A.i. Advances Help Its Tech Industry, and State Security

During President Trump's visit to Beijing, he appeared on screen for a special address at a tech conference.

Future Wars May Depend as Much on Algorithms as on Ammunition, Report Says. 
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Future Wars May Depend as Much on Algorithms as on Ammunition, Report Says. 

The Pentagon is increasingly focused on the notion that the might of U.S. forces will be measured as much by the advancement of their algorithms as by the ammunition...

A.i. Will Transform the Economy. But How Much, and How Soon?
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A.i. Will Transform the Economy. But How Much, and How Soon?

There are basically three big questions about artificial intelligence and its impact on the economy: What can it do? Where is it headed? And how fast will it spread...

AI Is Dreaming ­p New Kinds of Video Games
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AI Is Dreaming ­p New Kinds of Video Games

Angelina is an artificial intelligence that can imagine new video games from scratch, which has produced hundreds of experimental games since 2011.

Algorithms Can Determine a Neighborhood's Political Leanings By Its Cars
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Algorithms Can Determine a Neighborhood's Political Leanings By Its Cars

Researchers at Stanford University have developed algorithms that can determine where a neighborhood's political allegiances lie by analyzing the cars on its streets...

Artificial Intelligence Goes Bilingual--Without a Dictionary
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Artificial Intelligence Goes Bilingual--Without a Dictionary

Researchers in Spain and Facebook have separately developed unsupervised machine-learning techniques for teaching neural networks to translate between languages...

­nl Researchers Explore the Complexities, Dangers of Deep Learning
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­nl Researchers Explore the Complexities, Dangers of Deep Learning

Researchers at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln are on the cutting edge of machine-learning development.

Battling AI Biases
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Battling AI Biases

Machine learning mimics human biases; addressing the problem is complicated.

South Korea Developing AI System to Keep Journalism Alive
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South Korea Developing AI System to Keep Journalism Alive

Researchers in South Korea are developing an artificial intelligence system to help the journalism industry regain the public trust and recoup lost earnings.
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