Communications of the ACM
A Healthy Dose of AI
Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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Music, Science and Healing Intersect in an A.I. Opera
The work-in-progress "Song of the Ambassadors" got a test run at Alice Tully Hall — with Lincoln Center's artistic director lending her brain.
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Software Tools Aim to Aid 3D Content Creation for Metaverse
A set of software tools rolled out by Adobe Inc. aims to facilitate the development three-dimensional digital objects for marketing campaigns, video games, and...
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Singapore, Germany to Mutually Recognize IoT Cybersecurity Labels
Singapore and Germany have agreed to mutually recognize their respective smart computer product cybersecurity rating labels.
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Scientists Using Fitness Trackers, AI to Detect Depression with '80% Accuracy'
Scientists in Singapore are tapping artificial intelligence to detect depression, schizophrenia, and other mental disorders earlier.
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Is AI Becoming Sentient?
Determining AI's sentience, its capacity to experience feelings and sensations, will take some time.
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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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'Deepfakes' of Celebrities Appearing in Ads
Deepfakes of celebrities have started to appear in ads, with and without their consent.
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AI-Powered Material Can Learn Behaviors, Adapt
Mechanical engineers have developed an artificial intelligence-powered material that learns behaviors over time, and can adjust to changing circumstances.
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Applying the Metaverse
Business, entertainment, and fashion companies already are staking their claims in this enhanced virtual world.
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Goalkeeping Robot Dog Tends Net Like a Pro
The Mini Cheetah robotic goalie developed by scientists in the University of California, Berkeley's Hybrid Robotics Lab can save 87.5% of shots taken on goal.
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Deep Learning is Human, Through and Through
At the 9th Heidelberg Laureate Forum, a diverse panel of researchers discussed the applications and implications of deep learning.
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Team Uses Digital Cameras, ML to Predict Neurological Disease
A new machine learning algorithm aims to improve the diagnosis of people with multiple sclerosis and Parkinson's disease.
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Lyft Testing Pay Algorithm to Lure Drivers
Ride-hailing firm Lyft announced it was testing an earnings algorithm so drivers in 18 U.S. cities can view destination and pay details before accepting requests...
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UW Computer Science Professor Wins MacArthur 'Genius Grant'
University of Washington computer science professor Yejin Choi has been awarded a 2022 "genius grant" fellowship by the MacArthur Foundation.
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AI-Enabled Eye Scan Delivers Stroke, Heart Disease Risk Scores
An artificial intelligence-enabled system developed by researchers in the U.K. can scan retinal images to identify individuals at high risk of heart disease and...
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Advanced AI Discovers a Treasure Trove of Gravitational Lenses
Telescope uses machine-learning algorithm to identify a sample of 5,000 candidates of gravitational lenses from tens of millions of galaxy images.
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DeepMind Invents Faster Algorithms to Solve Tough Math Puzzles
Researchers at AI laboratory DeepMind have created an algorithm that can solve tough mathematical calculations with improved computing efficiency.
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Machine Learning Model Predicts Health Conditions of People with MS
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, the University of Pittsburgh, and the University of Washington developed a machine learning model that can predict the...
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Better Understanding of Cellular Metabolism With AI
Scientists at EPFL have developed a deep learning-based computational framework that replicates dynamic metabolism in cells.
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