Smart labels and allergy sensors – how to make sure the future of food is ethical
Researchers are looking into the potential technological threats to data safety and privacy from the smart supermarkets of the future.
The ethics of digital technology in the food sector
Imagine a world in which smart packaging for supermarket-ready meals updates you in real-time to tell you about carbon footprints, gives live warnings on product recalls and instant safety alerts because allergens were detected unexpectedly in the factory.
BT uses epidemiological modelling for new cyberattack-fighting AI
BT is deploying an AI trained on epidemiological modelling to fight the increasing risk of cyberattacks.
An Artist Who Disavows the Possibility of Individual Agency
According to Agnieszka Kurant, everything we make — from the systems that oppress us to the inventions that transform us — is the result of a collective.
A neural network-based optimization technique inspired by the principle of annealing
Optimization problems involve the identification of the best possible solution among several possibilities. These problems can be encountered in real-world settings, as well as in most scientific research fields.
AI algorithm provides better way to build nanoporous materials
Nanoporous materials might someday solve some of society's biggest challenges, from absorbing carbon dioxide or methane from air to storing hydrogen gas for fuel to sensing toxic compounds in the air.
Unsupervised AI arrives for quality inspection
The quality inspection revolution begins with some wildly independent AI.
Algorithms mimic the process of biological evolution to learn efficiently
Uncovering the mechanisms of learning via synaptic plasticity is a critical step towards understanding how our brains function and building truly intelligent, adaptive machines. Researchers from the University of Bern propose a new approach in which algorithms mimic biological evolution and learn efficiently through creative evolution.
This Company Tapped AI for Its Website—and Landed in Court
Under pressure to make their sites accessible to visually impaired users, firms turn to software. But advocates say the tech isn't always up to the task.
Algorithmic tracking is ‘damaging mental health’ of UK workers
Report by MPs and peers says monitoring worker performance using AI should be regulated by law
Artificial intelligence learns to talk back
Conversational AI plays a role in boosting both customer and employee experience.
Opendoor shares surge 21% on Q3 revenue, EPS beat, higher forecast
Opendoor said that its inventory of homes rose by 130% from the prior quarter, to 17,164 homes, totaling $6.3 billion in value.
Scientists create artificial neural networks that detect symmetry and patterns
A research team at Lehigh University, funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation, developed and effectively taught an artificial neural network to sense symmetry and structural similarities in materials and to create similarity projections. The researchers published their findings in the journal npj Computational Materials.
AI chip startups Cerebras nabs $250 million Series F round at over $4 billion valuation
New money follows Cerebras's expansion from a single system to a portfolio of products and cloud partnerships.
IBM enhances Watson Discovery’s natural language processing capabilities
IBM has announced enhancements to the natural language processing (NLP) capabilities of Watson Discovery.
AI shop assistants: get ready for a world where you can't tell humans and chatbots apart
You may not have heard of conversational commerce, but it’s quietly appearing in more and more places.
Workers obsolete as robots do the dirty work
Market forces and technology convergence are setting the stage for a robot takeover.
Google and AWS harness the power of machine learning to predict floods and fires
Can machine learning from tech giants help the world respond better to environmental disasters like sudden floods and bushfires?