Deep learning algorithm matches dermatologists at recognizing skin cancer
Researchers at Stanford University have developed an AI that can recognize skin cancer as well as the professionals.
Slacker hacker: Programmer uses AI to disguise his screen when his boss nears
A procrastinating programmer created a deep learning face-recognition program that can hide your screen when your boss walks by.
Microsoft buys Maluuba’s AI technology to improve its reading comprehension
Microsoft has purchased AI startup Maluuba to help its systems get better at reading and comprehending written text.
‘Morphing wing’ drone capable of landing just like a bird
Researchers at the U.K.’s University of Bristol and BMT Defence Services have trained a drone to fly and land just like a bird.
Pinterest is now using artificial intelligence to help you discover more pins
Pinterest is overhauling its related pins feature using artificial intelligence in a bid to make its recommendations more relevant.
Neural network can create high-res images based on a text description
In a new piece of research, neural networks have been used to generate high-resolution photos based only on a basic text description.
AI system listens to your engine and tells you if you’re running into problems
An innovative AI startup from Israel is using deep-learning AI technology to listen to machinery and predict whether it's about to go wrong.
Catdiology? Cat pictures are helping AI get better at recognizing X-rays
What happens when you don't have enough medical images to train an AI to recognize X-rays? Plug the gaps with photos of cats and other everyday pictures.
AMD flashes a mug-sized, cube-shaped device packing four 'Vega' graphics chips
During the AMD Tech Summit 2016 convention, the company showcased a mug-sized, cube-shaped device packing four "Vega" graphics chips used for deep learning.
AMD unveils Radeon Instinct, a powerful GPU designed for machine learning
The Radeon Instinct is designed for high-performance machine learning, using a brand new open-source library for GPU accelerators called MIOpen.
IBM and Nvidia make deep learning easy for AI service creators with a new bundle
IBM and Nvidia have teamed up to provide a hardware/software bundle for companies to easily jump on the deep learning bandwagon and create AI services.
Who needs a nose? This crazy new algorithm can predict smell just by analyzing molecular structures
Can you guess a molecule’s smell by studying its structure? An algorithm can, based on the results of a project using cutting-edge machine-learning tech.
MIT researchers are working to create neural networks that are no longer black boxes
Researchers at MIT are working to show that it is possible to train a neural network in such a way that it rationalizes its decisions.
Make America tweet again! Trump twitterbot is running for president
Donald Trump’s newest presidential challenger is a twitterbot that sounds a lot like the man himself.
Yahoo is open sourcing its deep learning model to identify pornography
Looking to keep content that is not safe for work (NSFW) off your work screen? Artificial intelligence from Yahoo may be able to help you do that.
Could holograms help bring the end of malaria? Experts build new tool
The researchers fed data on thousands of cells into the deep learning program, which determined which parameters would most likely signal an infection.
Some of the finest minds in AI descend upon London’s deep learning summit
After years as a relative outcast, deep learning has become the most successful and popular machine learning method around.
Tomorrow's medications could be invented by a deep learning supercomputer
A U.K.-based AI company is using the world’s most advanced deep learning supercomputer to help improve old drugs and invent entirely new ones.
Hiding a person by pixelating their face? Computer system says don't bother
A deep-learning system can correctly guess the identity of people whose faces have been redacted from photos or video with 83 percent accuracy.
Nvidia’s new Tesla cards meet the needs of the growing capacities of AI services
During GTC Beijing 2016, Nvidia introduced two new Tesla cards for deep neural network inferencing production workloads carried out by AI-based services.
Facebook opens up its image-recognition AI software to everyone
Facebook is opening-sourcing its AI image recognition software, which can detect and label objects in photos, and its related research papers.
Smartphone speech recognition can text 3 times faster than you can type
In a challenge pitting human texters against a cutting-edge speech recognition algorithm, the computer proved three times faster than humans typing.
The best way to teach AI to communicate politely? Introduce it to Reddit, of course
Researchers at the Elon Musk-backed research group OpenAI want to teach an AI to hold a polite conversation by feeding it message threads from Reddit.
Neural network algorithm turns video into Prisma-style animated paintings
Tired of waiting for official video support from Prisma? Take this neural network code for a spin and turn your video into a living work of art.
Incredible AI app can ‘repaint’ photos to look like it was composed by famous artists
Prisma, a Russian-made photo app, allows users to customize their images by feeding photos through an AI that "repaints" them in the style of great artists.
A neural network tried to write a 9th Harry Potter book, with hilarious results
A deep learning neural network was given the first four Harry Potter novels and asked to write a new story. Here's what happened.
Forget keywords — this new system lets you search with rudimentary sketches
Researchers develop deep learning system which can recognize your sketches, and use them to search for products for you.
Smart billboards will identify car models and target ads to drivers
A new system being developed in Japan identifies vehicles by make and model and displays highly targeted ads for about five seconds.
Synthia is a massive virtual city where autonomous vehicles can safely learn how to drive
Barcelona’s Computer Vision Center has created a virtual city simulation, filled with erratic cyclists and crazy weather conditions, for training automotive vehicle AIs.
With help from this AI assistant, doctors can diagnose breast cancer with near perfect accuracy
The researchers trained their system on 300 slides of lymph node biopsies. The result was an AI that could detect breast cancer with 92 percent accuracy.
MIT scientists built a neural network that can pass the ‘Audio Turing Test’
A group of researchers have created an algorithm for predicting the sound an object makes.
Facebook's text understanding engine is reading thousands of posts every second
Facebook has detailed a new system that can read and understand thousands of social media posts every second.
Scientists develop program that matches doodles with photographs
Scientists have started work on a computer program that will be able to take a doodle or sketch of an image and find a matching photograph.
Fathom Neural Compute Stick makes deep learning possible for $100
Movidius has unveiled the first discrete deep learning accelerator, the Fathom Neural Compute Stick.