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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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What to Do Now About Tomorrow's Code-Cracking Computers
A future-proof way to encrypt sensitive data is now available. Put it to use.
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Robotized Insects May Search Collapsed Buildings for Survivors
Researchers have developed robotized insects that could be used to search for survivors in collapsed buildings.
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The Cost of Training Machines Is Becoming a Problem
The assumption that the cost of training computers is declining with the doubling of computing power every two years does not always hold true.
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Technology Could Make Hard Border Disappear, but at a Cost
“Hard” borders could potentially become invisible in the next few years, but practical applications could carry high costs and intrusive electronic surveillance...
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Teaching Robots Right From Wrong
Artificial intelligence is outperforming the human sort in a growing range of fields—but how do we make sure it behaves morally?
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Watch What You Say
Mu'tah University researcher Ahmad Hassanat is developing a computerized system that can analyze the shapes human lips make as they produce different sounds.
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Magnetic Tape to the Rescue
Magnetic tape is being revived as a viable storage medium for the vast volume of data generated, which doubles every two years at its current rate.
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Mapping the ncanny Valley
University of North Carolina researcher Kurt Gray and Harvard University researcher Daniel Wegner speculate that experience plays a crucial role in generating the...
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