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Europe takes another step towards copyright pre-filters for user generated…
In a key vote this morning the European Parliament’s legal affairs committee has backed the two most controversial elements of a digital copyright reform…
How drones and automated rovers monitor critical infrastructure | Tech News
TechRepublic's Dan Patterson…
How Bing uses AI to search what you see in your smartphone camera | Tech…
The Bing mobile application…
Are we in a simulation? | Tech News
A popular argument for the simulation hypothesis came from University of Oxford philosopher Nick Bostrom in 2003, when he suggested that members of an advanced…
Artificial Intelligence in Formula 1 Strategy – Tech News1/2 | Tech News
Pit-Stop TimingFirst of all teams could use AI, more specifically machine learning/deep learning to get better predictions of when best to stop the car to…
An algorithm for your blind spot | Tech News
Light lets us see the things that surround us, but what if we could also use it to see things hidden around corners?
It sounds like science fiction, but that’s…
Crowdsourcing big-data analysis | Tech News
In the analysis of big data sets, the first step is usually the identification of “features” — data points with particular predictive power or analytic utility.…
Sony Reboots Aibo | Tech News
The rumors had it right: Sony is rebooting its robot dog, Aibo, announcing a new four-legged companion AI-powered bot incoming with the same brand name but more…
Capsule Networks | Tech News
Late last week, Hinton released two research papers that he says prove out an idea he’s been mulling for almost 40 years. “It’s made a lot of intuitive sense to…
Artificial Intelligence is the Next Space Race | Tech News
Nearly 60 years ago, then-Senate Majority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson seized his colleagues with a stark Cold War warning: Whoever wins the space race, he…
Reading a neural network’s mind | Tech News
Neural networks, which learn to perform computational tasks by analyzing huge sets of training data, have been responsible for the most impressive recent…
Four from MIT named 2017 Association for Computing Machinery Fellows | Tech…
Today four MIT faculty were named among the Association for Computing Machinery's 2017 Fellows for making “landmark contributions to computing.”
Honorees…
Computer systems predict objects’ responses to physical forces | Tech News
Josh Tenenbaum, a professor of brain and cognitive sciences at MIT, directs research on the development of intelligence at the Center for Brains, Minds, and…
Brilliant: AI Wasting Time of Scammers | Tech News
$12 billion is lost globally to phishing scams every year.Re:scam is an email bot, powered by AI, made to reply to scam emails. Re:scam wastes scammers time…
Microsoft is Expanding into Cancer Research and Treatment | Tech News
Earlier this year, Microsoft launched Healthcare NExT, a new initiative that aims to bring together artificial intelligence, health research, and the expertise…
Women in AI | Tech News
Way back in 1992, NASA administrator Daniel Goldin described the organization as "pale, male and stale", a derisive commentary on the lack of race, gender and…
Institute launches the MIT Intelligence Quest | Tech News
MIT today announced the launch of the MIT Intelligence Quest, an initiative to discover the foundations of human intelligence and drive the development of…
Nightmare Machine | Tech News
Don't throw away your Stephen King collection just yet. But the Master of the Macabre might want to keep an eye out behind him, because scientists have just…
Automating materials design | Tech News
For decades, materials scientists have taken inspiration from the natural world. They’ll identify a biological material that has some desirable trait — such as…
How Small Businesses Can Benefit from AI Now | Tech News
Artificial intelligence and machine learning are often associated with tech giants like Google and Amazon that have created the most popular machine learning…
Programming drones to fly in the face of uncertainty | Tech News
Companies like Amazon have big ideas for drones that can deliver packages right to your door. But even putting aside the policy issues, programming drones to…
x.ai can now check coworker availability | Tech News
If you’re using our AI scheduling assistants Amy + Andrew in your workplace, but your coworkers aren’t, there’s a new way to help everyone schedule faster—sign…
2030 Cyborg Uprising? | Tech News
We often hear about the eventual robot uprising, especially when it comes to the advances being made in artificial intelligence. Bright minds like Tesla…
