What do medical students actually need to know about artificial intelligence?
With emerging innovations in artificial intelligence (AI) poised to substantially impact medical practice, interest in training current and future physicians about the technology is growing. Alongside comes the question of what, precisely, should medical students be taught.
AI recreates the painting techniques of famous artists
New AI can recreate the brush strokes used to create a famous painting by looking at the finished image.
Honeywell claims to have world’s highest performing quantum computer according to IBM’s benchmark
Honeywell said JP Morgan Chase and other customers are using its quantum computer in production, which it claims is the most powerful currently in use based on a benchmark established last year by IBM.
NYC passes POST Act, requiring police department to reveal surveillance technologies
New York City Council today passed the POST Act -- a law requiring the NYPD to disclose all surveillance technologies in active use.
Amazon Touts AI for Social Distancing Amid Worker Complaints
Facing criticism over workplace safety, the company is using cameras, sensors, and augmented reality to warn employees when they're too close to one another.
Teaching humanoid robots different locomotion behaviors using human demonstrations
In recent years, many research teams worldwide have been developing and evaluating techniques to enable different locomotion styles in legged robots. One way of training robots to walk like humans or animals is by having them analyze and emulate real-world demonstrations.
Google builds AI agent that learns to generalize to new environments by ignoring distractions
Google researchers propose an AI system that uses the concept of self-attention to generalize to unfamiliar environments.
AI And The Parallel Universe
While the idea sounds like science fiction, many scientists, engineers and professors are seriously considering the simulation hypothesis. Video game designer Riz Virk shows how games have evolved and may evolve in the future to include artificial intelligence and other forms of virtual reality.
Anxious passengers feel self-driving cars not safe amid coronavirus
While some autonomous cars have started testing, others were shifted toward delivery.
YouTube sued for using AI to racially profile content creators
A group of black content creators has sued YouTube for allegedly using AI to censor their videos based “wholly or in part” on race.
GE Healthcare to drive Edison platform from India
Edison enables GE Healthcare and partners to deploy, manage and distribute advanced applications, services and AI algorithms.
AI creates realistic faces from crude sketches
Back in the Sixties, one of the hottest toys in history swept America. It was called Etch-A-Sketch, and its popularity was based on a now-laughably simple feature. It was a handheld small-laptop-sized device that allowed users to create crude images by turning two control knobs that drew horizontal, vertical and diagonal lines composed of aluminum particles sealed in a plastic case.
AI model uses smartphone location data to predict power grid usage
Researchers propose an AI model that incorporates smartphone location data to predict power grid usage during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Virtual demolition
Researchers at Osaka University demonstrated a prototype for real-time augmented reality that can virtually remove both static structures as well as moving objects. This work can be used to visualize future landscapes after urban renovations without interference from passing cars or pedestrians.
Researchers use simulation to teach drones to catch objects
AI2 and University of Washington researchers trained a drone agent to catch objects ranging from a basetball to a loaf of bread in a simulator.
Big Tech Zeros In on the Virus-Testing Market
As businesses grapple with how to safely reopen the workplace, companies like Fitbit and Verily, Google’s sister company, are rushing out new work force health-vetting and tracking tools.
Big Tech Zeros In on the Virus-Testing Market
As businesses grapple with how to safely reopen the workplace, companies like Fitbit and Verily, Google’s sister company, are rushing out new work force health-vetting and tracking tools.
Eskalera creates AI-based Inclusion Index to measure a better workplace
Eskalera is unveiling the Inclusion Index, a new system for organizing a company that encourages and quantifies an inclusive culture.