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Python-Based Compiler Achieves Performance Speedups
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First, There Were Bug Bounties. Now, Here Come the Bias Bounties
Offering rewards for the identification of bias in algorithms.
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Google Bans Apps With Hidden Data-Harvesting Software
Code placed in consumer-facing apps is tied to U.S. national-security contractors, documents show.
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AI Can Create Computer Inside Itself to Run Another AI, Play Pong
University of Pennsylvania researchers have developed an approach that enables a neural network to run a code like a standard computer.
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Exxon Weighs Taking Gas-to-Bitcoin Pilot to Four Countries
A pilot program launched by Exxon Mobil Corp. involves powering cryptocurrency-mining operations using excess natural gas that otherwise would be burned off from...
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BlackByte Ransomware Bites Critical Infrastructure, the San Francisco 49ers
One ransomware attack struck a professional football team as competitors were preparing for the Super Bowl.
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Waymo to Send Driverless Cars Through San Francisco
Waymo has deployed fully driverless cars onto the streets of San Francisco to provide free rides to its employees.
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'No-Code' Brings the Power of AI to the Masses
A growing number of new products allow anyone to apply artificial intelligence without having to write a line of computer code. Proponents believe the "no-code"...
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How Native Americans Try to Debug AI's Biases
At the recent American Indian Science and Engineering Society, students in a workshop created metadata to train an algorithm to understand an image's cultural significance...
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Smartphone App Calculates Genetic Risk for Heart Attack
Scripps Research uses DNA data from 23andMe to calculate risk for coronary artery disease.
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Computer Simulates Schools of Fishlike Underwater Research Drones
An international team of researchers has created a three-dimensional simulation of small fish swimming that could improve aquatic research robots designed to mimic...
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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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To Catch a Falling Satellite
Researchers lean on NASA Astrobee robots to try to contain and stabilize out-of-control satellites.
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Encryption Meant to Protect Against Quantum Hackers Is Easily Cracked
Ward Beullens at IBM Research Zurich in Switzerland easily cracked a cryptography algorithm touted as one of three contenders for a global standard against quantum...
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Medical, IoT Devices Vulnerable to Attack
Researchers discovered seven vulnerabilities, known collectively as "Access:7," in more than 150 Internet of Things devices made by more than 100 companies.
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How Picking Up Your Smartphone Could Reveal Your Identity
Researchers from Lancaster University and the University of Bath use phone usage time to help identify users
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AI Model Detects Mental Disorders Based on Web Posts
Analyzes emotions, not specific content, in social media posts to generate a user's emotional "fingerprint"
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'Fingerprint' ML Technique Identifies Bacteria in Seconds
Researchers combined surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy and a deep learning model to identify bacteria in seconds with up to 98% accuracy.
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Move Over Candy Bars, New York Vending Machine Now Sells NFT Art
The first in-person non-fungible token vending machine has been installed in New York City by digital art collecting platform Neon.
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Robot Photographer Has Eye for Aesthetics
Cornell University researchers have developed a robotic photography system that can automatically rove an indoor space and shoot aesthetically appealing photos....
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