Machine intelligence builds soft machines
Soft machines—a subcategory of robotics that uses deformable materials instead of rigid links—are an emerging technology commonly used in wearable robotics and biomimetics (e.g., prosthetic limbs). Soft robots offer remarkable flexibility, outstanding adaptability, and evenly distributed force, providing safer human-machine interactions than conventional hard and stiff robots.
Where did that sound come from? Computer model can answer that question as well as the human brain can
The human brain is finely tuned not only to recognize particular sounds, but also to determine which direction they came from. By comparing differences in sounds that reach the right and left ear, the brain can estimate the location of a barking dog, wailing fire engine, or approaching car.
OpenAI rolls out new text-generating models that it claims are less toxic
OpenAI claims to have created language models that are less toxic using a technique known as reinforcement learning.
A four-megabit nvCIM macro for edge AI devices
Edge AI devices, systems that combine artificial intelligence (AI) and edge computing techniques, are becoming an essential part of the rapidly growing Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem. These devices include smart speakers, smart phones, robots, self-driven cars, drones and data-processing surveillance cameras.
SuperOps.ai, a next-gen MSP platform for IT services, raises $14M
SuperOps.ai operates at the intersection between professional services automation and remote monitoring management.
Vanti Analytics secures $16M to assist manufacturers in deploying AI models
Vanti Analytics, a startup developing an AI model management platform for manufacturers , has raised $16 million in venture capital.
Nvidia to arm Indonesian university students with AI skillsets
Chipmaker signs agreement with Indonesia's Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology to develop curriculum and train 20,000 local university students in artificial intelligence.
Intel beats Q4 expectations as datacenter sales grow
Intel reported that its fourth-quarter revenues and profits were above expectations, but the stock slipped slightly in after-hours trading.
Physical systems perform machine-learning computations
You may not be able to teach an old dog new tricks, but Cornell researchers have found a way to train physical systems, ranging from computer speakers and lasers to simple electronic circuits, to perform machine-learning computations, such as identifying handwritten numbers and spoken vowel sounds.
Epic Games’ Kim Libreri on how real the metaverse can look
Kim Libreri, the chief technology officer of Epic Games, talks with Dean Takahashi about how real the metaverse will really look.
Instagram teaches AI to recognize rooms
It is not hard for humans to recognize an indoor environment, but teaching an artificial intelligence (AI) system to distinguish an office from a library is. AI systems are usually trained to use images only, and recognizing a space just by looking at objects can easily go wrong.
ARK Invest's Big Ideas 2022: The 14 transformative technologies to watch this year
ARK Invest's Big Ideas 2022 annual research report identifies five innovation platforms that are evolving and converging and 14 transformative technologies that are approaching tipping points as costs drop.
In picking up trash, robots pick up new approaches to work
In Jimmy Wu's apartment, a scrum of mini robots bump, swerve, and zip chaotically across a tabletop. It looks like an aggressive bumper car rally, but within a few minutes, order emerges.
Technique improves AI's ability to understand 3D space using 2D images
Researchers have developed a new technique, called MonoCon, that improves the ability of artificial intelligence (AI) programs to identify three-dimensional (3D) objects, and how those objects relate to each other in space, using two-dimensional (2D) images.
Machine-learning model shows diamond melting at high pressure
A Sandia National Laboratories supercomputer simulation model called SNAP that rapidly predicts the behavior of billions of interacting atoms has captured the melting of diamond when compressed by extreme pressures and temperatures. At several million atmospheres, the rigid carbon lattice of the hardest known substance on Earth is shown in SNAP (Spectral Neighbor Analysis Potential) simulations to crack, melt into amorphous carbon and then recrystallize.
The industrial metaverse: Where simulation and reality meet
The industrial metaverse can transform the way every physical asset --buildings, planes, cars, etc. -- is created, built, and operated.
Anch.ai nabs $2.1M to accelerate ethical AI governance
Sweden-based Anch.ai today announced it has raised $2.1 million seed funding to further develop its ethical AI governance platform.
Vecna Robotics raises new capital as the warehouse automation industry grows
Vecna Robotics, which is developing automation technologies for warehouse customers, has raised $65 million in a new funding round.