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With Drone Deliveries on the Horizon, Europe Moves to Set Ground Rules
A group of companies are testing unmanned aviation technology to prove drones can fly delivery routes without crashing into each other, and that they can be tracked...
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Overlooked No More: Karen Sparck Jones, Who Established the Basis for Search Engines
A pioneer of computer science for work combining statistics and linguistics, and an advocate for women in the field.
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Lawrence Roberts, Who Helped Design Internet’s Precursor, Dies at 81
Lawrence Roberts insisted that engineers look for practical uses for the Arpanet, the precursor to the internet.
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One Giant Step for a Chess-Playing Machine
In early December, researchers at DeepMind, the artificial-intelligence company owned by Google's parent corporation, Alphabet Inc., filed a dispatch from the frontiers...
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A Robotic Hand Plays the Piano With a More Human Touch
Researchers have developed a robotic hand that can play the piano.
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A Toaster on Wheels to Deliver Groceries? Self-Driving Tech Tests Practical ses
Slow uptake of driverless passenger services is spurring the autonomous industry to experiment with offerings like food deliveries from small, self-driving vehicles...
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This Graduate School Helped Make New York Appealing to Amazon
Cornell Tech's reputation for producing skilled technology graduates played a decisive role in Amazon's decision to build its new headquarters in New York City....
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AI as Talent Scout: Unorthodox Hires, and Maybe Lower Pay
Companies are turning to services that use artificial intelligence to vet potential hires amid a tight labor market.
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Meet Zora, the Robot Caregiver
Jouarre, a nursing facility outside Paris, is using a robot to help care for elderly patients.
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As Immigrant Farmworkers Become More Scarce, Robots Replace Humans
In response to the diminishing supply of immigrant labor, the U.S. agriculture sector is increasingly turning to robots that can do the work traditionally done...
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Finally, a Machine That Can Finish Your Sentence
Google researchers have unveiled an artificial intelligence system that can complete English sentences with human-like accuracy.
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How Cheap Labor Drives China's A.I. Ambitions
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...
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At China’s Internet Conference, a Darker Side of Tech Emerges
Discussion topics included counterterrorism, data breaches, and surveillance.
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Another se for AI: Finding Millions of nregistered Voters
IBM's Jeff Jonas has for several years used his artificial intelligence software for a multistate project to identify eligible voters and purge voter rolls of inaccuracies...
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The Next Big One? Earthquake Scientists Look to AI
Scientists are using artificial intelligence to improve data analysis to better understand earthquakes, predict their behavior, and warn of seismic events faster...
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What Comes After the Roomba?
It has been 16 years since the Roomba robot vacuum cleaner was introduced by iRobot.
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The Computer Chauffeur Is Creeping Closer
With artificial intelligence discreetly improving driving safety, the technology is likely to find its way into luxury vehicles.
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Will There Be a Ban on Killer Robots?
A group of arms control advocates, humans rights groups, and technologists is lobbying the United Nations to craft a global decree that bans autonomous weapons....
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The Crisis of Election Security
As the midterms approach, America's electronic voting systems are more vulnerable than ever. Why isn't anyone trying to fix them?
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