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Robot Invasion Hit a Bump in 2023
The Association for Advancing Automation reported a 30% decline in robot orders by companies in North America last year.
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Age, Gender, Nationality Alter Emoji Interpretation
Researchers found that emojis mean different things to different people, depending on the viewer's age, gender, and nationality.
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NASA Urges Public to Listen During Total Solar Eclipse
The NASA-funded Eclipse Soundscapes Project is calling on citizen scientists to "listen" to the sounds of animals, birds, and insects during the April 8 total solar...
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The Text File that Runs the Internet
For decades, robots.txt governed the behavior of Web crawlers. But as unscrupulous AI companies seek out more and more data, the basic social contract of the Web...
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Waymo Recalls Software After Two Self-Driving Cars Hit the Same Truck
Waymo, the self-driving car division of Alphabet, issued a recall for its software after two of its vehicles hit the same pickup truck minutes apart in Phoenix....
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Your Body Is Your Next Security Key
Biometric scanning and AI advances could replace the need for badges to enter buildings and regular password resets to access websites.
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U.S. Announces $5 Billion Commitment for Computer Chip R&D
The Biden administration announced that it would invest $5 billion in the National Semiconductor Technology Center.
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The Campaign Against Deepfakes
Digital deceit is on the rise and needs to be addressed.
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OpenAI Gives ChatGPT a Better 'Memory'
The A.I. start-up is releasing a new version of ChatGPT that stores what users say and applies it to future chats.
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Judge Rejects Most ChatGPT Copyright Claims from Book Authors
OpenAI plans to defeat authors' remaining claim at a "later stage" of the case.
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Datacenters Curbed as Pressure Grows on Power Grids
Across the globe, concerns about the substantial amount of energy used by datacenters have led to restrictions on their construction.
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Imran Khan's 'Victory Speech' from Jail Shows AI's Peril, Promise
Despite being imprisoned, former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has garnered support for his political party using AI.
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3D-Printed Foam Could Boost Helmet Protection
Using AI algorithms, researchers developed a 3D-printable foam that eventually could be used in bike helmets, shipping crates, and football pads.
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How to Find a Needle in a Haystack
AI pattern recognition algorithms speed up the search.
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Tech Giants Turn Ukraine into AI War Lab
The future of warfare is being piloted in Ukraine, which has been turned into a sort of lab by technology companies.
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Attacks in the Metaverse Are Booming. Police Start to Pay Attention
Law enforcement is paying closer attention to reports of attacks, harassment, and sexual assault in virtual environments.
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Computer Scientists Find Gaps in Privacy Practices of Political Campaign Websites
A study by computer scientists revealed that interacting with political campaign websites puts people's personal information at risk.
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Social Media Algorithms 'Amplifying Misogynistic Content'
Extreme misogynistic content is being amplified by the algorithms used by social media platforms, a new study has found.
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Researchers Design Processor from DNA
A microfluidic DNA processor is capable of computation and reading and writing data stored within DNA.
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