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Scientists propose new regulatory framework to make AI safer
Imperial College London scientists have proposed a new regulatory framework for AI called the Human Impact Assessment for ...
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AI Now: Predictive policing systems are flawed because they replicate and amplify racism
The AI Now Institute's Executive Director, Andrea Nill Sánchez, today testified before the European Parliament LIBE Committee ...
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AI-penned manga Paidon to be published this week
A new manga called Paidon that was created by AI and drawn by a robotic hand will be published in this week's edition of ...
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Deep learning advances are boosting computer vision — but there's still clear limits
This article is part of Demystifying AI, a series of posts that (try to) disambiguate the jargon and myths surrounding AI. Since ...
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New AI-powered sensor can predict heart failure days before it happens
A new wearable sensor could predict heart failure days before it leads to hospitalization by using AI to spot changes in ...
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Defining humanlike intelligence and entrusting it with our lives, explained by an AI researcher
Yesterday, Melanie Mitchell, the author of ‘Artificial Intelligence: A Guide for Thinking Humans,' hosted a TNW Answers ...
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AI helps eliminate radiation exposure in breast cancer screening
A new system that using sensors and AI helps eliminate radiation exposure in breast cancer screening by quickly detect tumors ...
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The future of AI journalism is less hyperbole and smarter readers
Today we launched Neural, our new home for human-centric AI news and analysis. While we're celebrating the culmination of ...
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New algorithm for self-driving vehicles has a bold 'collision-free guarantee'
Northwestern University researchers have developed an algorithm for self-driving vehicles that stops them from getting in ...
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Pentagon unveils toothless ethical principles for using AI in war
The Pentagon has unveiled five ethical principles for the use of AI by the US military, but the ambiguous guidelines won't ...
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Chess grandmaster Gary Kasparov predicts AI will disrupt 96% of all jobs
IBM's Deep Blue wasn't supposed to defeat Chess grandmaster Gary Kasparov when the two of them had their 1997 rematch. Computer ...
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UK police are using AI to predict who could become violent criminals
Police in the UK are using AI to predict who could become violent criminals in a pilot of a system that the government plans ...
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3 ways AI is transforming the insurance industry
As AI, big data, and the internet of things (IoT) find their way into every aspect of our lives, many industries are undergoing ...
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This AI suitcase could help visually-impaired people to travel
A group of Japanese companies is developing a suitcase-shaped robot that uses AI to help visually-impaired people to travel ...
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Leak shows EU police aim to create an international facial recognition database
EU police forces plan to build a network of national police facial recognition database that spans across every member state ...
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Digital transformation projects don't fail because of a shortage of 'tech'
Trying to implement digital transformation at your company? Then you need to focus on people and processes, just as much ...
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Human emotions must adapt to thrive in the machine age
Did you know TNW Conference has a track fully dedicated to bringing the biggest names in tech to showcase inspiring talks ...
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UN will use AI to learn what people want from peace deals
The UN will help people in warzones to influence peace deals through an AI conversation tool they can access through their ...
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AI sent first coronavirus alert, but underestimated the danger
Research suggests that an AI system sent out the first global coronavirus alert but only humans recognized the scale of the ...
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Google drops gender labels from image recognition to reduce bias
Google will no longer identify people by gender in its image recognition AI, by removing labels such as "man" and "woman" ...
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Algorithm blocks human rights investigator from entering US
Eyal Weizman, the director of investigative group Forensic Architecture was told he couldn't travel to the US because an algorithm ...
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JPEG committee is banking on AI to build its next image codec
Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG), a committee that maintains various JPEG image-related standards, has started exploring ...
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MIT algorithm discovers antibiotic that can fight drug-resistant diseases
A deep learning algorithm has discovered new antibiotics that can treat drug-resistant diseases by killing 35 powerful bacteria ...
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Study: AI expert Gary Marcus explains how to take AI to 'the next level'
The field of AI, especially in the realm of deep learning, is at an inflection point. We're either going to break on through ...
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UK plan to replace migrant carers with automation branded 'ridiculous'
The UK's government's plan to replace migrant care workers with automation has been slammed as "ridiculous" by one of the ...
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Some Teslas have been tricked into speeding by tape stuck on road signs
McAfee researchers have tricked Tesla cars into autonomously speeding just by sticking two inches tape on a speed limit ...
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Why AI systems should be recognized as inventors
The Artificial Inventor Project team has filed patent applications that list AI systems as inventors - the first such IP ...
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Elon Musk: Everyone developing AI must be regulated — even Tesla
Musk believes OpenAI "should be more open" and that everyone developing AI should be regulated. But Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg ...
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New artificial evolution research could finally prove Darwin was right
An international team of researchers may have just figured out why single-celled organisms such as the AIDS virus and cancer ...
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OpenAI’s flagging techno-utopianianism exposes tensions between business and public benefits
OpenAI bold ambition to build an AGI for humanity is explained in a company charter that has taken on an almost biblical ...
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US Army plans to bring human-AI interaction to the battlefield
The Aided Threat Recognition from Mobile Cooperative and Autonomous Sensors (ATR-MCAS) will act as a 'teammate' to soldiers ...
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This AI could reunite families after an earthquake
The AI tool could transform how earthquake aftermaths are managed, by predicting the safest routes that families can take ...
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Gamers will teach AI how to control military drone swarms
Scientists from the University of Buffalo's Artificial Intelligence Institute will study the decisions people make while ...
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Automated facial recognition breaches GDPR, says EU digital chief
The EU’s digital and competition chief has said that automated facial recognition breaches GDPR as it doesn't gain consent ...
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AI interviewer asks Billie Eilish the weirdest questions
Billie Eilish sat down with the AI interviewer in a video for Vogue - and the bot proved a more original interlocutor than ...
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Scientist trains AI to write messages of love on candy hearts
Janelle Shane marked Valentine's Day by teaching an AI to write messages for candy hearts after training the neural network ...
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This AI can perfectly dub videos in Indic languages -- and correct lip syncing
Resarchers from an Indian university have developed an AI model for face-to-face translation in Indic languages.
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'Sensorized' skin helps robots understand where the hell they are
The MIT system uses a 'sensorized' skin to give soft robots a greater awareness of their movements and the position of their ...
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US senators propose facial recognition ban (but not for police)
US senators have introduced a bill that would temporarily restrict the use of facial recognition technology -- but their ...
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New Zealand's first AI police officer reports for duty
Ella is a life-like virtual assistant who uses real-time animation to emulate face-to-face interaction in an empathetic ...
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This neural network accurately predicts extreme weather events
Weather forecasters could use the Rice University capsule neural network method as an early warning system
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Scientists built an AI to figure out what the universe is made of
A multi-university team of researchers from Japan recently used the world's fastest astrophysics-simulation supercomputers ...
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Watch: AI developer upscales famous 1895 train scene to 4K at 60 FPS
A developer and YouTuber named Denis Shiryaev recently used “several neural networks” to update a famous French short ...
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This new AI model will badmouth you for putting trash in the wrong bin
When I'm at airports, I often get confused as to which trash and recycling bin I should throw my rubbish into. A new solution ...
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How Chinese tech giants are assisting in the battle against coronavirus with AI
The coronavirus outbreak, which originated in China late last year, has become a global health hazard. Last month, the World ...
