Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a branch of computer science that studies intelligent systems (i.e. software, computers, robots, etc.). Alternatively, it may be defined as "the study and design of intelligent agents", where an intelligent agent is a system that perceives its environment and takes actions that maximize its chances of success. John McCarthy, who coined the term in 1955, defines it as "the science and engineering of making intelligent machines".
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Skills every ambitious tech professional will need in 2020
Tech industry employment is a seller’s market firmly on the side of top talent, but competition for the best jobs remains ...
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AI won't automate cybersecurity — but it'll improve the solutions we already have
Cybersecurity, a huge industry worth over $100 billion, is regularly subject to buzzwords. Cybersecurity companies often ...
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Scientists invent robotic biker shorts that help you walk and run
A team of researchers recently developed a robotic exosuit that makes it easier to walk or run long distances. It could imbue average people with superhuman walking abilities, aid the disabled, and help soldiers on long marches. And this is just the beginning. The research was ...
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NotJordanPeterson lets you generate uncannily realistic Jordan Peterson sound bites
NotJordanPeterson is a mind-boggling voice AI that lets you say anything you'd like in the voice of Canadian psychologist ...
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Implanting AI chips in your mind could cause you to lose yourself, says scientist
AI-based enhancements could be used to supplement neural activity, but if theyreplace normal functioning neural tissue, this ...
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This startup's 'AI' to build your apps is just a bunch of human devs
AI is one of the most common buzzwords of the current startup generation. Companies often claim to have revolutionary AI ...
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Humans have been listening to our 'AI-transcribed' conversations for over a decade
This ain't new. AI is a con job.
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The android Turing Test can tell us whether a robot is effectively a person
Alan Turing was recently announced as the face of the new £50 note for his code breaking contributions in World War II and ...
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How AI, blockchain, and wearables are changing the face of healthcare
Several major classes of technology stand a good chance of changing healthcare as we know it. Home healthcare, in particular, ...
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Here’s how researchers are making machine learning more efficient and affordable for everyone
The research and development of neural networks is flourishing thanks to recent advancements in computational power, the ...
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I let Izotope's AI handle the mixing in my recording studio and now I'm on the machines' side
Izotope's Neutron 3 Advanced audio software is an AI-powered mixing assistant you inject into your favorite DAW. It uses ...
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This AI detects 11 types of emotions from a selfie
The machine learning models that can detect our face and movements are now part of our daily lives with smartphone features ...
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Hype is killing AI – here’s how we can stop it
Mystified and vilified at the same time. That’s how I would currently describe “artificial intelligence,” one of the ...
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Watch Samsung's AI render photorealistic scenes from video
A trio of Samsung AI researchers recently developed a neural network capable of rendering photorealistic graphical scenes ...
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We might never achieve general AIs — but it's important that we try
There are many parallels between self-driving car and artificial intelligence. They are goals that, the closer we get to ...
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This AI tool is smart enough to spot AI-generated articles and tweets
Researchers from Harvard University and MIT-IBM Watson Lab have created a new tool that aims to detect whether a specific ...
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Listen to this AI chat up a frustrated telemarketer for 15 minutes
Telemarketers are the bane of our existence. With the rise of robocalls and automated bots meant to call hundreds of numbers ...
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Facebook releases AI-powered tools to map the world
Facebook today released a bunch of machine learning-powered tools to help create maps of the world. The company's tools, ...
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Why US public schools' creepy use of surveillance AI should frighten you
Public schools across the US continue to spend millions implementing AI-powered surveillance solutions alleged to prevent ...
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TikTok's parent company appears to have acquired AI music startup Jukedeck
TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, appears to have acquired a startup that makes AI-generated music called Jukebox, an ...
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Microsoft sinks $1B into OpenAI to build 'supercomputer AI' for Azure
Microsoft has invested $1 billion in Elon Musk-founded company OpenAI in an effort build supercomputer AI technologies for ...
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This site turns your selfies into Renaissance portraits with AI
First came Instagram filters. Then came the Snapchat masks. Now AI renders are the latest way of using technology to change ...
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Pro baseball league uses AI umpire for the first time, coach gets ejected for arguing with it
You're outta here! Professional baseball's first AI umpire – in the form of an automated strike zone – didn't take long ...
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Google’s Parrotron AI helps people with speech impediments talk freely
Google's AI division has developed new speech-to-text software for people with verbal impairments which reduces word error ...
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AI fails to recognize these nature images 98% of the time
You can't fool all the people all the time, but a new dataset of untouched nature photos seems to confuse state-of-the-art ...
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This AI magically removes moving objects from videos
Researchers used AI to build software that lets you effortlessly remove moving objects from video – just like Adobe's After ...
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Why empathy won’t get automated anytime soon
Depending on who you ask, AI is either going to put us all out of a job or create more jobs. Either way, tech education is ...
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Elon Musk's Neuralink wants you to type on your iPhone using your brain
One of the first applications that Neuralink has envisioned for its brain-computer interface is a way to let people control ...
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There’s a secret hidden inside the binary code on Alan Turing’s new £50 note
The Bank of England slipped a hidden binary code in the design of the new £50 bill which features computer pioneer Alan ...
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To prepare today's workforce for AI, they must understand it's not a threat
All entrepreneurs and business leaders talk about: What does a future with AI look like? What are the gains that AI can make ...
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5 ways AI is revolutionizing the world of finance
There are plenty of reasons to believe artificial intelligence will spur the next revolution in the way we handle wealth ...
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Nations must double down on AI R&D — or risk falling behind
There’s a clear comparison between the space race of the 1960s and the present-day surge in national AI development.
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Steam sequesters strange AI experiments into a new 'Lab'
Steam bounced back from a rather confusing game sale by starting its own mad science space to play with AI and machine learning ...
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Fears of AI-powered hacking are misplaced as criminals are doing fine without it
AI is captivating tech news audiences. But, growing expectations for AI’s impact on legitimate business have spawned a ...
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Hey look, AI ruined Garfield
AI can do a lot of things — it fuels our voice assistants, understands pizza, and might even steal our jobs! And you ...
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Instagram will now ask you to think twice before posting profanities
Instagram today released two new features with a view to curb bullying on the platform - but it remains to be seen how ...
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Predictive policing AI is a bigger scam than psychic detectives
Law enforcement agencies around the world have recently begun extricating themselves from expensive, ineffective predictive ...
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A beginner's guide to AI: Supervised and unsupervised learning
Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, ...
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There's now an AI to prevent cats from bringing dead animals into your house
I came across this fascinating model creator by an engineer named Ben Hamm that stopped his cat from bringing dead preys ...
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Humans and AI will work better when they start learning from each other
In the age of big data and breathtaking advances of artificial intelligence, social infrastructure promotes digital engagement ...
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IBM's Call for Code Starter Kits are a perfect intro to coding and AI
IBM recently debuted technology Starter Kits to aid those joining the company's Call for Code challenge. Anyone interested ...
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Why Google Duplex might make my design job redundant
A year ago, Google blew the world away with Duplex, an AI assistant that can make phone calls for you. The demo went viral ...
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This AI is so goddamn smart, it can name other AIs
But we have to admit, these models don't have sassy names. So, research scientist Janelle Shane has developed a neural ...
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Virginia outlaws deepfakes in its efforts to curb revenge porn
To combat "deepfakes," Virginia just became one of the first states in the US to impose criminal penalties on the distribution ...
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Tacoma convenience store's facial recognition AI is a racist nightmare
A convenience store in Tacoma has installed a facial recognition security system to deny customers entry unless they're approved ...
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This new photo AI lets you add, delete, and edit objects with one click
But this new AI made by the researchers from MIT and IBM lets you add, edit, or remove an object just with a click.
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Zuckerberg isn't ready for deepfakes
Faced with a potential crisis, the magnitude of which the world has never seen, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wants us all ...
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Deepnudes developer shuts it down, but the damage is done
There's no positive use case for developing an app with the sole purpose of using AI to predict what a clothed woman, in ...
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The first AI capable of simulating the universe works so well it's scary
A team of researchers recently pioneered the world's first AI universe simulator. It's fast; it's accurate; and its creators ...
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This terrifying AI generates fake articles from any news site
The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence has an interesting new tactic in the war on fake news: make more of it. A ...
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Hackers are turning our AI security systems against us — but they can be stopped
With the use of AI growing in almost all areas of business and industry, we have a new problem to worry about – the “hijacking” ...
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MIT built a neural network to understand pizza
A group of MIT researchers recently developed an AI model that takes a list of instructions and generates a finished product. ...
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MIT researchers taught robots to link senses like sight and touch
MIT researchers at the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) have created a predictive AI that allows ...
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The unforeseen trouble AI is now causing
AI has come a long way in recent years — but as many who work with this technology can attest, it is still prone to surprising ...
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AIs should be legally liable for their mistakes soon
Assigning blame can often be a complex task. A person’s actions, intentions, and state of mind all come into consideration ...
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The ethics of deepfakes aren't always black and white
Chances are if you’ve seen a deepfake, such as this now infamous video of Obama ‘speaking’ Comedian Jordan Peele’s ...
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Breakthrough research demonstrates AI can predict a psychotic break
A trio of researchers have developed an experimental machine learning method that allows AI to listen for the early whispers ...
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Big tech's AI runs on datasets labeled by marginalized people
Capitalism has a nasty habit of anchoring those beholden to it in an equilibrium where both the very poor and the very wealthy ...
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5 of the smartest people in AI teamed up to make awesome robots
An all-star team consisting of five of the brightest minds in AI today revealed the launch of Robust.AI, a new startup devoted ...
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Robots reviewed my resume and they were not impressed
Startup Resume Worded is an AI-powered platform that provides ‘tailored feedback’ on your resume and LinkedIn profile. ...
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Stanford's new AI can help doctors spot brain aneurysms
Stanford researchers have developed a new AI tool that makes use of deep learning model called HeadXNet todetect brain aneurysms. ...
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Developers: Meet your new AI intern
Remember when software was eating the world? The trendy observation these days is that artificial intelligence (AI) is ...
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This feminist chatbot challenges AI bias in voice assistants
Our future will be drived by AI so it's in everyone's interest to make sure it's not built on biases. AI chatbots are characterized ...
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Here's what the Vatican, US Evangelicals, and Satanists say about AI
The religious have been contemplating the existential threat of artificial intelligence for millennia. Long before Alexa ...
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How to prevent an AI-induced mid-career crisis
At this point, it feels like I’ve heard countless stories about workers who are restless about the effects that AI will ...
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Zalando's Director of Engineering on AI and the future of fashion
Last week's TNW Conference featured an amazing lineup of speakers, all sharing their unique knowledge and insights into ...
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This AI-powered bot is learning how to tweet like Ethereum’s Vitalik Buterin
Meet Vitalik Boterin, a new form of artificial intelligence that mimics Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin with alarming ...
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Research indicates the only defense against killer AI is not developing it
A recent analysis on the future of warfare indicates that countries that continue to develop AI for military use risk losing ...
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How to remove hiring bias through gamification
Gamification is getting ready to save us from that awkward pause after a recruiter sits back and says, “So tell me about ...
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Hyperdimensional computing theory could lead to AI with memories and reflexes
A team of scientists from the University of Maryland recently came up with a take on the hyperdimensional computing theory ...
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Microsoft's AI hallucinates unique whisky flavors
When whisky is made in Scotland it's called scotch. When it's made in Kentucky it's called whiskey – the Irish also add ...
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Bad news, journalists: Robots are writing really good headlines now
Journalism is hard. Hours of research and writing culminate with publishing a piece with little more than blind faith that ...
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Mad scientist builds a robot to beat the crap out of him in a VR fighting game
Since the 80s, fighting games have been a raucous good time, a way to blow off some steam while digitally beating an AI opponent ...
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Driverless cars are years away, but self-driving forklifts have arrived
For several years, executives of tech and automobile companies have been promising that fully autonomous vehicles will soon ...
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Designing products for people with disabilities has never been so important
Google and Microsoft have designed a variety of assistive tools and services that allows differently abled people lead a ...
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Google's new AI can help you speak another language in your own voice
Google Translate is one of the company’s most used products. It helps people translate one language to another through typing, ...
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Grand theft consciousness: How quantum algorithms will backdoor human-level AI
The Reese's Peanut Butter Cup, as the legend goes, was invented when two oblivious young people walking around eating boring ...
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How to use AI to redefine the way we create art
The Mill's Rama Allen explains how we can leverage artificial intelligence to turn machines from tools into creative partners. ...
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AI avatars could be the next generation's favorite entertainers
Media houses and companies are already looking towards the next solution for producing content to keep up with the trend: ...
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The Mill's Rama Allen is live at TNW2019 – tune in now!
Rama Allen, Executive Creative Director at London-based VFX and creative studio The Mill, is on stage next at TNW2019 with ...
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These idiots shot a porno in an Autopilot-enabled Tesla and Elon Musk deserves some blame
Taylor Jackson is a pioneer, of sorts. The adult actress, to our knowledge, is the first to shoot a pornographic scene in ...
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Who are the creators of AI-generated art — programmers or machines?
The Art of Tech track at #TNW2019 will explore whether computer algorithms can truly create art, and how AI has been affecting ...
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'The world’s most powerful supercomputer' will realize the full potential of AI
The US Department of Energy has announced it's setting aside $600 million to build the world's fastest supercomputer called ...
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Facebook contract workers look at your private posts to help train its AI
A new report from Reuters has revealed how contract workers for Facebook and Instagram are looking at your private posts ...
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How today's AI can solve most of our traffic problems
While driverless cars and flying taxis hold the far-future promise of alleviating traffic congestion, today's problems require ...
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Revenge of the nerds: Facebook is developing human-level AI to fight bullying
Facebook might be taking its bullying problem a lot more seriously than you think. Rather than hire more humans to flag troubling ...
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Here are the 7 requirements for building ethical AI, according to the EU commission
In October, Amazon had to discontinue an artificial intelligence–powered recruiting tool after it discovered the system ...
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AI is already changing how cancer is diagnosed
We take a look at how artificial intelligence is impacting the ways in which cancer is diagnosed, and treated.
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Dutch central bank tested blockchain for 3 years. The results? ‘Not that positive’
Cross-border payments, tokenization, and some smart contract stuff. These are blockchain's potential use-cases, according ...
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How AI can help close the gender pay gap and eliminate bias
We’ve learned how to build self-driving cars and smartphones but somehow still didn't figure out how to pay men and women ...
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AI won’t destroy us, it’ll make us smarter
A number of academics and tech entrepreneurs agree: computer intelligence will one day meet and exceed human intelligence. ...
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Here's what Democratic presidential hopefuls say about AI on Twitter (not much)
In the era of Trumpian politics the public forum is no longer the evening news or the morning paper: it's Twitter. We decided ...
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'You Can't Take My Door' is both country music and AI's greatest achievement
We know there's no justice in the world because the Country Music Awards, held earlier this month, didn't issue the evening's ...
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Deep learning can help us eradicate suicide – but only if we let it
Humanity's mental health crisis has reached pandemic proportions. Bluntly put: we don't seem capable of solving the problem ...
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Listen to this AI spit out brutal death metal non-stop
CJ Carr and Zack Zukowski turn to AI and neural network models for music creation, and have launched a YouTube channel that ...
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Women in AI need better allies. Here’s how we can all help
Lin Classon, Director of Public Cloud Product at managed cloud provider Ensono and former Googler, has spent her entire career ...
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Emotionally intelligent AI will respond to how you feel
Artificial intelligence offers us an opportunity to amplify service and the integration of technology in everyday lives many ...
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IBM launches blockchain skills academy with University of Louisville
One of top 200 universities in the US, along with a helping hand from IBM, is getting its students into blockchain with dedicated ...
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Autumn is coming: Expert says hype cycle will give way to 'rich harvest' of useful AI
Winter isn't coming. At least not for the world of artificial intelligence. Jeff Bigham, program director of the Human-computer ...
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Dota 2 players can sign up to compete against OpenAI’s champion-crushing bots this week
OpenAI has been training its bots to learn to play Dota 2 for years. It's gotten awfully good at it, and you can now test ...
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AI rejects conservative human views on furniture, designs wacky chair
If you're lucky enough to be in Italy for Milan Design Week this year, do yourself a favor and check out the world's first ...
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Brands know they need to personalize — but many haven’t figured out how
These days, everybody seems to be jumping on the personalization bandwagon, which is great, but I've noticed that brands ...
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Smart cities are an AI-powered dystopia that's already happening
Separating the futuristic from the dystopian in the minds of the general public can be a challenge, particularly when trying ...
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Google takes a break from being evil to announce AI Platform
Weather alert: be on the lookout for flying pigs. Google's new AI Platform looks to make good on the company's promise to ...
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Meet the nonprofit that’s already fighting for the rights of sentient robots
Movies like Blade Runner and other science fiction tend to depict robots as self-aware machines, capable of making their ...
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Amazon's plan to rival Apple AirPods is about more than selling you earphones
Bloomberg reports that Amazon is working on wireless earphones, similar to Apple's AirPods - but with support for the Alexa ...
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Facebook's AI prevents deceased users' profiles from popping up in your suggestions
It's hard to cope with the loss of a loved one, and it's harder when their profile pops up on Facebook as a suggestion, as ...
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Ian Goodfellow's hiring hints at what Apple's next 'one more thing' could be
Apple recently scored the hottest free agent in AI when it managed to lure Ian “The GANfather” Goodfellow away from his ...
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Researchers developed algorithms that mimic the human brain (and the results don't suck)
Researchers are kicking it old school with new biologically-feasible algorithms that appear to be able to hold their own ...
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Tech companies still care more about AI and IoT than blockchain
Blockchain might be the hot buzzword of the moment, but according to new research, it's being bested by the Internet-of-Things ...
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How AI will save us from the mess of big data
We are drowning in data that’s supposed to help us. The big data revolution has come from inexpensive data storage and ...
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5 European companies that are (really) advancing AI
There’s little arguing that artificial intelligence is one of the hottest sectors of the tech industry. From recommending ...
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This company changes the DNA of investing — through machine learning
While the largest financial institutions in the world are using machine learning to create advanced investment practices, ...
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The Slack AI assistant automating creative tasks and driving data-driven decision making
As Adobe revea Project Expert Assist, audiences ponder if an AI assistant become a virtual bridge between the company's dataset ...
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AIs are being trained on racist data – and it’s starting to show
Machine learning algorithms process vast quantities of data and spot correlations, trends and anomalies, at levels far beyond ...
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AI can be trusted to take our 911 calls
Your first reaction is probably no, but you should reconsider, and here’s why. 911 call centers are overwhelmed and have ...
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Nvidia's new $99 pocket-sized AI computer is designed for DIY projects
Nvidia has just released a $99 pocket-sized computer named the Jetson Nano, targeted towards “embedded designers, researchers, ...
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What can psychopaths teach us about AI?
What happens when machines learn to manipulate us by faking our emotions? Judging by the rate at which researchers are developing ...
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AI can help fight climate change by optimizing energy efficiency
Henrik Brink of Ento Labs discusses AI's role in fighting climate change and why better data is essential for the future. ...
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This Chinese turn-based singing game looks amazing
Meetup Music (or 音遇) is a Chinese, turn-based singing game that has been lighting-up the country's app stores. We've ...
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The US Army wants us to pretend autonomous tanks aren't killer robots
Killer robots? Are you going to throw that in the Army's face everytime you have an argument? You're being irrational. Look, ...
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Deepmind teaches AI to follow navigational directions like humans
Deepmind paves the way for a better driverless car experience. Because, what good are taxis if you have to be sober enough ...
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Will the algorithmic timeline be the death of social media?
A built-in stopping point provided a sense of control over our social timelines and newsfeeds. Do you miss the days of chronological ...
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Governments need to embrace AI for the good of the people
AI has already taken the private sphere by storm, with massive corporations, dynamic startups, and even our own living rooms ...
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Just like the Kindle, our AI and AR future will be here sooner than we think
Boris is the wise ol’ CEO of TNW who writes a weekly column on everything about being an entrepreneur — from managing ...
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Here's who has the most juice in Twitter's AI influencer community
The most influential people in the world of AI on Twitter might surprise you. We examine an Onalytica study on the reach ...
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Here are the 5 hottest startups in Israel
Israel is a nation full of booming tech startups. In fact, according to the 2018 Global Startup Ecosystem Report, Tel Aviv ...
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Here are the 5 hottest startups in Finland
Although Finland has one of the lowest population densities in the EU, it’s responsible for 10 percent of global startup ...
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Here are the 5 hottest startups in Portugal
It might be everyone’s dream to move to Portugal. Beautiful beaches, amazing food, and weather. Its vibrant startup scene ...
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Thisairbnbdoesntexist's AI generates Airbnbs a hip computer would want to stay in
Hello, welcome to yet another episode of the "thisdoesntexist" AI experiment. A clever developer has harness the power of ...
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Why tech giants are interested in regulating facial recognition
Last week, Amazon made the unexpected move of calling for regulation on facial recognition. In a blog post published on ...
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Sears’ bankruptcy underscores the need for tech innovation in retail
The demise of Sears provides a perfect cautionary tale. By all accounts, the former retail giant -- which was in a “death ...
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Who's afraid of OpenAI's big, bad text generator?
Have you heard about this new AI that makes fake news? It's supposedly so dangerous the developers had to lock it up! Not ...
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This app helps improve your writing by destroying it
Glass.leaves is a web app that lets you manipulate text in a variety of ways, helping your creative writing reach new levels. ...
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Predictive policing is a scam that perpetuates systemic bias
Predictive policing exacerbates inherent systemic bias, covers up unlawful policing, and perpetuates misinformation. It's ...
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thiscatdoesnotexist.com is, uhm, not as good as its human counterpart
AI still needs some time to figure out how cats work. That is the idea one gets when visiting thiscatdoesnotexist.com. Just ...
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How Alphabet's Jigsaw think tank is fighting radicalization online
Jigsaw — a unit within Alphabet — is one of the most important projects working towards countering cyber attacks, censorship, ...
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Homenum Revelio! AI will destroy sperm donor anonymity
Anonymous sperm donors have been around for more than a century, but that's soon to change thanks to the modern evolution ...
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OpenAI's new language bot is scary good at predicting text - perhaps too good
OpenAI's new system can generate surprisingly convincing text to follow any sample you throw at it, like a news article headline. ...
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Luckily, AI still needs humans to succeed
Humans look at AI in both awe and fear. When I tell folks that I work for a company that builds AI-powered virtual assistants, ...
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3 types of AI that represent our fears for the future
The AI icon Andrew Ng is quoted as saying, “Artificial intelligence is the new electricity.” For anyone reading this, ...
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Let’s not accidentally build depressed robots
In trying to keep up with the never-ending deluge of news about the forthcoming AI takeover of human society, a talk at ...
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Thispersondoesnotexist.com is face-generating AI at its creepiest
Nvidia's incredible people-creating AI is now available online. Now you can create startling images of people who do not ...
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AI will soon decide what we eat
Machines will take away our free will and force us to eat soylent green. Just kidding. They'll actually help us feed more ...
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How to help AI find human trafficking victims
If you could help rescue human trafficking victims by downloading a free app and taking a selfie in the next hotel room you ...
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Blockchain and AI could be a perfect match – here's why
With blockchain technology and AI converging with the greater public there's never been a better time to explore the convergence ...
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Politicians have failed us, it's time for AI to stop school shootings
Thoughts, prayers, and politicians have proven ineffective against the threat of school shootings. It's time to demand schools ...
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A deadly tree disease is devastating the citrus industry – AI can help
The citrus tree is in trouble. Florida's citrus industry has been devastated and California's is next. Artificial intelligence ...
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How AI could help you learn sign language
Sign languages aren’t easy to learn and are even harder to teach. They use not just hand gestures but also mouthings, facial ...
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Devs say real blockchain use is coming, but many feel it's overhyped
We’re likely to see a real-world application of blockchain technology over the next two years – if recent research is ...
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Biased algorithms: here’s a more radical approach to creating fairness
Our lives are increasingly affected by algorithms. People may be denied loans, jobs, insurance policies, or even parole on ...
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This (free) 'future of tech' webinar will get you your next raise
Artificial intelligence, the blockchain, Internet of Things. You know you’ve heard these terms about a thousand times but ...
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How AI will change storytelling and become the next great art form
We spoke to Fable founder and executive producer Edward Saatchi about the future of VR, art, entertainment and AI. Get ready ...
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How DeepMind's AI defeated top players at StarCraft II
In August 2017, DeepMind decided to take on a much bigger and more complex challenge: training an AI to master Starcraft ...
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The challenges of moderating online content with deep learning
Earlier in December, the internet was abuzz with news of Tumblr’s declaration that it would ban adult content on its platform ...
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The security threats of neural networks and deep learning algorithms
This article is part of Demystifying AI, a series of posts that (try to) disambiguate the jargon and myths surrounding AI. History ...
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AI isn’t here to steal your job, it’s here to make it better
The belief that AI will displace jobs has been well countered with arguments that AI actually empowers workers to focus on ...
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10 ways to prepare for the AI and automation revolution
Artificial intelligence and automation are no longer the stuff of science fiction; they're a very real and growing ...
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Facial recognition struggles to interpret the emotions of black faces
Facial recognition technology has progressed to a point where it now interprets emotions in facial expressions. This type ...
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Why AI can't solve everything
The hysteria about the future of artificial intelligence (AI) is everywhere. There seems to be no shortage of sensationalist ...
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YouTube is cracking down on dangerous pranks and stunts like the Bird Box challenge
YouTube has published new policies for its platform that state it won't allow content depicting dangerous pranks and stunts ...
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3D-printed sex robots are cheaper and more lifelike than ever
This article was originally published on SEXTECHGUIDE, an independent publication that looks at the intersection ...
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Questions about consent loom after tech brothel auctions off robot’s virginity for $10K
People can pledge $10,000 to be the first person to have sex with a robot at Eve’s Robot Dreams brothel in California after ...
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Deepfakes are being weaponized to silence women — but this woman is fighting back
Noelle Martin, a 24-year old, has had a six-year long battle with deepfakes after an anonymous predators stole and sexually-exploited ...
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Stop worrying about AI taking over the world — it won’t
Should we be afraid of artificial intelligence? For me, this is a simple question with an even simpler, two letter answer: ...
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US Army's defense of killer robots sounds like the plot to War Games
The US Army has an incongruous message on its development of autonomous weapons systems. Did we learn nothing from the 1980s? ...
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Why researchers want to build an AI that can predict a person’s attractiveness
It's an age-old question – what makes someone attractive? We often say things like “beauty is in the eye of the beholder” ...
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Personalized marketing will be huge in 2019
Personalization has come a long way since Amazon started leveraging personalized book recommendations in 1999. Half of companies ...
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Nefarious AI creates images of delicious food that doesn't exist
Ever think those pictures of delicious food you see on the internet are too good to be true? What if they were made by an ...
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IBM teaches AI to debate humans by crowdsourcing arguments
IBM's AI wants to take on all-comers in debates on every topic. But, first, its going to crowdsource its arguments from humans ...
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Don’t overestimate AI’s understanding of human language
This article is part of Demystifying AI, a series of posts that (try to) disambiguate the jargon and myths surrounding AI. It’s ...
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What Amazon’s Alexa microwave teaches us about interacting with AI assistants
Does it make sense to put a voice assistant in your microwave? Amazon, the leader in smart speakers and voice assistants, ...
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How driverless cars choose who to kill is an ethical dilemma
Slowly but surely, work on self-driving cars is progressing. Crashes still happen, tragic accidents come to pass every once ...
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We need an ‘AI sidekick’ to fight malicious AI
“Now that we realize our brains can be hacked, we need an antivirus for the brain.” Those were the words of Yuval Noah ...
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Intel introduces a new project for laptops with 5G and AI
Chipmaker Intel announced a program named "Project Athena" to encourage hardware makers to create laptops with AI and 5G ...
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Here's what AI experts think will happen in 2019
Another year has passed and humanity, for better or worse, remains in charge of the planet. Unfortunately for the robots, ...
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AI is incredibly smart, but it will never match human creativity
One could be forgiven for thinking that machines are creative. Numerous artificial intelligence projects appear to demonstrate ...
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Why AI and advertisers should team up to fix fake news
Can technology, and artificial intelligence in particular, be the foil that will prevent the eventual fakenewspocolypse?
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How a group of students discovered the sounds of solar storms
The students discovered a loud crunching noise followed by a series of whistling sounds whose pitch decreased. This event ...
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We’re missing the ‘Skynet’ to complete our connected robot future
Throughout history, innovators have strived to create automata, or robots as we now know them, to augment labor intensive ...
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TNW's top 11 women making waves in STEM from 2018
You've heard it a million times before — in the science, technology, engineering, and math industries, women are still ...
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How you can teach AI to speak Welsh (and other minority languages)
Pioneering smart home technologies and voice assistants don’t, as a rule, speak Welsh – although the Welsh government ...
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2018 proved that computer vision is the most powerful manifestation of AI
You probably use computer vision every day and don't even think about it. Enjoy checking out the latest Snapchat filters? That's ...
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We should teach human rights law to software engineers
Technology dominates a large amount of our lives and software engineers should be taught about human rights laws to avoid ...
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3 ways AI will improve healthcare in 2019
In a recent piece, I explained why AI’s complexity shouldn’t be a deterrent for its adoption. In fact, I went as far ...
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Moving beyond 'all models are wrong' and into rational AI
Can AI ever be "rational"? We examine work discussing the idea of AI that can surpass human's limited ability for rational ...
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Researchers developed an AI robot that can assist with childbirth
Instead of looking up at the sky to see whether you need an umbrella, people increasingly ask virtual assistants such as ...
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Expert says AI-driven sex robots will blow you... away
The only possible culmination of AI research is packing it neatly inside a synthetic body and having sex with it. Or, at ...
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AI sex dolls are just around the corner
The sex doll industry is on the verge of greatness, in its own special way. Soon the Stepford Wives of science fiction will ...
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Microsoft's Hummingbird app uses AI to deliver a personalized news feed
Microsoft has quietly released an AI-based news app called Hummingbird on Google Play and Apple’s App Store. It's currently ...
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5 ways AI can be an ally for human rights over the next decade
Happy Universal Human Rights Day! We came up with five ways we think AI will help us in the fight for all of humanity over ...
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Someone paid $432K for art generated by an open-source neural network
A "painting" that was supposedly created by artificial intelligenc just sold at Christie's for more than $432K. Whoever bought ...
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Nvidia open sources its PhysX physics simulation engine
Nvidia has made its PhysX engine open source, which means anyone can integrate into their games, as well as projects involving ...
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Researchers developed an AI to detect DeepFakes
Earlier this year AI-generated fake videos became an instant scourge as DeepFake, a face-swapping neural network was used ...
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Experts warn DeepFakes could influence 2020 US election
We're only a few months away from the November US midterm elections and DeepFakes is poised to pose a major threat in this ...
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Fairies and deepfakes: a brief history of visual trickery
“Deepfake” is the name being given to videos created through artificially intelligent deep learning techniques. Also ...
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Here’s what your phone can learn from the sound of your voice
It can determine everything from who you are and where you come from, your current location, your gender and age, and what ...
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DeepMind's AlphaZero AI is the new champion in chess, shogi, and Go
DeepMind, has developed an AI named AlphaZero, which can learn and master games like chess, Go, and shogi just through basic ...
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Experts warn AI could hardwire sexism into our future
From Apple's Siri to Amazon's Alexa, voice recognition and AI assistants are typically female by default. Technology isn't ...
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Nvidia's new AI converts real-life videos into 3D renders
We've often wondered while playing games or experiencing virtual reality: how can this be closer to the real world? Nvidia ...
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How Cambridge Analytica leveraged fashion to sway undecided voters
Few could have guessed that the type of jeans they bought, or the music they listen to while buying them, would serve as ...
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To achieve ethical AI, we need better training and boundaries
Autonomous decision-making systems are in place already today, including ones that support life-critical scenarios and travel. ...
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Full moon patents: MIT creates glowing plants and Amazon gets better drones
Ugh, the Gregorian calendar is so boring. That’s why we’re disrupting monthly series with a lunar cycle-based series ...
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The difference between AI and machine learning, explained
A while ago, while browsing through the latest AI news, I stumbled upon a company that claimed to use “machine learning ...
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Genies makes realistic looking Bitmoji that can be used in other apps
Genies has launched their new Android and iOS mobile app that lets users create a digital version of themselves that looks ...
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If Facebook's new auto-comment feature isn't rock bottom, it has to be close
It's been two tumultuous years. Still, it's highly unlikely we've witnessed the moment Facebook hit bottom. A new feature, ...
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Email on mobile sucks, but it’ll get better in the next 10 years
The problem is the medium itself - mobile communication has aspired to take over the entirety of our business communication. ...
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Shark S87 robotic cleaning system: A great vacuum with bad AI
I remember a time not so long ago where robot vacuums would set you back $1,000 or more and prove more work than they were ...
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Facebook's former PR firm seeded fake stories about bias at Apple News
Facebook's recently-fired PR firm allegedly floated a story to journalists that Apple News was biased against Republicans. ...
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AI-algorithms identify pedophiles for the police — here’s how it works
AI is a promising weapon against sexual child abuse.
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AI’s success hinges on new attitudes — not old regulations
We need to stop regulating machine learning models as if they were computer programs, and start thinking about how to use ...
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Amazon’s sexist hiring algorithm could still be better than a human
Amazon has decided to shut down its experimental artificial intelligence (AI) recruiting tool after discovering it discriminated ...
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Chelsea FC is using AI research to improve coaching
My colleagues and I are working with Chelsea FC academy to develop a system to measure these decision-making skills using ...
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AI is the prescription for overworked doctors
AI startup CloudMedX is attempting to change the healthcare paradigm with solutions designed to help physicians treat the ...
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When your boss knows everything about you
Big data and algorithmic decision making have become an indispensable part of the human resources toolkit at companies.
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4 human-caused biases we need to fix for machine learning
Bias is an overloaded word. It has multiple meanings, from mathematics to sewing to machine learning, and as a result it’s ...
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Understanding quantum computers: The noise problem
Quantum computing doesn't have to be harder than getting drunk. That's why we explain one of its biggest problems with beer. ...
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4 human-caused biases we need to fix for machine learning
Bias is an overused term in our language and has many different meanings from mathematics to sewing to machine learning -- ...
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Amazon gets patriotic while Google embraces censorship
Wired 25 was attended by some of the biggest names in tech, and Amazon and Google's bosses both took the opportunity to get ...
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How will AI affect my faith and religion in general?
It's thought that AI could have three possible effects on religion: it enhances religion, it becomes religion, or it invalidates ...
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How to filter marketing fluff from startups’ AI promises
For anyone looking to engage with AI startup companies, the prevalence of marketing fluff can make it difficult to move forward. ...
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How to woo your robot recruiter and land your dream job
The way you speak — including the use of positive language — is a key evaluation factor for many AI programs.
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Rapid scaling can ruin your startup — so fix these technical problems now
In the grand scheme of things, everything has been going perfectly to plan. Your product or service launch has been a success, ...
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We need to build AI systems we can trust
Today, artificial intelligence (AI) systems are routinely being used to support human decision-making in a multitude of applications. ...
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Our antidepressants are changing animals' behavior
A recent study has revealed that antidepressants are changing animals' behavior. Female fish fed food spiked with the drug ...
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September in Africa: Alibaba saves wildlife and Google Partners comes to Nigeria
Pan-African ecommerce giant Jumia may be about to launch an initial public offering (IPO), if reports are to be believed, ...
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Worried about AI taking over the world? Science isn't
Should we be afraid of artificial intelligence? For me, this is a simple question with an even simpler, two letter answer: ...
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The algorithms that are currently fueling the deep learning revolution
From beating us at the game of GO, to recreating paintings by Van Gogh, algorithms are all around us. Artificial Intelligence ...
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AI has already been weaponized – that’s why we need to ban ‘killer robots’
A dividing line is emerging in the debate over so-called killer robots. Many countries want to see new international law ...
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Deebot Ozmo 930 is the robot vacuum you've been waiting for
As smart vacuums go, there's a lot of space between the very best, and the very worst. The Deebot Ozmo 930, by Ecovacs, belongs ...
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Hollywood did a surprisingly good job predicting our drone future
When it comes to predicting the future, Hollywood has turned out to be accurate. Robots and even smartwatches have been in ...
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Google just turned 20 -- time for it to grow up
Google's birthday may be a happy one for shareholders, but the rest of us have plenty of cause for alarm and concern as the ...
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Blockchain doesn't kill people, but smart contracts can, law professor says
Smart contracts, like the ones featured by Ethereum’s blockchain, represent simple machine intelligence, and one academic ...
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Human intelligence and AI are vastly different — so let’s stop comparing them
These days, it’s easy to believe arguments that artificial intelligence has become as smart as the human mind—if not ...
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To fight the talent shortage, train your current employees
Looking for new candidates can be an expensive process. Actively encouraging your employees to spend time on their learning ...
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Developing bionics: How IBM is adapting mind-control for accessibility
IBM Research is developing artificial intelligence tools to create a brain-computer interface for people suffering from conditions ...
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Inside Google's plan to stalk your social media accounts
Google, once again, is excited about social media. But not in the ways you might think; this isn't about another in a failed ...
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An AI that 'hears' machine failure might soon be used for roller coasters
Smart or predictive technologies can change how amusement parks plan maintenance and help prevent unexpected downtime.
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Bitcoin thrown lifeline by SEC Commissioner despite ETF rejection
Another application to allow trade of Bitcoin ETFs has been shot down by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). ...
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Paying for a service doesn’t guarantee it won’t sell your data
In the wake of Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica scandal and congressional hearings, there’s a palpable sense that the pressure ...
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Designers, don’t be afraid to let robots design
In 1961, Alan Perlis, an early pioneer in computer science, advocated that computer programming should be a requirement of ...
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AI is finding out when the person using your account isn't you
To some, the future of authentication might look a little creepy. But the explosion of data and connectivity will provide ...
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Quick guide to understand the hype around ‘deep learning’
You’ve probably heard the phrase 'deep learning' bandied about in conversation, or maybe you've read about it in a post ...
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The $24 billion chatbot industry sucks because it needs better AI
In 2014, WIRED would profile a “boring” company called Slack beginning a media and venture-based obsession with bringing ...
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This startup can teach a car how to drive itself in 20 minutes
Wayve, a startup out of the UK, is revolutionizing the field of autonomous vehicles by eschewing expensive hardware for refined ...
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This AI uses sight to isolate the sound of specific instruments
If you've ever learnt an instrument, straining to hear what your favorite musician is playing under the din of other players ...
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Scientists created an artificial neural network out of DNA
Caltech researchers created a functioning artificial neural network out of DNA. It can read patterns based on handwritten ...
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7 surprising companies where you can work on cutting-edge AI technology
While automation slowly eats away at human jobs, the demand for AI talent continues to grow at an accelerating pace. Here ...
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AI can now ‘listen’ to machines to tell if they’re breaking down
Sound is everywhere, even when you can’t hear it. It is this noiseless sound, though, that says a lot about how machines ...
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Google Photos now creates shareable GIFs from your videos
Google has updated its Photos service with neat new features today - most notably, the ability to automatically generate ...
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Gain a competitive career advantage and learn the powers of machine learning and data science
With its reach increasing, it’s time for the tech-savvy to start truly understanding the global implications of these technologies ...
