UK regulator to look at Microsoft takeover bid for AI firm Nuance
Competition and Markets Authority to look at proposed move for Massachusetts-based company
New Deep Learning Model Could Accelerate the Process of Discovering New Medicines
Taking Some of the Guesswork Out of Drug Discovery A deep learning model rapidly predicts the 3D shapes of drug-like molecules, which could accelerate the process of discovering new medicines. In their quest to discover effective new medicines, scien
How organic neuromorphic electronics can think and act
The human brain works differently than a computer - while the brain works with biological cells and electrical impulses, a computer uses silicon-based transistors. Scientists have equipped a toy robot with a smart and adaptive electrical circuit made of soft organic materials, similarly to the biological matter.
Breakthrough Proof Clears Path for Quantum AI – Overcoming Threat of “Barren Plateaus”
Novel theorem demonstrates convolutional neural networks can always be trained on quantum computers, overcoming threat of ‘barren plateaus’ in optimization problems. Convolutional neural networks running on quantum computers have generated significan
New Machine-Learning System Flags Medical Remedies That Might Do More Harm Than Good
The system could help physicians select the least risky treatments in urgent situations, such as treating sepsis. Sepsis claims the lives of nearly 270,000 people in the U.S. each year. The unpredictable medical condition can progress rapidly, leadin
7 ways to make the wider enterprise comfortable with artificial intelligence
The challenge is putting people first in any and all AI projects. AI practitioners provide recommendations for building a people-centric, yet AI-driven culture
New Artificial Intelligence System Enables Machines That See the World More Like Humans Do
A new “common-sense” approach to computer vision enables artificial intelligence that interprets scenes more accurately than other systems do. Computer vision systems sometimes make inferences about a scene that fly in the face of common sense. For e
AI Accurately Predicts Risk of Death in Patients With Suspected or Known Heart Disease
A novel artificial intelligence score provides a more accurate forecast of the likelihood of patients with suspected or known coronary artery disease dying within 10 years than established scores used by health professionals worldwide. The research i
Machine learning speeds up vehicle routing
Waiting for a holiday package to be delivered? There's a tricky math problem that needs to be solved before the delivery truck pulls up to your door, and MIT researchers have a strategy that could speed up the solution.
Opinion | Rethinking U.S. Rules on International Travel
Readers discuss testing requirements and suggest a quarantine. Also: Outdoor dining; universal pre-K; Roe v. Wade; machines and morality; Gil Hodges.
Neural network analyzes gravitational waves in real time
Black holes are one of the greatest mysteries of the universe—for example, a black hole with the mass of our sun has a radius of only 3 kilometers. Black holes in orbit around each other emit gravitational radiation—oscillations of space and time predicted by Albert Einstein in 1916.
AI models microprocessor performance in real-time
Computer engineers at Duke University have developed a new AI method for accurately predicting the power consumption of any type of computer processor more than a trillion times per second while barely using any computational power itself. Dubbed APOLLO, the technique has been validated on real-world, high-performance microprocessors and could help improve the efficiency and inform the development of new microprocessors.
We invited an AI to debate its own ethics – in the Oxford Union
The ethics of AI are constantly debated. But does anyone ask the AI?
We invited an AI to debate its own ethics in the Oxford Union – what it said was startling
The ethics of AI are constantly debated. But does anyone ask the AI?
Sidewalk delivery is heading for a turf war
Robotics developers are making strategic alliances as autonomous delivery takes off.
Singapore-UK digital economy pact to focus on cybersecurity, trade
Singapore and the UK have wrapped up negotiations on a digital economy agreement that encompasses various initiatives that include establishing interoperable systems for digital payments, trusted data flows, digital identities, and cybersecurity.
To See Proteins Change in Quadrillionths of a Second, Use AI
Researchers have long wanted to capture how protein structures contort in response to light. But getting a clear image was impossible—until now.
'Human-like' brain helps robot out of a maze
A maze is a popular device among psychologists to assess the learning capacity of mice or rats. But how about robots? Can they learn to successfully navigate the twists and turns of a labyrinth? Now, researchers have demonstrated they can. Their robot bases its decisions on the very system humans use to think and act: the brain.