Microsoft's new speech recognition system achieves human parity in audible words
Microsoft created a speech recognition system that has reached a historic milestone -- human parity in recognizing natural spoken language.
RadarCat doesn’t purr, but it can recognize a human leg and other objects
Researchers at Scotland's University of St Andrews have created a device called RadarCat that connects to a PC and will recognize real-world objects.
Skynet — ahem — Google executives scrapped plans to sell AI-powered arms
Google ultimately decided against selling artificially intelligent robotic arms, a project spearheaded by engineers within its experimental X division.
AI in agriculture? Algorithms help farmers spot crop disease like experts
A team of researchers has turned the keen eye of AI toward agriculture, using deep learning algorithms to help detect crop disease before it spreads.
Adobe and UC Berkeley team up to develop neural network image editor
Adobe is working with UC Berkeley on software that uses AI to help users realistically manipulate objects in an image with a few simple brush strokes.
Google employs machine learning to boost translation capabilities to near-human level
Google's using a new method of machine learning to improve the quality -- and rapidity -- of Mandarin Chinese translations.
Social media posts can help predict pollution in some of the world’s biggest cities
A new study analyzed millions of posts on social media to find out whether microblogging can double as a proxy measurement system for airborne pollution.
Neural Photo Editor works like magic thanks to machine learning
Neural Photo Editor uses machine learning to act like Photoshop on steroids, applying major changes to a photo in mere seconds.
Listening to you speak could help reveal stress, depression, and even heart conditions
Researchers think using machine learning to analyze voices can reveal health-related insights.
New research center is dedicated to engineering cells into living machines
The Golden State will soon house its own “blue-sky” bioengineering center thanks to a healthy grant from the National Science Foundation.
You can now create polls, pay your debts to friends in Facebook Messenger
Facebook Messenger is getting an update with a new feature that will now detect when you need to pay people back and prompt you to do so.
You can now ask Google Drive where you saved last month’s expense report
Google Drive's productivity app has learned a new trick: the ability to process natural language. Now you can search for files conversationally.
MIT researchers have figured out a way to detect emotions by using wireless signals
Researchers at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) have created a way of detecting emotions using wireless signals.
Machine learning system brings still images to life by guessing what comes next
MIT researchers have created a machine learning system capable of looking at still images and guessing what will happen next -- and generating video of it.
Bot-hunting ‘FRAUDAR’ algorithm will name and shame fake users on social media
A new research project developed at Carnegie Mellon promises to track down fake social media users with a bot-hunting algorithm called FRAUDAR.
Museum’s AI exhibit compares art masterpieces to latest news photography
The Tate Britain museum has just launched a new artificial intelligence exhibit that applies machine learning technology to images in fascinating ways.
Smart sensor and machine learning could help diagnose voice disorders
A smart sensor and machine learning algorithms could help the 1 in 14 working-age Americans who suffer with damaging voice disorders.
Watch and learn: Machines taught to learn through observation
The new method was inspired by the famous Turing test, which was first proposed by Alan Turing, in 1950. It’s creators have called it “Turing learning."
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.
Machine learning, satellite data look at nighttime lights to gauge poverty in Africa
Researchers at Stanford University are using machine learning and satellite data to develop a detailed “poverty map” of Africa.
Looking for a specific photo? 500px’s new tool allows you to search from a sketch
Looking for an image with certain colors in certain places? 500px's latest search tool, Splash, allows visitors to search from a rough sketch.
Here’s 6 helpful chatbots that prove conversation machines can do more than just talk
Here are the seven of the most interesting chatbots doing the rounds at the moment.
Instagram may be more accurate at diagnosing depression than a doctor, study suggests
Using machine learning, a group of researchers were able to correctly identify depressed individuals 70 percent of the time.
Now computers can clone your handwriting with creepy accuracy
Researchers at University College London have created an algorithm capable of taking a sample of handwritten text and imitating it.
AI ‘guardian angel’ may help firefighters keep their cool in burning buildings
Firefighters undergo rigorous training before responding to their first call but they still aren’t superhuman.
Watch your tone! Machine-learning algorithm can detect sarcasm in tweets
Machine-learning researchers have created an algorithm that can look at your tweets and predict whether or not you're being sarcastic.
Google's Bubble Zoom uses AI to enlarge the text of comic book speech bubbles
Google's new Play Books feature, Bubble Zoom, uses machine learning to intelligently enlarge the text of digital comic book speech bubbles.
Be polite or be labeled as rude on Candid, a new anonymous social network
On Thursday, yet another anonymous social network launched on both the iOS and Android app stores, but on Candid, you have to be nice.
The key to stopping Ebola? Using machine learning to track infected bats
A team of scientists have used machine learning to create a "bat map" which may help quell the spread of Ebola
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.
New algorithm could help diagnose depression by analyzing the tone of your voice
Machine learning algorithm can analyze a person’s speech patterns to help diagnose the possibility of depression.
Your next job interview might be conducted by an AI
In an attempt to streamline hiring, a millennial-focused HR company called FirstJob, has launched an AI recruiting assistant named Mya.
Machine learning may be a key in helping diagnose Alzheimer's earlier
Machine learning tools could be used to detect and identify Alzheimer’s disease before it is currently possible to do so.