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Fighting Impersonation by AI
Finding ways to determine whether a voice message is real or generated by an artificial intelligence.
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How the Secrets of Ancient Cuneiform Texts Are Being Revealed by AI
Artificial intelligence is being used to read and translate cuneiform, helping to recreate ancient libraries by piecing together fragmented tablets and predicting...
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How Russia Took Over Ukraine's Internet in Occupied Territories
Internet routing data for a service provider in Kherson shows traffic beginning to flow through Russian networks in May before fully transitioning by early June...
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Where Are The Autonomous Cars?
L5 vehicles need at least 10 more years of development.
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Using AI to Control Digital Manufacturing
An international team of researchers taught a machine learning system with computer vision to monitor and control three-dimensional printing in real time.
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NASA Space Robotics Dive into Deep-Sea Work
Former NASA roboticists who helped developed the Robonaut 2 astronaut assistant robot are part of a research team that has developed a deep-sea robot.
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College in the Metaverse Is Here. Is Higher Ed Ready?
This fall, students at 10 U.S. universities will attend metaversities, virtual reality (VR) platforms where educators and students wear VR headsets and interact...
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Zooming In to Get the Full Picture
Scientists have built the most comprehensive single-cell map of embryo development in any animal to date, using the fruit fly as its model.
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Japan Once Led the World in Microchips. Now, It's Racing to Catch Up
As it reckons with supply chain vulnerabilities, the country is spending billions to revitalize domestic production and seeking to form a coalition with "like-minded"...
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A.I. Is Not Sentient. Why Do People Say It Is?
Robots can't think or feel, despite what the researchers who build them want to believe.
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India Withdraws a Proposed Law on Data Protection
A number of lawyers and experts say measures to safeguard citizens online are badly needed, but the bill was criticized by both privacy advocates and tech companies...
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New Technique Brings Quantum Computers Closer to Their Promise
The work was notable because Quantinuum's error correction technology keeps logical qubits stable longer than conventional qubits.
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Extreme Security for Users Targeted by Cyberattack
Apple's Lockdown Mode provides serious security to individuals personally targeted by sophisticated attackers.
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AI Can Diagnose Dementia As Accurately as Experts
The results of recent research have broad implications for dementia treatment.
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Datacenters Are Facing Climate Crisis
With studies predicting more extreme weather in the coming years, datacenters need to be prepared.
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Team Generates First Global Map of Cargo Ship Pollution, Revealing Effects of Fuel Regulations
A new algorithm automates the process of tracking cargo ships via satellite data.
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Flexible Robot Hand with Precise Grip Lifts 1,000 Times Its Own Weight
Researchers have developed artificial muscles using a three-dimensional printer and tiny actuators that convert energy into movement.
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Congress Is Giving Billions to the Chip Industry. Strings Are Attached
Industrial policy is back in Washington, as a vast semiconductor and science bill gives the government new sway over a strategic industry.
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Conjoined Twins Separated with the Help of VR
Virtual reality (VR) technology was instrumental in the surgery that successfully separated Brazilian twins who were joined at the head.
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The CHIPS Act and Industrial Policy, Explained
Is America giving up on the free market?
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