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AI Will Augment SEO
Adding artificial intelligence to search engines enables enhanced Search Engine Optimization and Marketing.
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The .s. Military Wants Its Autonomous Machines to Explain Themselves
Intelligence agents and military operatives may come to rely heavily on machine learning to parse huge quantities of data, and to control a growing arsenal of autonomous...
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Inside the Far-Out Glass Lab
Engineers at Corning's research lab in New York are developing new materials in their quest to expand the capabilities of glass.
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This App Offers Personal Recommendations While Keeping Your Data Private
A personalized news recommendation application collects data about the user to suggest relevant stories without sending any personal information to a remote server...
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AI Software Learns to Make AI Software
Several research organizations are working to create artificial intelligences that can in turn develop machine-learning software.
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The Internet Is Sick
The Mozilla Foundation's new Internet Health Report identifies obstacles that undermine entrepreneurship and democracy online.
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Data Mining Solves the Mystery of Your Slow Wi-Fi Connection
Researchers at Tsinghua University in China have discovered why slow or failed Wi-Fi connectivity happens and how to avoid it, by measuring the time it took for...
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Air Force Tests Ibm's Brain-Inspired Chip as an Aerial Tank Spotter
The U.S. Air Force Research Lab is exploring whether brain-inspired computer chips could give satellites, aircraft, and drones the ability to automatically identify...
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5 Big Predictions For Artificial Intelligence in 2017
Among the expected advancements in artificial intelligence for 2017 is progress in applying deep reinforcement learning to real-world challenges such as automated...
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Everything You Need to Know About Gene Therapy's Most Promising Year
For a few lucky patients, 2016 was the year when gene therapy turned from promises to cures.
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AI Begins to Understand the 3D World
Artificial intelligence researchers are constructing systems that can visualize the three-dimensional world and take action.
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Meet the World's First Completely Soft Robot
Harvard University researchers have created the first self-contained soft robot.
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Security Experts Warn Congress That the Internet of Things Could Kill People
A growing mass of poorly secured devices on the Internet of things represents a serious risk to life and property, and the government must intervene to mitigate...
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China Turns Big Data Into Big Brother
It was a drab, chill day in November, and the clocks were striking thirteen.
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China's Driverless Trucks Are Revving Their Engines
China is gearing up to overhaul its road delivery with fleets of self-driving long-haul trucks.
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Can Crispr Save Ben Dupree?
At 24, Benjamin Dupree has outlived many people with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
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Japanese Robotics Giant Gives Its Arms Some Brains
The big, dumb, monotonous industrial robots found in many factories could soon be quite a bit smarter, thanks to the introduction of machine-learning skills that...
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Google Builds a Robotic Hive-Mind Kindergarten
How many robots does it take to open a door?
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Google's New Service Translates Languages Almost as Well as Humans Can
Google's latest advance in machine learning could make the world a little smaller.
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Humans Do Dumb Things with Smart Cities
New York City wants to make Wi-Fi available to anyone who walks its streets. But Gotham is finding out the hard way that free and open Internet access is ripe for...
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