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Humans Help Computers Spot Bursts from Space
Citizen scientists mined radio astronomy data from the ThunderKAT survey to discover new sources of sporadic space emissions that computer algorithms missed.
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Singapore Plans Nationwide Network to Protect Against Future Quantum Threats
Telecommunication companies in Singapore plan to overhaul existing fiber networks to protect themselves, and their customers, from future quantum computer attacks...
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Uber Eats Food-Delivery Robots Set for Use in Multiple U.S. Cities
Service robot company Serve Robotics said Uber Eats will deploy up to 2,000 of its food-delivery robots to deliver food in cities in the U.S. and Canada by next...
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Pioneer of Multicore Processor Design Receives ACM-IEEE CS Eckert-Mauchly Award
Stanford University Professor Kunle Olukotun made computer processors more efficient and developed pivotal technologies for machine learning.
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Ground Rules for the Age of AI Warfare
How to keep autonomous weapons from stumbling into conflict.
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Probabilistic AI That Knows How Well It's Working
A new technique produces artificial intelligence (AI) inference algorithms that can generate explanations for data and calculate their accuracy.
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Robot Centipedes Go for a Walk
Engineers have created a centipede-like walking robot that can navigate through dynamic instability.
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An Algorithm for Sharper Protein Films
Researchers have created an algorithm to more precisely analyze ultra-fast protein motion collected by an X-ray free-electron laser facility.
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U.S. Will Be 'Sole Winner' if Japan Copies Chip Curbs on China, Beijing's Envoy to Tokyo Warns
Japan would risk the future of its semiconductor sector if it cut off the huge China market, Chinese ambassador Wu Jianghao says.
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SEC Shakes Crypto with Binance Suit
The Securities and Exchange Commission filed a massive lawsuit Monday against the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange and its founder.
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House Democrat's Bill Would Mandate AI Disclosure
The bill would require output created by generative AI, such as ChatGPT, to include: "Disclaimer: this output has been generated by artificial intelligence."
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AI Chatbots Lose Money Every Time You Use Them. That's a Problem
The cost of operating the systems is so high that companies aren't deploying their best versions to the public.
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How AI Protects (and Attacks) Your Inbox
Companies, like Google, are looking for ways artificial intelligence and machine learning can help prevent phishing.
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Pneumatic Computer Uses Pressure Instead of Electricity
Elliot Hui and colleagues at the University of California, Irvine, built a computer from glass and silicone that encodes data using pneumatic pressure instead of...
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Black Men Were Likely Underdiagnosed with Lung Problems Due to Bias in Software
A study published last week suggests built-in software bias may be responsible for the underdiagnosis of lung problems among Black men.
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Sweater-Wrapped Robots Can Feel, React to Human Touch
The RobotSweater machine-knitted textile "skin" can sense contact and pressure to make a robot "smarter during its interaction with humans."
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The Race to Make AI Smaller, Smarter
The BabyLM Challenge is aimed at creating more accessible, intuitive language models.
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White House Unveils Efforts to Guide Federal Research of AI
The Biden administration announced new initiatives to guide federally supported research on artificial intelligence.
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Assessing Political Bias in Language Models
Stanford University researchers developed OpinionQA to evaluate bias in language models.
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Researchers Build Bee Robot That Can Twist
A new robotic bee can fly in all directions with stability and achieve the six degrees of free movement exhibited by most flying insects.12