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Google, Waymo Used Driverless Cars to Make Virtual San Francisco
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Google, Waymo Used Driverless Cars to Make Virtual San Francisco

Researchers at driverless car company Waymo and Google Research used self-driving vehicles to create a virtual model of San Francisco.

Robot Fry Cook Gets Job at 100 White Castle Locations
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Robot Fry Cook Gets Job at 100 White Castle Locations

Miso Robotics' Flippy 2 robot fry cook is being deployed in 100 White Castle fast food restaurants.

Learning to Improve Chemical Reactions with AI
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Learning to Improve Chemical Reactions with AI

Researchers working with the Temporal Analysis of Products reactor system are using artificial intelligence to study the role of catalysts in chemical reactions...

HKU Physicists Come Closer to Quantum Materials Through Better Measurement of Quantum Entanglement
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HKU Physicists Come Closer to Quantum Materials Through Better Measurement of Quantum Entanglement

An algorithm developed by physicists at the University of Hong Kong can quantify entanglement entropy.

Medical Digital Twins: a New Frontier
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Medical Digital Twins: a New Frontier

Today, a digital twin of the pancreas; tomorrow, the immune system?

White House Prepares Curbs on Russia's Access to U.S. Technology
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White House Prepares Curbs on Russia's Access to U.S. Technology

Biden administration officials have warned Russia that it could face further restrictions on technology that is critical to its economy and military.

Neural Networks Generate Demonic Simpsons Characters Straight From Hell
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Neural Networks Generate Demonic Simpsons Characters Straight From Hell

What's growing out of Bart's head!?

Don't Judge Us on Our Fines, Meta's EU Data Watchdog Pleads
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Don't Judge Us on Our Fines, Meta's EU Data Watchdog Pleads

Regulator has faced stinging criticism over performance.

3D-Printed Heart Helps Save Life of Baby Girl with Rare Condition
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3D-Printed Heart Helps Save Life of Baby Girl with Rare Condition

U.K. surgeons saved the life of a baby girl with a rare heart condition using a three-dimensionally-printed model of her heart.

E-Nose Sniffs Out the Good Whiskey
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E-Nose Sniffs Out the Good Whiskey

New research describes an electronic nose that can analyze whiskies and identify a whiskey’s brand with over 95% accuracy after a single whiff.

IRS Allows Taxpayers to Forgo Facial Recognition Amid Blowback
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IRS Allows Taxpayers to Forgo Facial Recognition Amid Blowback

The Internal Revenue Service has walked back a requirement for taxpayers to use facial recognition to access their online accounts.

Algorithmic Hiring Needs a Human Face
From Communications of the ACM

Algorithmic Hiring Needs a Human Face

Artificial intelligence may be an unstoppable force, but in the recruitment market it has met an immovable object: humans. Something has to give.

 IonQ Teams with U.S. Department of Energy
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IonQ Teams with U.S. Department of Energy

IonQ and DoE are trying to create a stable, domestic pipeline for sourcing the barium qubits used in quantum processors built by IonQ.

China Is About to Regulate AI—and the World Is Watching
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China Is About to Regulate AI—and the World Is Watching

Sweeping rules will cover algorithms that set prices, control search results, recommend videos, and filter content.

AI Cannot Patent its Own Work, U.S. Copyright Office Rules
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AI Cannot Patent its Own Work, U.S. Copyright Office Rules

Copyright law only protects "the fruits of intellectual labor" that "are founded in the creative powers of the human mind," it says.

Texas Sues Meta's Facebook over Facial-Recognition Practices
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Texas Sues Meta's Facebook over Facial-Recognition Practices

The Texas Attorney General's Office has filed suit against Facebook for allegedly violating state law with its facial recognition technology.

AI Can Erase Tattoos from Photos to Help Face Recognition Systems
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AI Can Erase Tattoos from Photos to Help Face Recognition Systems

Researchers trained an algorithm to remove facial tattoos from images, in order to improve facial recognition systems.

Health Researchers Use AI to Better Predict Hepatitis C Treatment Outcomes
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Health Researchers Use AI to Better Predict Hepatitis C Treatment Outcomes

Algorithms developed by University of Florida Health researchers employ artificial intelligence to forecast outcomes from treatments for hepatitis C.

Is China's Lithium Quest Fuelled by Business or Politics?
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Is China's Lithium Quest Fuelled by Business or Politics?

South America contains more than half of the world's reserves of the critical metal that is used in batteries. China is looking for a bigger piece of the pie.

Digital Technology Fans Firefighting
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Digital Technology Fans Firefighting

New tools help firefighters identify the dynamics and characteristics of a fire—and respond more effectively.
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