Facebook AI can translate directly between any of 100 languages
Facebook has developed an AI that can translate directly between any pair of 100 languages without having to go through an English translation first, as many existing systems do
Material found in house paint may spur technology revolution
The development of a new method to make non-volatile computer memory may have unlocked a problem that has been holding back machine learning and has the potential to revolutionize technologies like voice recognition, image processing and autonomous driving.
Hey Google ... what movie should I watch today? How AI can affect our decisions
Leading tech companies are increasingly using AI to influence our behaviour. But how persuasive do we find virtual assistants?
Give These Apps Some Notes and They'll Write Emails for You
Entrepreneurs are building tools that create emails or marketing copy using GPT-3, text-generation technology released earlier this year.
AI Weekly: U.S. lawmakers decry the chilling effect of federal surveillance at protests
Members of Congress sent a letter to the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board asking the agency to investigate federal surveillance at protests.
What is an algorithm? How computers know what to do with data
The world of computing is full of buzzwords: AI, supercomputers, machine learning, the cloud, quantum computing and more. One word in particular is used throughout computing—algorithm.
A virtual reality game that integrates tactile experiences using biometric feedback
Over the past few decades, technological advances have enabled the development of increasingly sophisticated, immersive and realistic video games. One of the most noteworthy among these advances is virtual reality (VR), which allows users to experience games or other simulated environments as if they were actually navigating them, via the use of electronic wearable devices.
Designing approximate computation to save energy
If you think about computation, the words correctness, speed and precision probably come to mind. But the researchers of the OPRECOMP project beg to differ. They aim for developing a radically different, more flexible type of calculation called transprecision computing.
Inspection drones buzz this airport (and the FAA is cool with it)
A novel pilot program encourages drones at a busy international airport, albeit under strict scrutiny.
Foursquare’s Marsbot for AirPods offers location-aware audio tips
The location-aware social sharing platform believes the next frontier for AI assistants will be proactively sharing context-specific audio via headphones.
What is an algorithm? How computers know what to do with data
A close look at how you decide what clothes to put on in the morning can help you understand how computers work.
A 10-day race to develop three germ-blasting robots
The pandemic has been a drain in many ways, but it's also spurred a frenzy of development.
Queensland council trialling smart lights to help confused turtle hatchlings
Livingstone Shire Council is using remote dimming in an effort to ensure hatchlings reach the sea, and stay there.
NSW National Parks and Wildlife deploy drones in post-bushfire recovery
Meanwhile, construction firm Hansen Yuncken has been using the technology to improve quality assurance and safety.
Left ventricular remodeling and dysfunction in primary aldosteronism
As the US general election looms, feelings are more than mixed about science policy for biomedical and medical research under US President Donald Trump’s administration.
You can now hum into Google Search and it will find the song
Just one of the artificial intelligence-powered updates to Search that Google has unveiled at SearchOn this week.
Google details how it’s using AI and machine learning to improve search
During a livestreamed event today, Google announced new ways it's applying AI and machine learning to improve the Google Search experience.
Researchers detail LaND, AI that learns from autonomous vehicle disengagements
LaND is a navigation system that learns from disengagements to help delivery robots successfully travel longer distances.