Vector databases, commonly used for similarity search and product recommendations, are a shining light in the era of Artificial…
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The Botivist program uses Twitter to rally people to social causes, thanks to the efforts of Saiph Savage and colleagues at West Virginia University. New Scientist From ACM TechNews | October 5, 2015
Last Saturday I took part in a battle of wits at Bletchley Park, the stately home that housed the U.K.’s codebreakers during the second world war.New Scientist From ACM News | September 22, 2015
An autonomous helicopter gunship is flying over a military base in Arizona. Suddenly, officers on the ground lose radio contact: hackers have taken control of an...New Scientist From ACM News | September 18, 2015
Feeling cold? Your home already knows, and turns up the heat. Sick of the TV show you are watching? Your home changes the channel.New Scientist From ACM News | September 17, 2015
The ability to digitally simulate physical systems such as the brain to avoid the ethical dilemmas of experimentation on living subjects creates new dilemmas.New Scientist From ACM TechNews | September 16, 2015
A new mirror can assess the health of someone looking into it by analyzing facial expressions, fatty tissue, and how flush or pale the person is. New Scientist From ACM TechNews | July 31, 2015
Shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court's blockbuster decision on marriage equality, a short YouTube video made the rounds online.New Scientist From ACM News | July 27, 2015
Thanks to the latest advances in computer vision, we now have machines that can pick you out of a line-up. But what if your face is hidden from view?New Scientist From ACM News | June 23, 2015
"If you are walking down the street, a public street, should a company be able to identify you without your permission?"New Scientist From ACM News | June 22, 2015
When a newly renovated apartment in San Francisco went on the market earlier this year for roughly $8.5 million, its asking price included a somewhat unexpected...New Scientist From ACM News | June 9, 2015
Watch your language. Words mean different things to different people—so the brainwaves they provoke could be a way to identify you.New Scientist From ACM News | May 21, 2015
It's humans versus machine at the Rivers casino in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Four professional poker players are squaring up to an artificial intelligence over...New Scientist From ACM News | May 7, 2015
Quantum computers should theoretically outpace ordinary ones, but attempts to build a speedy quantum machine have so far come up short. Now an approach based on...New Scientist From ACM News | April 20, 2015
In the dark abandoned shell of Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, Rosemary and Sakura shoot what looks like a dystopian first-person shooter game.New Scientist From ACM News | April 16, 2015