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AI predicts patient's race from x-ray images with 99% accuracy - is that as good thing?
New research has found that AI analyzing medical scans can identify the race of patients with an astonishing degree of accuracy.
Joseph Shavit
Aug 27, 2021


Do the benefits outweigh the risks for autonomous vehicles?
A panel of experts has assessed the risks and potential benefits associated with deploying autonomous vehicles (AVs) on U.S. roads.
Joshua Shavit
Aug 26, 2021


Block by block: Researchers use Minecraft to advance artificial intelligence
Research to investigate next-generation artificial intelligence (AI) skills and perhaps make Steve, the Minecraft avatar, a little smarter.
Joshua Shavit
Aug 16, 2021


Stanford researchers use artificial intelligence to unlock extreme weather mysteries
Stanford researchers have developed a machine learning tool to identify conditions for extreme precipitation events
Joshua Shavit
Aug 13, 2021


Bipedal robot makes history by learning to run, completing 5K
Cassie the robot has made history by traversing 5 kilometers, completing the route in just over 53 minutes.
Joseph Shavit
Aug 13, 2021


MIT built a search engine to find the future's most important tech innovations
New research using patent data could help inform decision-makers by predicting which technologies are improving the fastest.
Joseph Shavit
Aug 12, 2021


Pentagon Tests AI-Powered Information System With It's Ability to See Days in Advance
The programme makes use of machine learning to scrutinise a vast cache of data and notice tiny movements or changes that a human might miss.
Joseph Shavit
Aug 6, 2021


New app helps relieve back pain
Researchers tested the app using a randomized controlled trial that included 461 patients with back pain from Norway and Denmark
Joshua Shavit
Aug 4, 2021


US AI firm launches Europe's first commercial robotaxi service
The launch opens the door for cities across the EU to adopt this ground-breaking alternative form of transportation.
Joseph Shavit
Aug 2, 2021


New app uses AI to tell you what your cat is feeling
If you’ve ever wondered if your cat is happy, there’s an app for that. Tably is a new app released by pet health company Sylvester.ai.
Joseph Shavit
Jul 29, 2021


Galileo Project revolutionizes search for alien life through Artificial Intelligence
A new open data nonprofit scientific initiative by Avi Loeb will use a network of telescopes, cameras and computers to scan for alien life
Joseph Shavit
Jul 27, 2021


Researchers from UCSD help paralyzed man translate his thoughts to text
Most of us take for granted how easy it is to speak our thoughts and feelings. Now UCSF researchers have news of a major medical milestone
Joseph Shavit
Jul 18, 2021


Welcome to the first ever artificial intelligence that uses human-like 'imagination'
USC researchers are enabling AI to envision the unseen, a technique that could lead to new medicines and increased autonomous vehicle safety
Joseph Shavit
Jul 17, 2021


Smart cane, powered by AI, navigates for the visually impaired
The life of the visually impaired has been improved greatly with the use of the WeWalk smart cane.
Joseph Shavit
Jul 3, 2021


AI app could help diagnose HIV more accurately
Researchers could transform the ability to accurately interpret HIV test results, particularly in low- and middle-income countries
Joseph Shavit
Jun 18, 2021


How AI could alert firefighters of imminent danger
Firefighting is a race against time. Exactly how much time? For firefighters, that part is often unclear.
Joseph Shavit
Jun 1, 2021


Student's physics homework picked up by Amazon quantum researchers
A simple yet elegant change to code studied for more than 20 years could shorten timeline to achieve scalable quantum computation
Joseph Shavit
Apr 13, 2021


Artificial Intelligence could 'crack the language of cancer and Alzheimer's'
Powerful algorithms used by Netflix, Amazon and Facebook can 'predict' the biological language of cancer and neurodegenerative diseases
Joseph Shavit
Apr 8, 2021


AI model shows promise to generate faster, more accurate weather forecasts
Today's weather forecasts come from some of the most powerful computers on Earth. The huge machines churn through millions of calculations..
Joseph Shavit
Dec 15, 2020


Breakthrough optical sensor mimics human eye, a key step toward better AI
Researchers at Oregon State University are making key advances with a new type of optical sensor that more closely mimics the human eye's...
Joseph Shavit
Dec 8, 2020
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