Which way to the fridge? Common sense helps robots navigate
A robot travelling from point A to point B is more efficient if it understands that point A is the living room couch and point B is a refrigerator, even if it's in an unfamiliar place. That's the common sense idea behind a "semantic" navigation system developed by Carnegie Mellon University and Facebook AI Research (FAIR).
Australian government fronts up $19 million for digital health tech development
Elsewhere, RMIT Online and the Digital Health Cooperative Research Centre have announced a suite of digital health short courses.
Tackling the misinformation epidemic with “In Event of Moon Disaster”
New website from the MIT Center for Advanced Virtuality rewrites an important moment in history to educate the public on the dangers of deepfakes.
Which way to the fridge? Common sense helps robots navigate
A robot travelling from point A to point B is more efficient if it understands that point A is the living room couch and point B is a refrigerator. That's the common sense idea behind a 'semantic' navigation system.
Powerful human-like hands create safer human-robotics interactions
A team of engineers designed and developed a novel humanoid hand that may be able to help human-robotic interactions.
Increasing endogenous activity of NMDARs on GABAergic neurons increases inhibition, alters sensory processing and prevents noise-induced tinnitus
There is a need to consider how AI developers can be practically assisted in identifying and addressing ethical issues. In this Comment, a group of AI engineers, ethicists and social scientists suggest embedding ethicists into the development team as one way of improving the consideration of ethical issues during AI development.
Google Maps and AI: getting you where you want to go - quicker than ever before
Google’s use of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning has expanded the capabilities of Google Maps beyond what was initially conceivable. Read on to find out how….
Robotics and AI - Changing Healthcare For Good.
Read on to discover the various ways in which artificial intelligene intends to leave a formidable effect on healthcare - from reducing risks in healthcare to giving doctors valuable AI-enabled tools - and to finally equip medicine with the technological standards that reflect our digital world.
How YouTube’s bias algorithm hurts those looking for information on health
YouTube hosts millions of videos related to health care. The Health Information National Trends Survey reports that 75% of Americans go to the internet first when looking for information about health or medical topics. YouTube is one of the most popu
AI Predicts The Future
According to a recent report by the World Economic Forum, this trend is set to intensify, with the AI industry estimated to reach £118 billion by 2025…
How Covid-19 exposed algorithmic faults
One of the major impacts that Covid-19 has in our society was definitely the stock market. It may seem unchanging or consistent nowadays, but back in March, the true and horrible brunt of the virus was felt. The month of March 2020 was apparently the
In World of Warcraft: Shadowlands, new game tech and old code are at war
Feature Game director Ion Hazzikostas faces a rough challenge for this fall’s World of Warcraft: Shadowlands expansion. Blizzard Entertainment must make a (sometimes poorly) aging game feel relevant and new again — while still remaining true to what people love.
Even the Best AI Models Are No Match for the Coronavirus
Many so-called “quantitative funds” that mine historical data to make trading decisions fared poorly in March, when stocks fell sharply amid coronavirus fears.
How to deploy RPA responsibly in the COVID-19 era
Automation can be a game-changer during this critical time of accelerated digital transformation, but it's not the answer for everything.
Work-at-home AI surveillance is a move in the wrong direction
We are already justifiably worried about being watched while out in public. Now we're increasingly being observed in our homes, too.
AI needs systemic solutions to systemic bias, injustice, and inequality
In a panel at VentureBeat's AI-focused Transform 2020 event, experts unpacked how to achieve diversity, equity, and inclusion within AI companies and tech.
Weird AI illustrates why algorithms still need people
These days, it can be very hard to determine where to draw the boundaries around artificial intelligence. What it can and can’t do is often not very clear, as well as where it’s future is headed. In fact, there’s also a lot of confusion surrounding what AI really is.