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Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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Helping Robots Learn Quickly in New Environments
A new algorithm reduces the amount of data necessary to train robots and enable them to perform tasks.
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Bigger, Not Necessarily Better
The inverse scaling issue means larger LLMs sometimes handle things less well.
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Tesla Recalls 2 Million Cars with 'Insufficient' Autopilot Safety Controls
Tesla is recalling more than 2 million vehicles to fix Autopilot systems that government regulators determined did not have enough controls to prevent misuse.
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Scientists Bring Molecules Back from the Dead to Fight Superbugs
A research team is using computational methods to mine genetic information from extinct human ancestors to identify candidates for new antibiotics.
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Robo-Dog Sets 100-Meter Sprint Guinness World Record
Guinness World records labeled a dog-like robot created by a team at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology the fastest quadrupedal robot.
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Multiple Data Leaks at 23andMe
Stolen genetic data leads to class action suit against the testing firm.
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AI Turns Thoughts into Text
A portable, non-invasive system can transform an individual's thoughts into text.
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Resurrecting Vincent van Gogh
At the Musée D’Orsay in Paris, a replica of Vincent van Gogh chats with visitors, offering insights into his life and death.
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AI Companion Robot Helps Some Seniors Fight Loneliness, but Others Hate It
There's limited evidence for health benefits so far; early work suggests no one-size-fits-all.
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Helping Autonomous Vehicles Make Moral Decisions by Ditching the Trolley Problem
North Carolina State University researchers are working to collect more realistic data on moral challenges in low-stakes traffic situations.
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Medical AI Tools Can Make Dangerous Mistakes. Can the Government Help Prevent Them?
The Biden administration has proposed a labeling system for artificial intelligence healthcare apps that aims to ensure their safety.
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Robot Eel Reveals How the Fish Swim So Efficiently
Researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne have developed a waterproof, eel-like robot that can undulate in several different patterns.
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Jury Finds Google's App Store Broke Anti-Monopoly Laws
In a landmark decision, Epic Games won its lawsuit against the search giant.
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Apple's iMessage Block of Beeper Mini Just Part of Bigger Blue/Green Bubble Saga
Apple takes preventative measures to protect its customers. Beeper claims Apple's latest move does just the opposite.
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The Year A.I. Ate the Internet
Call 2023 the year many of us learned to communicate, create, cheat, and collaborate with robots.
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VR Goggles for Mice Create Immersive Scenarios for Brain Research
Northwestern University researchers developed virtual reality goggles for mice.
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Engineers Design Robotic Replica of the Heart's Right Chamber
Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have created a robotic replica of the heart’s right ventricle.
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Quantum-Computing Approach Uses Single Molecules as Qubits for First Time
Two teams of researchers made pairs of calcium monofluoride molecules interact to become entangled, a necessity for quantum computers to perform algorithms.
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The World Depends on 60-Year-Old Code No One Knows
COBOL is one of the top mainframe programming languages in use, but most schools and universities have not taught COBOL in decades.
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