This A.I.-powered app can spot skin cancer with 95 percent accuracy
SkinVision's skin cancer-detecting app lets users snap a quick photo of a potentially troubling spot and then uses artificial intelligence to determine its risk factor. But how well does it work? According to a recent study, it's more than 95% accurate in its assessments.
The house appraiser of the future is probably an A.I. algorithm
To paraphrase 1984’s The Terminator, the artificial intelligence algorithm developed by residential real estate company HouseCanary will not stop, ever, until your house is properly valued. Here's how it works -- and why it could prove superior to a flesh-and-blood appraiser.
Stuck in ELO hell? HP’s A.I. coach wants to help Omen owners become better gamers
HP has updated its Omen Command Center with an exciting new feature: A.I. coaching that uses machine learning to help make you better at every facet of your game. Combining this with its existing game library collections and system monitoring features, the Command Center is becoming a broad, versatile app.
Don’t speak: This wearable lets you give voice commands without saying a word
Imagine if you had a smart A.I. assistant in your head, capable of silently feeding you external information whenever you required it, without you needing to say a single word? That's exactly what MIT postdoctoral researcher Arnav Kapur has developed. Here's how it works.
IBM’s Wimbledon-watching A.I. is poised to revolutionize sports broadcasts
IBM has developed a smart artificial intelligence with an appreciation for what makes a great tennis match. On display at the recent Wimbledon, it was used to create highlights packages. Here's how IBM developed it -- and why tools like it are the future of sport broadcasting.
What’s that liquid? IBM’s flavor-identifying ‘e-tongue’ will tell you
Computer scientists at IBM Research have developed an A.I.-assisted e-tongue. The sensor-filled portable device promises to identify different liquids based on their taste alone -- whether that's bottled water, raw materials or, err, bodily fluids. Here is how it works.
Animal-A.I. Olympics will test bots against the latest animal intelligence tests
The Animal-A.I. Olympics is a competition open to everyone which aims to test top artificial intelligence agents by putting them through cognition tests designed for animals. Here's what you need to know about it -- including the all-important details about how to enter.
A learning bias found in kids could help make A.I. technology better
Computer science researchers at New York University think that a type of learning bias present in kids could help make A.I. better when it comes to learning tasks like understanding language. Here's what they showed in a recent piece of research -- and why it matters.
Amazon worker’s A.I.-powered cat flap stops his pet from bringing in dead animals
To stop his pet cat Metric bringing dead animals into the house, Amazon employee Ben Hamm rigged up an A.I.-powered cat flap, connected to a smart camera and locking system. Here's how it works -- and how you can go about building your own version if you're so inclined.
As Google keeps racing ahead, where is Apple’s A.I. strategy?
As the Google Assistant continues to grow and improve, Apple’s Siri is lagging behind. While Google prizes artificial intelligence and machine learning, Apple is still focused on hardware. Just what is Apple’s A.I. strategy? Can it catch up, or even close the gap, and why does it matter anyway?
Yakuza director thinks PS5’s evolution will focus on A.I. and machine learning
Toshihiro Nagoshi, the director for the Yakuza series, revealed some new details pertaining to the next entry and the new lead character. He also dropped a few nuggets related to the PS5. One significant take is that Nagoshi thinks the most significant evolution on the next-gen console is A.I., not graphics.
Get ready to waste your day with this creepily accurate text-generating A.I.
Do you remember the text-generating A.I. created by artificial intelligence research lab OpenA.I. that was supposedly too dangerous to release to the public? Well, someone just released a version of it. Check it out -- and get ready to waste your day making it generate text for you.
Groundbreaking A.I. can synthesize speech based on a person’s brain activity
Researchers from the University of California, San Francisco have developed a way to use artificial intelligence to turn brain signals into spoken words. It could one day pave the way for people who cannot speak or otherwise communicate to be able to talk with those around them.
How emotion-tracking A.I. will change computing as we know it
Affectiva is just one of the startups working to create emotion-tracking artificial intelligence that can work out how you're feeling. From gaming to cars to healthcare, here are some of the ways that emotion-tracking tech promises to revolutionize computing as we know it.
Animals, algorithms, and obstacle courses: Welcome to the A.I. Olympics
Scheduled to take place this June, the Animal-A.I. Olympics will test whether the world's top artificial intelligence algorithms can complete intelligence tests designed for animals. Here's why that matters -- and why this could be the ultimate challenge for today's A.I.
Intel and Facebook team up to give Cooper Lake an artificial intelligence boost
Intel's upcoming Cooper Lake microarchitecture will be getting a boost when it comes to artificial intelligence and machine learning processes, all thanks to a partnership with Facebook. The results are Core and Xeon CPUs that are able to work faster due to a new Bfloat16 data type for A.I.
App schools fishing fans on the best time and place to hook that dream catch
Fishbrain, a fishing social network and forecasting app, has introduced BiteTime, a new feature that takes the guesswork out of when and where you are most likely to catch a certain species of fish. Using its own data and some machine learning, it leaves you to get on with the fun part: Catching the fish.
Google has found a way to use A.I. to boost the usefulness of wind energy
Google and DeepMind have developed a deep learning artificial intelligence that's able to predict wind power output 36 hours ahead of the power being generated. The results could prove useful for strengthening the business case for the use of wind power. Here's why that's the case.
DeepSqueak is a machine learning A.I. that reveals what rats are chatting about
Just as Aquaman can talk to fish, so too can researchers at the University of Washington chat with rats. Or, at least, they can better understand what rats are squeaking about thanks to a deep learning artificial intelligence system with the ingenious name DeepSqueak. Here's how it works.
Statistician raises red flag about reliability of machine learning techniques
Machine learning is everywhere in science and technology. But how reliable are machine learning techniques really? A statistician says that the answer is not very reliable, arguing that questions of accuracy and reproducibility of machine learning have not been fully addressed.
Breakthrough A.I.-powered stethoscope diagnoses pneumonia like a robot doctor
Researchers from Johns Hopkins University have invented a new, 21st-century version of the stethoscope, which can help better diagnose conditions like pneumonia using some smart machine-learning technology. Here's how it works and why it could turn out to be such a game-changer.
MIT’s new robot can play everyone’s favorite block-stacking game, Jenga
Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a robot which uses the latest machine learning computer vision to play everyone’s favorite tower-toppling game, Jenga. Here's how it works -- and why it could turn out to be surprisingly useful in the real world.
IBM’s latest A.I. can help doctors detect how quickly a disease is progressing
IBM has developed an A.I. that can be used to predict how a range of diseases -- including diabetes, Huntington’s, Alzheimer’s, and Parkinson’s -- are likely to develop. The tool could one day be used by physicians to make more accurate diagnoses and design more effective treatments.
A.I. can generate pictures of a finished meal based on just a written recipe
Feeling hungry? Researchers from Tel-Aviv University in Israel have created an A.I. that's able to generate complete photos of meals, based only on reading the written recipes. Here's how it works and which meals the system finds easier or harder to generate accurately.
Google Lens celebrates its first anniversary with redesign, OCR update
Google's image recognition app Lens has been updated to more accurately pull information from visual images that you snap using your smartphone camera. Instead of having to search using text, you can now take a picture with your phone and use that picture to search for information and similar items.
Vibration-sensing tech turns any ‘dumb’ surface into a smart touch-sensitive one
What if it was possible to use a special chip to transform quite literally any surface into a touch-sensitive one able to act as a computer input? That science fiction dream is what startup HyperSurfaces is working to achieve. From the look of things, they're getting close.
Replaced by robots: 10 jobs that could be hit hard by the A.I. revolution
There’s no doubt that A.I. and other tech is going to change the face of employment as we know it. According to one famous study, 47 percent of currently existing jobs in America are at high risk of potential automation in the coming decades. Here are 10 jobs at particular risk.
To curb teen vaping, schools across the U.S. welcome A.I. into their bathrooms
There’s a problem with both vaping and bullying at schools. A company called Soter Technologies has developed a smart bathroom sensor that's able to detect both. It's currently being used in upwards of 500 schools across the United States and Canada. Here's how it works.
Like Google for CCTV, software could help cops scour surveillance video quickly
Surveillance footage is great, but finding the person you're looking for isn't so easy if you have to comb through hundreds of hours of video. To help, researchers from India have developed a search engine that lets people hunt for individuals in CCTV footage using written descriptions.
Smell like Skynet: IBM creates an A.I. that will design the perfect perfume
IBM's research division has teamed up with master fragrance maker Symrise to create an artificial intelligence that's capable of developing new perfumes, courtesy of IBM’s impressive machine learning technology. Here's how it works, and what makes it so potentially versatile.
Text-based lie detector can help cops filter out fake robbery reports
Researchers from the U.K.’s Cardiff University and Spain’s Charles III University of Madrid have developed a software tool which can reportedly help law enforcement accurately identify false statements about robberies, based on the statements given to police. Here's how it works.
An app uses your smartphone camera to tell if you’re alert at work
Do you lose concentration while at work? Researchers from Cornell University have developed a smart app which uses a smartphone camera to keep tabs on users' alertness -- by measuring the size of their pupils each time they unlock their phone. Here's why that's so useful.
MIT is building a new $1 billion college dedicated to all things A.I.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has announced a new $1 billion college of computing that is designed to offer the best possible education to future machine learning A.I. experts. The college will offer its first program starting in the fall semester of 2019. You'd better get applying!
Like a breathalyzer for exhaustion, new blood test can tell how tired you are
Researchers in the U.K. have developed a machine learning algorithm which can reveal signs of sleep deprivation, based on a blood sample. The resulting test can show with 92 percent accuracy whether a blood sample is taken from a well-rested or sleep-deprived individual.