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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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AI Could Train Your Dog How to Sit
A prototype artificial intelligence developed by Colorado State University researchers could train dogs while their owners are out.
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Autonomous Racing Is Coming to Indianapolis With the Indy Autonomous Challenge
The Indy Autonomous Challenge, announced during the 2021 CES show, will be a spec race with mechanically identical cars, and software that each team hopes will...
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Superintelligent AI May Be Impossible to Control; That's the Good News
Postcard from the 23rd century: Not even possible to know if an AI is superintelligent, much less stop it.
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Spotting High-Risk Behavior Online
Using machine learning to identify signs of dangerous behavior on social media.
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Scientists Count Elephants From Space with Satellites, Computer Smarts
Scientists in the U.K. have developed a technique for counting African elephant populations using satellite camera imagery and a deep learning algorithm.
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Scientists Use Supercomputers, AI to Determine How Good (or Deadly) Your Street Drugs Are
An artificial intelligence system developed by scientists at Canada's University of Victoria can ascertain the predicted chemical composition of drugs.
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Sharper Signals: How Machine Learning Is Cleaning Up Microscopy Images
Researchers increasingly are using machine learning to eliminate noise from microscopy images.
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U.S. Law Sets Stage for Boost to AI Research
If funded, the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020, which became law last week, would significantly ramp up federal AI investments.
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White House Launches the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Office
The White House's new National AI Initiative Office will be integral to the Federal Government's efforts to maintain its leadership position in artificial intelligence...
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Tweaking AI Software to Function Like a Human Brain Improves Computer's Learning Ability
Neuroscientists have developed a model that enables artificial intelligence software to function more like a human brain and learn new visual concepts more quickly...
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Your Next Car May Let You Drive Hands-Free. Is That a Good Thing?
More automakers are installing automated steering and speed control in more vehicles, using sensors, radar, and cameras to keep the car centered, control speed,...
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Robot Foresters Could Plant Thousands of Trees a Day
Two types of autonomous robot foresters developed by Estonia's University of Tartu and robot manufacturer Milrem are planting trees from Milrem's driverless ground...
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Neural Networks Playing Video Games Teach Us About Our Own Brains
Researchers found artificial intelligence's “neurons” behaved similarly to neurons in the human brain when playing classic Atari video games.
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Using AI to Find New Uses for Existing Medications
Ohio State University researchers used artificial intelligence to process massive datasets to determine whether existing drugs could be applied to illnesses for...
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This Avocado Armchair Could Be the Future of AI
Researchers at artificial intelligence company OpenAI have engineered two deep learning models combining language and images to improve AI's understanding of text...
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Court Rules Deliveroo Used 'Discriminatory' Algorithm
An Italian court determined that companies can be held liable even if an algorithm unintentionally discriminates against a protected group.
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How DOE Researchers Are Using AI, Robots to Design the Successor to Lithium-Ion Batteries
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Joint Center for Energy Storage Research are using artificial intelligence and robots to design an organic redox-flow...
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Autonomous Shipping Charts Its Course
The maritime industry wades into digitalization; will it float?
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Leading Computer Scientists Debate the Next Steps for AI in 2021
Canadian research company MontrealAI convened leading computer scientists in December to debate moving artificial intelligence (AI) forward in the year ahead.
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