The DECRYPT project, a collaboration of linguists and computer scientists, aims to automate the process of cracking historical ciphers.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | September 19, 2023
Researchers found that off-the-shelf artificial intelligence (AI) models can detect the early signs of a tsunami in two-dimensional (2D) images from GPS satellites...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | August 28, 2023
Scientists evaluated eight artificial intelligence-based pedestrian detectors used in driverless car research, and found they may have difficulty detecting children...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | August 23, 2023
Scientists in China and Brazil are testing robotic dogs and artificial intelligence (AI) to detect invasive fire ant nests.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | June 15, 2023
Scientists envision biological computers as technology that could help researchers meet challenges in previously inaccessible domains.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | June 13, 2023
Sorting algorithms are basic functions used constantly by computers around the world, so an improved one could make millions of programs run faster.
New Scientist From ACM News | June 8, 2023
An update rolled out by the Ethereum cryptocurrency reduced the energy needed to produce it, and also fixed a security flaw.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | May 26, 2023
Researchers in France found so-called "cat qubits” (quantum bits) could reduce errors by quantum computers and accelerate the cracking of common encryption algorithms...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | March 6, 2023
A contract between the U.S. Department of Defense and RealNetworks calls for the Seattle-based company to equip U.S. Air Force autonomous drones with facial recognition...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | February 27, 2023
Frederike Dümbgen and colleagues have equipped a flying robot to use bat-like echolocation to map its surroundings using a simple microphone and speaker.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | February 6, 2023
Scientists taught an artificial intelligence a second distinct task without overwriting connections learned from a first task, through the use of simulated sleep...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | November 16, 2022
Princeton University's Adji Bousso Dieng and Dan Friedman have developed a diversity score for artificial intelligence to help detect bias.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | November 15, 2022
The U.K.'s Home Office says it will soon require people facing deportation to carry a global positioning system (GPS)-enabled fingerprint scanner at all times. ...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | November 14, 2022
Wenhao Zhang and colleagues at the U.K.'s University of the West of England have developed a facial recognition system for pigs.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | September 21, 2022
A machine learning model developed by researchers at the University of California, Davis can analyze decades of earthquake data to predict future earthquakes.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | August 30, 2022
Pennsylvania State University researchers built a soft computer from rows of rubber blocks that performs different calculations based on how it is squished.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | August 26, 2022
Researchers trained an artificial intelligence-powered algorithm to identify individuals based their hand vibrations when holding a smartphone.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | August 22, 2022
Artificial intelligence is being used to read and translate cuneiform, helping to recreate ancient libraries by piecing together fragmented tablets and predicting...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | August 10, 2022
Artificial intelligence taught to identify living and dead mosquitoes could help monitor the species most complicit in transmitting diseases.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | August 2, 2022
Artificial intelligence researchers have proposed an update to the Turing test for rating the capabilities of AI technology.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | June 22, 2022