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Research Makes Robots Better at Following Spoken Instructions
Researchers at Brown University have developed a system designed to help robots better follow spoken instructions.
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Automated Security Kiosk Could Alleviate Travel, Border Woes
Nathan Twyman at the Missouri University of Science and Technology has created an automated screening kiosk to enhance safety at airports and border crossings. ...
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Beauty Spot or Landscape Blot? Computer Trained to Judge Scenery
New software that can differentiate scenic views from blots on the landscape.
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Detecting Long-Term Concussion in Athletes
Researchers recently conducted a study examining the brains of athletes who had suffered concussions, and comparing them to athletes who had not suffered concussions...
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Pocket Brains: Neuromorphic Hardware Arrives For Our Brain-Inspired Algorithms
As the world's great companies pursue autonomous cars, they're essentially spending billions of dollars to get machines to do what your average two-year-old can...
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AI Coach Will Train Hopeless Chatbots to Pass the Turing Test
"I can't define obscenity, but I know it when I see it." US Justice Potter Stewart's famous turn of phrase could also be an apt description of the Turing test,...
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Machines Will Soon Be Able to Imitate Human Moral Behavior
A recent study highlights the feasibility of incorporating human moral decision-making into machines.
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How Can We Stop Algorithms Telling Lies?
Algorithms can dictate whether you get a mortgage or how much you pay for insurance. But sometimes they're wrong – and sometimes they are designed to deceive.
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Wheelchairs Get Robotic Retrofit to Become Self-Driving
Researchers have used sensors and artificial intelligence to create self-driving electric wheelchairs.
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Watch 3-D Movies at Home, Sans Glasses
"Home3D" allows users to watch three-dimensional movies without wearing special glasses.
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This Deep Learning AI Generated Thousands of Creepy Cat Pictures
The Meow Generator is a collection of machine-learning algorithms that have created more than 15,000 disturbing cat faces.
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Elon Musk Lays Out Worst-Case Scenario For AI Threat
Powerful technology will threaten all human jobs, could even spark a war, Tesla CEO says.
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Intel, While Pivoting to Artificial Intelligence, Tries to Protect Lead
The computers in modern data centers—the engine rooms of the digital economy—are powered mainly by Intel chips.
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Iran's Newest Robot Is an Adorable Dancing Humanoid
Researchers at the University of Tehran have developed Surena Mini, a small robot with a 3D-printed body, articulated limbs, and a round head with two camera-eyes...
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Your Best Teammate Might Someday Be an Algorithm
Google's People + AI Research (PAIR) project aims to develop and release tools designed to help make the inner workings of artificial intelligence systems more...
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a Pioneers More Effective Control For Border Patrol
Researchers are developing a framework for border surveillance that uses artificial intelligence to integrate data from different sources and respond in real time...
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AI Research Seeks to Grow Trust Between Humans and Computers
Researchers have received a $7.55-million grant to find new ways to have artificial intelligence explain its decision-making process to human users.
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Neural Network Poetry Is So Bad We Think It's Written By Humans
A neural network trained on poetry has attempted to write its own lines; ts best efforts can convince people they are reading the words of a human poet.
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Intelligent Machines Are Asked to Explain How Their Minds Work
Researchers are trying to teach intelligent machines to explain, in human terms, how their minds work.
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