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Robot Truckers Could Replace 500K U.S. Jobs
Autonomous driving engineers are developing driverless trucks for long-haul freight that runs along simple interstate routes.
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Leveraging AI to Work with Cells
Researchers developed a new version of their Nanofountain Probe Electroporation tool to execute cell engineering tasks using artificial intelligence.
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The FTC's New Enforcement Weapon Spells Death for Algorithms
It may have found a new standard for penalizing tech companies that violate privacy and use deceptive data practices: algorithmic destruction.
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Russia's Killer Drone in Ukraine Raises Fears About AI in Warfare
The maker of the lethal drone claims that it can identify targets using artificial intelligence.
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Helping A.I. to Learn About Indigenous Cultures
Data on Native communities are not at the levels needed for accuracy in A.I.-driven tools. A group is trying to solve that problem.
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Can AI Learn to Forget?
Specialized techniques may make it possible to induce selective 'amnesia' in machine learning models.
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Still Waiting for Self-Driving Cars
Why is it taking so long for autonomous vehicles to hit the road?
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Announcing the 2022 AI Index Report
The AI Index tracks, collates, distills, and visualizes data relating to artificial intelligence.
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See 'Spot' Save: Robot Dogs Join NY Fire Department
Plans to use two new robot dogs only in precarious search and rescue missions may help avoid the controversy that met the Police Department's robots last year. ...
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AI Predicts Algae Potential as Alternative Energy Source
Scientists at Texas A&M AgriLife Research and the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory used artificial intelligence to surpass a targeted...
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WARNING: Objects in Driverless Car Sensors May Be Closer Than They Appear
Researchers have identified an attack strategy that can trick industry-standard autonomous vehicle sensors into believing nearby objects are closer or further than...
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'No-Code' Brings the Power of AI to the Masses
Products allow anyone to use AI without writing any computer code.
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Here Come the Artificial Intelligence Nutritionists
Companies are experimenting with personalized diet apps, saying the future of healthy eating is A.I.
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AI Can Help Historians Restore Ancient Texts
DeepMind AI tool helps historians restore ancient Greek texts with 72% accuracy with human help
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Robots with Realistic Pain Expressions Can Reduce Examination Error, Bias
A new technique for generating more realistic facial expressions of pain on robotic patients could also help correct signs of bias among medical students.
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How Wrongful Arrests Based on AI Derailed 3 Men's Lives
Robert Williams, Michael Oliver, and Nijeer Parks were misidentified by facial recognition software. The impact cast a long shadow.
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Can AI Help Casinos Cut Down on Problem Gambling?
Researchers are looking to artificial intelligence as a way to potentially identify and predict problem gambling.
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Deep Learning Is Hitting a Wall
What would it take for artificial intelligence to make real progress?
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The Hidden Role of Facial Recognition Tech in Many Arrests
The technology is spreading fast among police, and often wrong. But people charged with crimes are rarely told an algorithm came into play.
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