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A Healthy Dose of AI
Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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AI Material Learns Behaviors, Adapts to Changing Conditions
University of California, Los Angeles engineers have developed a new class of material.
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New Method Exposes How Artificial Intelligence Works
The neural networks are harder to fool thanks to adversarial training.
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AI Can Diagnose Dementia As Accurately as Experts
The results of recent research have broad implications for dementia treatment.
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AI Can Analyze Eye Scans To Identify Risk of Heart Attack
The system—which has 70% to 80% accuracy—predicts if patients are at risk of a heart attack over the next year.
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Measuring Trust in AI
Researchers find public trust in AI varies greatly depending on the application.
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Surprisingly Smart Artificial Intelligence Sheds Light on How the Brain Processes Language
Neuroscientists find the internal workings of next-word prediction models resemble those of language-processing centers in the brain.
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Machine Learning System Gives Robots Social Skills
A new machine-learning system helps robots understand and perform certain social interactions.
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Deep Learning AI Explained: Neural Networks
Ballyhooed artificial-intelligence technique known as "deep learning" revives 70-year-old idea.
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DeepMind Releases Accurate Picture of the Human Proteome
"We believe this represents the most significant contribution AI has made to advancing scientific knowledge to date," said DeepMind founder and CEO Demis Hassabis...
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AI Program Accurately Predicts Lung Cancer Risk
A deep learning artificial intelligence algorithm can accurately predict the risk of lung nodules detected on computed tomography images turning cancerous.
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Holographic Display Improvements Poised to Enhance Virtual, Augmented Reality
An approach developed by researchers at NVIDIA and Stanford University can improve image quality and contrast for holographic displays.
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Simple Eye Exam With Powerful Artificial Intelligence Could Lead to Early Parkinson’s Disease Diagnosis
The researchers deployed a type of artificial intelligence called support vector machine (SVM) learning, which has been around since 1989.
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AI Can Diagnose COVID-19 Through Cellphone-Recorded Coughs – Even if You Don’t Have Symptoms
Results might provide a convenient screening tool for people who may not suspect they are infected.
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AI Identifies Prostate Cancer With Near-Perfect Accuracy
Researchers trained an artificial intelligence program to recognize and characterize prostate cancer, achieving the highest accuracy rate to date.
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