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Machine Learning Is Making Pesto Even More Delicious
Researchers have used machine learning to create basil plants that are extra-tasty.
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Google Just Gave Control Over Data Center Cooling to an AI
Google says the cooling systems of several of its data centers are now governed by an artificial intelligence algorithm.
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Meet the Guy With Four Arms, Two of Which Someone Else Controls in VR
Fusion is a robotic project to explore how people may be able to work together to control, or augment, a person's body.
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How Can We Be Sure AI Will Behave? Perhaps by Watching It Argue With Itself
Researchers say having two artificial intelligence systems debate a particular goal could ensure that they behave reliably when executing complex functions.
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AI Assistants Say Dumb Things, and We're About to Find Out Why
A new test will pose elementary-school-level multiple-choice science questions to artificial intelligence systems.
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AI Algorithms Are Starting to Teach AI Algorithms
Artificial intelligence researchers and companies are applying machine learning to automate the more complicated aspects of AI algorithm development.
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Put Humans at the Center of AI
Stanford University Artificial Intelligence Lab director Fei-Fei Li advocates for more human-centered AI and the benefits it can yield.
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AI Programs Are Learning to Exclude Some African-American Voices
Researchers warn some artificial intelligence programs are inheriting biases against certain dialects, which could lead to automatic discrimination as language-based...
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The Emerging Science of Computational Psychiatry
Machine learning, data mining, and artificial intelligence are revolutionizing the study and understanding of mental illness.
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Microsoft Has a Plan to Add Dna Data to its Cloud
Microsoft Research plans to have a DNA-based data storage system functioning within a data center by 2020.
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China's Driverless Trucks Are Revving Their Engines
China is gearing up to overhaul its road delivery with fleets of self-driving long-haul trucks.
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Microsoft's Top Lawyer Becomes a Civil Rights Crusader
When Apple CEO Tim Cook refused to help the FBI get into a mass murderer's iPhone last winter, he was hailed for his boldness in fighting the government on ...
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Arm Wrestles Its Way Into Supercomputing
The designer of the chips that run most of the world's mobile devices has announced its first dedicated processor for use in supercomputers.
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These States Are at the Greatest Risk of Having Their Voting Process Hacked
Not everything belongs on the Internet, and the American electoral process is a textbook example. But 31 states don't see it that way.
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If a Driverless Car Goes Bad We May Never Know Why
Two recent accidents involving Tesla's Autopilot system may raise questions about how computer systems based on learning should be validated and investigated when...
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Largest Study of Online Tracking Proves Google Really Is Watching S All
Researchers at Princeton University say they have conducted the largest study yet on the technology that tracks people's movements around the Web.
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How AI Is Feeding China's Internet Dragon
Shortly after walking through the front doors of Baidu in Beijing last November, I was surprised to notice that my face had transformed into that of a cheerful-looking...
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Pentagon Hackers Are Waging America’s First Cyberwar
U.S. politicians have long threatened America's enemies with tanks, planes, submarines, and nuclear missiles. Last week defense secretary Ashton Carter leveled...
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What Role Should Silicon Valley Play in Fighting Terrorism?
On Friday, January 8, several high-level officials from the Obama administration—including the attorney general, the White House chief of staff, and the directors...
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