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How the Brain Recognizes What the Eye Sees
Salk Institute researchers have analyzed how neurons in the V2 section of the brain respond to natural scenes.
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3 Principles for Creating Safer AI
How can we harness the power of superintelligent AI while also preventing the catastrophe of robotic takeover?
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Researchers Image Quasiparticles That Could Lead to Faster Circuits, Higher Bandwidths
Researchers used spectroscopic studies to record exciton-polaritons as resonance peaks or dips in optical spectra at room temperature.
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DeepMind Shows AI Has Trouble Seeing Homer Simpson's Actions
DeepMind has created a YouTube dataset of 300,000 video clips and 400 human action classes to train its deep-learning algorithms to better identify human activities...
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Self-Learning Robot Hands
Researchers at Bielefeld University in Germany have developed robot hands that can learn to grasp objects without knowing their characteristics.
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Inspecting Algorithms for Bias
Courts, banks, and other institutions are using automated data analysis systems to make decisions about your life. Let's not leave it up to the algorithm makers...
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The Billion Dollar War Over Maps
During a test drive near Ford's Michigan headquarters, the team noticed something strange with its self-driving cars.
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Everything We Know About Russia's Election-Hacking Playbook
Just when the cybersecurity world thinks it's found the limits of how far Russian hackers will go to meddle in foreign elections, a new clue emerges that suggests...
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NASA Finds Evidence of Diverse Environments in Curiosity Samples
NASA scientists have found a wide diversity of minerals in the initial samples of rocks collected by the Curiosity rover in the lowermost layers of Mount Sharp...
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UQ and Partners Taking Computing Out of this World
Researchers at the University of Queensland (UQ) in Australia are developing next-generation computers for aerospace applications in partnership with Lockheed Martin...
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Robot Dog Has an Artificial Woof That Sounds Like the Real Thing
Researchers say they have developed a vocalization synthesizer that generates biologically fitting sounds for land mammals of any size.
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AI 'Good for the World'...Says Ultra-Lifelike Robot
A lifelike robot named Sophia argued at a United Nations-hosted conference in Switzerland this week that artificial intelligence is ultimately beneficial to mankind...
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Robot Cars Can't Count on Us in an Emergency
Many automotive technologists are skeptical that autonomous cars will be able to trust humans in emergency situations.
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AI Gets So-So Grade in Chinese University Entrance Exam
An artificial intelligence machine completed the math section of China's annual university entrance exam faster than human students, but with a below-average grade...
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The Mathematicians Who Want to Save Democracy
Leaning back in his chair, Jonathan Mattingly swings his legs up onto his desk, presses a key on his laptop and changes the results of the 2012 elections in North...
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If Google Teaches an AI to Draw, Will That Help It Think?
Imagine someone told you to draw a pig and a truck.
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NASA Selects Three Aeronautics Teams to Explore 'Ambitious' Ideas
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration has selected three teams of researchers to pursue ideas for creating components of Unmanned Aircraft Systems...
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App Uses Smartphone Compass to Prevent Voice Hacking
Researchers at the University at Buffalo have developed a smartphone application designed to stop voice hacking.
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