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A Healthy Dose of AI
Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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TAU Robot Can 'Smell' Odors Using Biological Sensor
Scientists at Israel's Tel Aviv University have created a biological sensor to help robots detect and interpret odors.
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Computational Linguistics Finds Its Voice
Advances in artificial intelligence permit computers to converse with humans in seemingly realistic ways.
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Can AI Demonstrate Creativity?
When fed a sufficient amount of training data, artificial intelligence techniques can be used to generate new ideas in several different ways. Is that creativity...
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Mining the Margins to Save Lives
Using artificial intelligence to ensure fewer donated kidneys are discarded, and that food donations make it to those in need via what is fast becoming an Internet...
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Crypto Meltdown, What Crypto Meltdown?
Despite trillions of dollars of losses, a batch of bankruptcies and one very high profile arrest, blockchain's devotees remain devoted.
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AI Becoming More Conversational. But Will It Get More Honest?
Many companies and laboratories are tapping artificial intelligence to develop more sophisticated chatbots.
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Computer Models Determine Drug Candidate's Ability to Bind to Proteins
University of Arkansas researchers have developed computer models for calculating a drug candidate's protein-binding affinity.
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AI to Monitor Changes to Globally Important Glacier
U.K. researchers have adapted an artificial intelligence algorithm to examine satellite images and identify the development of crevasses on the Thwaites Glacier...
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China Turns Its Focus to Deepfakes
The Cyberspace Administration of China Tuesday began enforcement of its "deep synthesis" technology regulations in an effort to prevent the production of "deepfakes...
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Security Researchers Say They Hacked California's Digital License Plates
Security researchers identified a vulnerability in the app and website of Reviver, a company that sells digital license plates in California, Arizona, and Michigan...
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Utilities Use Unmanned Aircraft to Find Problems
Utilities are using unmanned drones to inspect power lines and other infrastructure.
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Deep Learning Algorithm Can Hear Alcohol in Voice
Researchers have developed an algorithm that can instantly determine whether a person has exceeded the legal alcohol limit based on a 12-second recording of that...
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Thermal Drones Locating Elusive Koalas in Area Scorched by Bushfires
Thermal drones are being used by ecologists searching for koala populations in New South Wales, Australia.
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Epidemic Modeling Approach Could Speed Pandemic Simulations
A new epidemic modeling approach could significantly accelerate pandemic simulations.
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Self-Driving Stroller Aims to Reduce Parents' Stress, for £2,700
At the 2023 Consumer Electronics Show, Canadian startup Glüxkind showcased its Ella self-driving stroller
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Computers Aid Dentistry
Small-scale CAD/CAM tools are among the high-tech capabilities being added to the arsenals of increasingly digital dentists.
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Meta Fined More Than $400 Million in EU for Serving Ads Based on Online Activity
Irish privacy regulator tells the Facebook and Instagram owner it can't use its contracts with users to justify sending them such ads.
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Deep Learning Can Predict Tsunami Impacts in Less Than a Second
Researchers at Japan's RIKEN Prediction Science Laboratory applied deep learning to predict the impact of tsunamis in less than a second.
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JPSO Used Facial Recognition Technology to Arrest a Man. The Tech Was Wrong
The Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office in Louisiana relied on facial-recognition technology to arrest an alleged purse thief, detaining the wrong person, who is...
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