Vector databases, commonly used for similarity search and product recommendations, are a shining light in the era of Artificial…
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An artificial intelligence designed by Google's DeepMind unit recently won the Critical Assessment of Structure Prediction competition.
The New York Times From ACM TechNews | February 14, 2019
As reporters and editors find themselves the victims of layoffs at digital publishers and traditional newspaper chains alike, journalism generated by machine is...The New York Times From ACM News | February 5, 2019
NASA's Opportunity rover began its 15th year on Mars this week, although the intrepid robotic explorer may already be dead.
The New York Times From ACM News | January 25, 2019
Expert discussions on artificial intelligence took place last week in support potentially arrive at consensual recommendations for AI policy by the summer.
The New York Times From ACM TechNews | January 23, 2019
About 150 Jersey cows in the rolling terrain at Rivendale Farms in Bulger, some 25 miles west of Pittsburgh, wear Fitbit-like collars that monitor their movement...The New York Times From ACM News | January 14, 2019
NASA's new planet-hunting machine, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, or TESS, is racking up scores of alien worlds.
The New York Times From ACM News | January 9, 2019
In early December, researchers at DeepMind, the artificial-intelligence company owned by Google's parent corporation, Alphabet Inc., filed a dispatch from the frontiers...The New York Times From ACM News | December 26, 2018
In one of those exercises that you think should be impossible or perhaps a punishment for some infraction, a team of astronomers has now measured the total amount...The New York Times From ACM News | December 4, 2018
The world's leading technology companies, from Google to Alibaba in China, are racing to build the first quantum computer, a machine that would be far more powerful...The New York Times From ACM News | December 4, 2018
Some of the most critical work in advancing China's technology goals takes place in a former cement factory in the middle of the country's heartland, far from the...The New York Times From ACM Careers | November 26, 2018
After 30 hours of bumping along on planes and buses, at long last I stood in the darkness and gazed upon an immense night sky.
The New York Times From ACM News | November 14, 2018
Scientists are using artificial intelligence to improve data analysis to better understand earthquakes, predict their behavior, and warn of seismic events faster...The New York Times From ACM TechNews | October 31, 2018
The United States Cyber Command is targeting individual Russian operatives to try to deter them from spreading disinformation to interfere in elections, telling...The New York Times From ACM News | October 23, 2018
Among some astronomers, there is a growing suspicion that our solar system's distant reaches conceal a large, ninth planet that we have not yet seen. New findings...The New York Times From ACM News | October 4, 2018
Hidden pyramids and massive fortresses in the jungle. Farms and canals scattered across swamplands.
The New York Times From ACM News | September 28, 2018