Google brings its AI-powered SmartReply to YouTube
Google announced SmartReply, its AI-powered technology that recommends replies to comments, is now available on YouTube for creators.
Stanford AI researchers introduce LILAC, reinforcement learning for dynamic environments
Stanford AI Lab (SAIL) researchers created an AI technique called LILAC to allow reinforcement learning algorithms to operate in dynamic environments.
Disney makes face swapping more believable
It may sound contradictory, but deepfakes are becoming more real.
What if Facebook can’t be fixed?
A boycott organized by the Stop Hate For Profit Coalition is pressuring Facebook to embrace 10 reforms. But the real problems are too fundamental to fix.
Deepfake Technology Enters the Documentary World
A film about persecuted gay and lesbian Chechens uses digital manipulation to guard their identities without losing their humanity. The step raises familiar questions about nonfiction movies.
Google is testing Smart Compose on WhatsApp and Telegram
Users of Gboard beta have spotted Smart Compose popping up in Google Messages, Telegram, and WhatsApp.
Pudu Technology raises over $15 million for ‘contact-free’ autonomous delivery robots
Pudu Technology, a Shenzhen-based startup designing robots for hospitals, restaurants, and offices, today announced it raised $15 million.
Voicemod raises $8 million for silly or serious voice filters in games
Voicemod has raised $8 million to expand its business of offering voice filters that people can use to change their voices in video games or virtual worlds.
Salesforce researchers claim new method mitigates AI models’ gender bias
A new paper from researchers at Salesforce proposes a technique for mitigating gender bias in word embeddings from large data sets.
A hyperdimensional computing system that performs all core computations in-memory
Hyperdimensional computing (HDC) is an emerging computing approach inspired by patterns of neural activity in the human brain. This unique type of computing can allow artificial intelligence systems to retain memories and process new information based on data or scenarios it previously encountered.
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.