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Why a Chip That's Bad at Math Can Help Computers Tackle Harder Problems
Your math teacher lied to you. Sometimes getting your sums wrong is agood thing.
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Moore's Law's Ultraviolet Savior Is Finally Ready
It is easy to take for granted the advancements in our mobile phones, wearable electronics, and other gadgets. But advances in computing rely on processes that...
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Turing Tests and the Problem of Artificial Olfaction
The ability to reproduce scent artificially is surprisingly complex, and the work of the Weizmann Institute of Science's David Harel sheds light on the issue.
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Data-Mining Algorithm Reveals the Stormy Evolution of Mathematics Over 700 Years
University of Namur researchers are using network science to map the links between mathematicians of the last 700 years.
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A $2 Billion Chip to Accelerate Artificial Intelligence
The field of artificial intelligence has experienced a striking spurt of progress in recent years, with software becoming much better at understanding images, speech...
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Could Alphago Bluff Its Way Through Poker?
University College London lecturer David Silver suggests software similar to Google DeepMind's AlphaGo could be crafted to play poker competently.
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How AI Is Feeding China's Internet Dragon
Shortly after walking through the front doors of Baidu in Beijing last November, I was surprised to notice that my face had transformed into that of a cheerful-looking...
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How Google Deepmind Plans to Solve Intelligence
Padded walls, gloomy lighting, and a ceiling with floral wallpaper.
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A Bitcoin-Style Currency For Central Banks
Virtual currency could become more viable thanks to a new Bitcoin-like system developed by University College London researchers.
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Machine-Learning Algorithm Aims to Identify Terrorists Using the V Signs They Make
Ahmad Hassanat from Mu'tah University in Jordan and colleagues have developed a way to distinguish people from the unique way they make the "V for victory" sign...
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Big Data Analysis Is Changing the Nature of Sports Science
Sports scientists now can gather vast amounts of data on players and the action while games are in progress, but they still struggle to process the data in meaningful...
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Log In to Your Phone with a Finger-Drawn Doodle Instead of a Password
Rather than painstakingly typing in passwords on your smartphone, you may eventually just swipe a shape or other pattern on its display to authenticate yourself...
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Google nveils Neural Network with 'superhuman' Ability to Determine the Location of Almost Any Image
Here's a tricky task. Pick a photograph from the Web at random. Now try to work out where it was taken using only the image itself.
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The Missing Link of Artificial Intelligence
In 2012 the world learned of a surprising research project inside Google's secretive X lab.
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Robot Art Raises Questions About Human Creativity
Art created by machines raises unanswered questions about its potential and whether it can truly be defined as creative or imaginative.
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Better Brain Imaging Could Show Computers a Smarter Way to Learn
Machine learning is an extremely clever approach to computer programming.
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Will AI-Powered Hedge Funds Outsmart the Market?
Every day computers make many millions of electronic trades by performing delicate calculations aimed at eking out a tiny edge in terms of speed or efficiency.
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How an AI Algorithm Learned to Write Political Speeches
Researchers have developed an artificial intelligence machine that learned how to write political speeches that are very similar to real speeches.
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Switchable Material Could Enable New Memory Chips
Researchers report they can control the phase and electrical properties of a thin-film material by applying a small voltage.
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