Artificial Intelligence Can Help Doctors Manage COVID-19
Artificial intelligence (AI) technology developed by researchers at the University of Waterloo is capable of assessing the severity of COVID-19 cases with a promising degree of accuracy. A study, which is part of the COVID-Net open-source initiative
Australia Post will take 'some time' to adapt to delivering more parcels from online shopping
Australia's postal service is delivering around 1 million less letters daily when compared to pre-COVID.
A helping hand for working robots
Researchers have developed and tested a new type of human-like mechanical hand that combines the benefits of existing robot hands while eliminating their weaknesses.
Nvidia, NERSC claim Perlmutter is world’s fastest AI supercomputer
Nvidia and the NERSC lab turn on Perlmutter, a supercomputer with its sights set on groundbreaking high-performance AI workload processing.
Amazon AWS launches Redshift ML to let developers train models with SQL
Amazon Redshift ML, which is now generally available, lets customers train machine learning models using SQL.
Applied AI takes the spotlight at Build 2021
Microsoft's growing push into higher-level services for applied AI and business scenarios was front and center at its Build event this week.
Deepfake pornography could become an 'epidemic', expert warns
A leading legal expert says new technology makes it much easier to abuse and harass women with fake porn videos.
How AI and machine learning help fight the COVID-19 battle
Artificial intelligence and machine learning have become life-saving agents in combating Covid thanks to their innumerable applications.
Best robot vacuum 2021: Roomba isn't your only option
The year's best robot vacuums -- single and multi-function.
Researchers create robot that smiles back
While our facial expressions play a huge role in building trust, most robots still sport the blank and static visage of a professional poker player. With the increasing use of robots in locations where robots and humans need to work closely together, from nursing homes to warehouses and factories, the need for a more responsive, facially realistic robot is growing more urgent.
Amazon launches ECS Anywhere in general availability
Amazon's new ECS Anywhere service allows customers to deploy native Amazon ECS tasks in any computing environment.
Shareholder activists demand reforms from Amazon, Google, and Facebook
Investors and activists are presenting Alphabet, Amazon, Facebook, and Twitter with a list of shareholder resolutions this week.
US Energy Department launches the Perlmutter AI supercomputer
The next-generation supercomputer that will deliver nearly four exaflops of AI performance.
BlueOcean unveils sentiment analytics API for tracking brands
BlueOcean plans to release an API that lets third-party applications consume brand sentiment analytics data.
Demis Hassabis: the deep mind Dominic Cummings turned to as the pandemic hit
The AI researcher and co-founder of Google’s DeepMind was one of many who pressed for an hard lockdown in March 2020
Databricks unifies data science and engineering with a federated data mesh
Databricks unveils tools and platforms to unify data science and engineering practices and accelerate development of AI models.
Baidu debuts updated AI framework and R&D initiative
At its Wave Summit deep learning conference, Baidu announced updates to its PaddlePaddle machine learning framework and more.
Singapore sends out drones to watch over reservoirs
Drones programmed to monitor water quality and activities initially will be deployed over two reservoirs, before another four are added to the roster later this year, and will slash 5,000 man-hours from the current 7,200 man-hours spent a year on these tasks.