An AI painter that creates portraits based on the traits of human subjects
Over the past decade or so, researchers have been developing increasingly advanced artificial intelligence (AI) systems for a wide range of applications. This includes computational techniques that can interact with humans, analyze large quantities of data, identify the most salient parts of texts and much more.
Spiketrap raises $3 million for AI-based social media intelligence platform
Spiketrap has raised $3 million for its AI platform that helps brands understand how they are engaging with consumers on social media.
TuSimple plans autonomous truck network backed by UPS
TuSimple announced the launch of a nationwide -- and eventually global -- autonomous freight network that might someday transport goods in 48 U.S. states.
China and AI: what the world can learn and what it should be wary of
The world needs to engage seriously with China’s AI development and take a closer look at what’s really going on.
In These Factories, Inspector Robot Will Check Your Work
Artificially intelligent camera systems look for defects and misplaced parts in many industries. The coronavirus pandemic makes them extra useful.
Sex Robots & Vegan Meat by Jenny Kleeman review – the future of food, birth and death?
A pleasingly sceptical investigation into the innovations that could change the way we eat, have sex and die
Jellyfish-inspired soft robots can outswim their natural counterparts
Engineering researchers have developed soft robots inspired by jellyfish that can outswim their real-life counterparts. More practically, the new jellyfish-bots highlight a technique that uses pre-stressed polymers to make soft robots more powerful.
Coordinating complex behaviors between hundreds of robots
Researchers propose a new approach to finding an optimal solution for controlling large numbers of robots collaboratively completing a set of complex linear temporal logic commands called STyLuS*, for large-Scale optimal Temporal Logic Synthesis, that can solve problems massively larger than what current algorithms can handle, with hundreds of robots, tens of thousands of rooms and highly complex tasks, in a small fraction of the time.
ACM calls for governments and businesses to stop using facial recognition
ACM, one of the largest computer science orgs in the world, today called for the halt of facial recognition use by governments and businesses in the U.S.
How AI is Joining the Fight Against Malaria and Sickle Cell Disease
Up to three million people die from malaria and sickle cell disease every year, with the vast majority of cases occurring in developing countries with very poor access to healthcare. Fortunately, a new AI-powered diagnostic device could be the key to catching these diseases before it’s too late.
AWS, Google, and Mozilla back national AI research cloud bill in Congress
Tech giants joined universities and nonprofits and backed a national AI research cloud, something supporters say will help the U.S. innovate and compete.
How COVID-19 is accelerating IoT and the need for distributed data storage
The amount of data being transmitted, received, stored, & analyzed at the edge, or on devices, is exploding; a new strategy for data management is needed.
Montreal AI Ethics Institute suggests ways to counter bias in AI models
In a recent paper, analysts at the Montreal AI Ethics Institute examine key challenges faced by the AI community -- and propose solutions.
Facebook’s MARGE AI summarizes and translates documents without fine-tuning
In a newly published paper, Facebook proposes a system -- MARGE -- that can summarize and translate documents without fine-tuning on data sets.
Where does your organization stand on the AI curve? (Find out with this survey)
Lend your voice: To learn more about where your company stands now, and how the market is evolving in the AI-first era, take the VB AI Survey now.
Waymo to expand autonomous truck testing in the American Southwest
During a briefing with reporters, Waymo executives revealed new details about Waymo Via, Waymo's autonomous trucking service.
Researchers combine reinforcement learning and NLP to escape a Grue monster
Researchers from Georgia Tech and Microsoft combined reinforcement learning and language models to outperform state-of-the-art AI in text adventures games.
Google’s G Suite finalizes Connected Sheets and introduces AI-driven data cleanup tools
Google launched Connected Sheets for G Suite users in general availability, and it previewed new AI-powered features: Smart Fill and Smart Cleanup.