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Care Homes in Japan Use Big Data to Boost Caregivers, Lighten Workloads
Japan-based nursing home operator and insurer Sompo Holdings is using technology to alleviate a caregiver shortage in that nation.
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Tour de France Adds ChatGPT, Digital Twin Tech
Japan-based information technology and services company NTT said this year's Tour de France will incorporate ChatGPT and "the world's largest connected stadium."...
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Robot Takes Podium as Orchestra Conductor in Seoul
An android robot engineered by South Korea's Korea Institute of Industrial Technology recently conducted that country’s national orchestra at Seoul's National Theater...
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Computer Model Predicts Crop Yields
Scientists built a computer model that predicts cotton, corn, sorghum, and soybean yields in the southeastern U.S.
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Barred from Grocery Stores by Facial Recognition
The use of facial recognition by private businesses in the U.K. is on the rise.
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Turning Old Maps into 3D Digital Models of Lost Neighborhoods
Researchers have converted old Sanborn Fire Insurance maps into three-dimensional digital models of historic neighborhoods with a new machine learning technique...
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AI's Invisible Foe: Confronting the Challenge of Digital 'Dark Matter'
The digital dark matter is a result of scientists borrowing computational techniques from computer vision AI.
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Quantum Computing Could Get Boost from Discovery of Q-Silicon
The researchers showed laser melting and quenching silicon can result in the formation of Q-silicon. The entire process is completed in less than a fraction of...
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Hope, Fear, and AI
We polled 2,000 people about how they're using AI, what they want it to do, and what scares them about it the most.
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Professor AI: Harvard Plans to Deploy ChatGPT-like Bot as Computer Science instructor
Harvard University is planning to deploy a ChatGPT-like AI bot as an instructor in one of its Computer Science courses.
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Researchers Make a Quantum Computing Leap with a Magnetic Twist
A team of researchers has taken a step toward building a fault-tolerant quantum bit by detecting "fractional quantum anomalous Hall" states using semiconductor-material...
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Paper-Like, Battery-Free, AI-Enabled Sensor for Holistic Wound Monitoring
A battery-free holistic wound monitoring sensor patch uses artificial intelligence to identify the wearer's wounding healing status within 15 minutes.
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Emulating How Krill Swim to Build Robotic Platform for Ocean Navigation
Researchers at Brown University and the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México invented a robotic platform that mimics metachronal swimming to navigate underwater...
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Alphabet Bets on Lasers to Deliver Internet in Remote Areas
The Taara project uses lasers to bring Internet access to remote and rural locations.
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Biden Administration Weighs Further Curbs on Sales of A.I. Chips to China
Reports that the White House may clamp down on sales of semiconductors that power artificial intelligence capabilities sent tech stocks diving.
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Algorithm Finds Sperm In Infertile Men Faster and More Accurately Than Doctors
The tool instantly identifies sperm, then leaves the embryologist to decide whether sperm is really present and if it is viable enough for Intracytoplasmic Sperm...
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A Bridge Between Different Cryptocurrencies
A decentralized protocol could allow for the efficient, secure exchange of one cryptocurrency for another.
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'Toggle Switch' Can Help Quantum Computers Cut Through Noise
Researchers unveiled a programmable "toggle switch" device to reduce noise and provide clear outputs of quantum processors.
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