Using machine learning to estimate COVID-19's seasonal cycle
One of the many unanswered scientific questions about COVID-19 is whether it is seasonal like the flu—waning in warm summer months then resurging in the fall and winter. Now scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) are launching a project to apply machine-learning methods to a plethora of health and environmental datasets, combined with high-resolution climate models and seasonal forecasts, to tease out the answer.
Navenio raises $11 million to bring indoor mapping and localization to hospitals
Navenio, an AI-powered platform designed to map buildings and help locate people where GPS is ineffective, has raised $11 million.
A deep-learning-enhanced e-skin that can decode complex human motions
Researchers at Seoul National University and Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) have recently developed a sensor that can act as an electronic skin and integrated it with a deep neural network. This deep learning-enhanced e-skin system, presented in a paper published in Nature Communications, can capture human dynamic motions, such as rapid finger movements, from a distance.
Directly raises $11 million more to build virtual customer service agents
AI customer service provider Directly secured an $11 million extension to its previous strategic funding round, bringing its total to over $66 million.
Enabling highways and bridges to prevent their own damage
Roads always seem to need repairs. Luna Lu is giving concrete the ability to "talk" and even heal itself.
Google pledges not to build more custom AI for fossil fuel extraction
Google says it won't create new custom AI for fossil fuel extraction, unlike its cloud computing rivals Microsoft and Amazon
How AI and remote collaboration tools could help the construction industry get back to work
Builders, electricians, and plumbers can't work over Zoom, but digital technology could play a big part in getting the construction industry back to work.
Microsoft partners with OpenAI to build Azure supercomputer
Microsoft has partnered with OpenAI to build an Azure-hosted supercomputer for testing large-scale models.
This Lab ‘Cooks’ With AI to Make New Materials
A Toronto lab recycles carbon dioxide into more useful chemicals, using materials it discovered with artificial intelligence and supercomputers.
This AI Maestro Wants to Serenade You
A composer and the co-creator of Siri are trying to create background music that responds to the listener's feelings.
By 'reading' books and news articles, machines can be taught 'right' from 'wrong'
Is it OK to kill time? Machines used to find this question difficult to answer, but a new study reveals that Artificial Intelligence can be programmed to judge 'right' from 'wrong'.
Machine-learning tool could help develop tougher materials
Engineers develop a rapid screening system to test fracture resistance in billions of potential materials.
Next generation of soft robots inspired by a children's toy
Buckling, the sudden loss of structural stability, is usually the stuff of engineering nightmares. But, as anyone who has ever played with a toy popper knows, buckling also releases a lot of energy. When the structure of a popper buckles, the energy released by the instability sends the toy flying through the air.
New AI from DeepMind and Google can detect a common cause of blindness
DeepMind and Google Health have developed an AI that can predict who'll get one of the world's most common causes of blindness.
Nvidia researchers propose technique to transfer AI trained in simulation to the real world
In a research paper, Nvidia scientists propose a new technique to transfer machine learning algorithms trained in simulation to the real world.
Facebook details the AI behind its shopping experiences
In a series of blog posts, Facebook detailed the various AI and machine learning systems behind its ecommerce systems, including Marketplace.
Facebook’s new AI tool will automatically identify items you put up for sale
Facebook wants to combine AI with shopping in a big way. The first step forward is a new product recognition tool called GrokNet, built into Facebook Marketplace. In the future, the company says it wants to make every image on the site "shoppable, whenever the experience feels right.
IBM sees AI benefits in phase-change memory
In a development that holds promise of more sophisticated programming of mobile devices, drones and robots that rely on artificial intelligence, IBM researchers say they have devised a programming approach that achieves greater accuracy and reduced energy consumption.