Algorithms can sway people when making online dating decisions
Recommendation algorithms seem to have the power to influence people, suggest experiments in which people used them to choose partners to date or fictional politicians to vote for
ACLU joins over 50 groups in calling for Homeland Security to halt use of Clearview AI
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has joined over 50 other rights and advocacy groups in calling for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to halt the use of Clearview AI’s controversial facial recognition system.
Xilinx launches Kria chips to handle AI for edge applications
Xilinx has introduced its Kria programmable chips and boards for holding AI applications at the edge of the network.
A Global Tipping Point for Reining In Tech Has Arrived
Never before have so many countries, including China, moved with such vigor at the same time to limit the power of a single industry.
Newer Planes Are Providing Airlines a Trove of Useful Data
During the pandemic, older aircraft have been retired, resulting in a fleet that can collect more information about emissions and safety.
How Face Recognition Can Destroy Anonymity
Cameras are everywhere, and increasingly powerful software can pick an individual out of a crowd. Except sometimes algorithms get it wrong.
Combining light, superconductors could boost AI capabilities
As artificial intelligence has attracted interest, researchers are focused on understanding how the brain accomplishes cognition so they can construct systems with general intelligence comparable to humans' intelligence. Researchers propose an approach to AI that focuses on integrating photonic components with superconducting electronics; using light for communication and complex electronic circuits for computation could enable artificial cognitive systems of scale and functionality beyond what can be achieved with either light or electronics alone.
Unity accelerates AI training with the release of synthetic datasets
Real-time 3D content creation platform Unity is releasing synthetic datasets with the aim of accelerating AI training.
Harvard Researchers Reveal Next Step in 3D Tracking of Freely Behaving Animals
3D Deep Neural Network Precisely Reconstructs Freely-Behaving Animal’s Movements Animals are constantly moving and behaving in response to instructions from the brain. But while there are advanced techniques for measuring these instructions in terms
NVIDIA Clara: A successful healthcare application framework
When one is in a hospital, they may hear many appreciative remarks, such as “Thank you, Doctor” or “Thank you, Nurse”, & sometimes expressions of gratitude for the technology available. Although there is a substantial amount of appreciation f
Seeing Quadruple: Artificial Intelligence Leads to Discovery That Can Help Solve Cosmological Puzzles
Machine-Learning Methods Lead to Discovery of Rare “Quadruply Imaged Quasars” That Can Help Solve Cosmological Puzzles With the help of machine-learning techniques, a team of astronomers has discovered a dozen quasars that have been warped by a natur
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang interview: From the Grace CPU to engineer’s metaverse
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang spoke with the press during GTC 21 about everything from the Grace AI CPU to the Omniverse.
AI ethicist Kate Darling: ‘Robots can be our partners’
The MIT researcher says that for humans to flourish we must move beyond thinking of robots as potential future competitors
Poppy Gustafsson: the Darktrace tycoon in new cybersecurity era
Gustafsson’s firm, founded when she was 30, is marketed as a digital parallel of a human body fighting illness
State of ModelOps: 90% expect a dedicated budget within 12 months, 80% say risk-management is a key AI barrier
The first annual State of ModelOps report highlights some interesting trends about the real-world adoption of AI in enterprises.
Detecting Unknown Anomalies: Artificial Intelligence for Space
Building a satellite with artificial intelligence onboard that is trained in space: For this project, Professor Hakan Kayal from Würzburg is receiving 2.6 million euros from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy. Suddenly, circu
AI is increasingly being used to identify emotions – here's what's at stake
Emotion recognition technology raises questions about bias, privacy and mass surveillance.
IBM aims to boost AI hardware performance with new Composer tool
IBM’s new AI Hardware Composer tool aims to boost the performance of analog AI hardware.