Stanford wants to teach its autonomous race cars to learn from their past
Stanford wants to teach its autonomous race cars to learn from their past
Researchers at Stanford are working on a new way to control self-driving cars. It leverages artificial intelligence to help driverless prototypes plan their next move by analyzing data generated by the situations they have previously encountered. The technology is promising, but it's not ready for production yet.
A.I. analyzes video to detect signs of cerebral palsy in infants
A.I. analyzes video to detect signs of cerebral palsy in infants
An artificial intelligence algorithm capable of signaling early signs of neurodevelopment disorders in infants has been created by researchers in Finland and Italy. The research could improve early detection of neurodevelopment disorders such as cerebral palsy, so doctors can provide treatments sooner.
Digital Trends Live: iPhone leaks, Facebook tax, and How to be Alone
Digital Trends Live: iPhone leaks, Facebook tax, and How to be Alone
On episode 98 of Digital Trends Live, Greg Nibler discussed trending tech topics like iPhone leaks and Microsoft doing away with April Fool's Day pranks. He also welcomed comedian Lane Moore to the show to talk about her book, How to Be Alone.
Sony A9 camera gets even better as new firmware brings A.I.-powered autofocus
Sony A9 camera gets even better as new firmware brings A.I.-powered autofocus
The speedy Sony a9 is a download away from more accurate autofocus. New firmware version 5.0 for the Sony a9 brings artificially intelligent autofocus modes to the action-oriented camera, as well as a boost to image quality with updated processing. The update also brings user-requested features.
Intel and Facebook team up to give Cooper Lake an artificial intelligence boost
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.
A.I.-generated text is supercharging fake news. This is how we fight back
A.I.-generated text is supercharging fake news. This is how we fight back
Last month, OpenAI announced a text generating A.I. so scarily accurate they claimed it would be dangerous to release it. Now researchers have developed a tool to help spot text written by bots. Here's what it means for the future of fake news in an age of smart machines.
This very talented robotic leg learned to walk all by itself
This very talented robotic leg learned to walk all by itself
Researchers at the University of Southern California have developed a robotic limb capable of walking without preprogrammed knowledge of the task. It’s an impressive feat that could help future robots navigate the world independently.
Eat up! This robot is built to feed dinner to people who can’t feed themselves
Eat up! This robot is built to feed dinner to people who can’t feed themselves
Engineers have developed a robot that can feed people with disabilities that inhibit them from feeding themselves. Powered by an artificial intelligence algorithm, the system detects pieces of food on a plate, stabs them with a fork, and transports the morsels to a person’s mouth.
Just drag and drop: Using A.I., Skylum AirMagic edits drone photos for you
Just drag and drop: Using A.I., Skylum AirMagic edits drone photos for you
Drag and drop your drone photos into AirMagic, then go Netflix binge-watch while artificial intelligence edits your photos for you. AirMagic is a drag-and-drop program that uses A.I. to correct issues found in drone photography. The software is Mac and PC compatible, as well as in Lightroom and Photoshop plugins.
Google has found a way to use A.I. to boost the usefulness of wind energy
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.
What is artificial intelligence? Here’s everything you need to know
What is artificial intelligence? Here’s everything you need to know
Artificial intelligence, machine learning, evolving algorithms -- we know it can get confusing very quickly. So let's take a look at AI and what it really means, its potential uses, and how it's currently evolving.
Modulate wants to bring voice skins to your favorite online games
Modulate wants to bring voice skins to your favorite online games
Startup Modulate aims to change how your in-game characters are portrayed with "voice skin" neural network technology. The technology allows your voice to match your characters' appearance, or to make you sound like another person or even a celebrity. Steps are also being taken to avoid "voice fraud."
The future of self-driving cars
The future of self-driving cars
Self-driving cars are one of the tech world’s trendiest topics right now, but they’re more complicated than just “car” or “robot car.” There are degrees of automation, with each level turning over more responsibility to machines. Here’s where self-driving cars are now, and where they’re going.
ThisPersonDoesNotExist has spawned a host of amazing copycat sites
ThisPersonDoesNotExist has spawned a host of amazing copycat sites
After the success of the face-generating website ThisPersonDoesNotExist.com, the same artificial intelligence tool is being used to create everything from imaginary Airbnb listings to creepy fake cats. Check them out in all their surreal, generative adversarial network greatness.
DeepSqueak is a machine learning A.I. that reveals what rats are chatting about
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.
Bees can do arithmetic, setting the scientific community abuzz
Bees can do arithmetic, setting the scientific community abuzz
A new study has found something remarkable: Bees can do basic arithmetic. Researchers showed that bees could use colors as representations for numbers and then use those colors for addition and subtraction. These findings have implications for the development of AI in the future.
Hong Kong’s vision for a smart prison is a full-blown Orwellian nightmare
Hong Kong’s vision for a smart prison is a full-blown Orwellian nightmare
Hong Kong wants to bring its prisons into the twenty-first century by introducing new wearable, location-tracking wristbands, and a robot arm whose job is to comb through poop looking for contraband. Here's how the next-gen correctional facilities plan to use their new tech.
Here’s how Facebook taught its Portal A.I. to think like a Hollywood filmmaker
Here’s how Facebook taught its Portal A.I. to think like a Hollywood filmmaker
When Facebook introduced its line of Portal screen-enhanced smart speakers, it wanted to find a way to make video chat as intimate as sitting down for a conversation with an old friend. Here's how its engineers tried to pull off the feat using some smart A.I. and a bit of human creativity.
In the age of Alexa and Siri, Cortana’s halo has grown dim
In the age of Alexa and Siri, Cortana’s halo has grown dim
Over the past few years Cortana has been seeing a somewhat slow but painful death. It even will even be separated from Windows 10 search in the upcoming April 2019 Update. All that considered, here’s a few reasons why we think the voice assistant is on its way to an eventual doom.
A.I.-powered website creates freakishly lifelike faces of people who don’t exist
A.I.-powered website creates freakishly lifelike faces of people who don’t exist
No, this isn't a missing person. It's a face generated by a new artificial intelligence on the website ThisPersonDoesNotExist.com. Just in case you needed a reminder of how freakishly good A.I. is becoming at generating realistic images of people. Here's how the A.I. works.
With CabinSense, cars will soon know who’s riding in them and respond accordingly
With CabinSense, cars will soon know who’s riding in them and respond accordingly
What if your car could know who is sitting in every seat and customize the entertainment and safety options accordingly? That’s what Israel-based company Eyesight Technologies promises with its newly announced CabinSense in-car Occupancy Monitoring System. Here's how it works.
Using A.I., Lightroom can now boost the resolution of RAW photos
Using A.I., Lightroom can now boost the resolution of RAW photos
Need to eek a bit more resolution out of a RAW file? Adobe Lightroom and Camera Raw can help with a new feature called Detail Enhance. The tool uses A.I. in the demosaicing process to enhance details and reduce artifacts. The updates also come with new tools in Lightroom CC.
The next big challenge for Google’s A.I. is a card game you’ve never heard of
The next big challenge for Google’s A.I. is a card game you’ve never heard of
DeepMind, the Alphabet-owned deep learning company, has previously built machines that can master games like Go. What does it think is the next big frontier for machine intelligence? Mastering a cooperative card game about fireworks, called Hanabi. Here's why it's such a challenge.
Gmail blocks 100 million spam messages daily with its A.I., Google says
Gmail blocks 100 million spam messages daily with its A.I., Google says
A machine learning-based A.I. platform called TensorFlow has allowed Google to block an additional 100 million spam messages daily from entering Gmail users’ inboxes. The platform allows Google to detect more of those harder-to-find spam messages; like emails with hidden embedded content.
Huawei’s A.I. has finished Schubert’s Unfinished Symphony, and we’ve heard it
Huawei’s A.I. has finished Schubert’s Unfinished Symphony, and we’ve heard it
We all know computers can be used to make music, but can artificial intelligence be used to not only generate music, but complete one of the most famous unfinished symphonies of all time? Huawei has found out, using its own AI to create the final two movements of Schubert's "Unfinished," No. 8 Symphony.
Real-time fact-checking is coming to live TV. But will networks use it?
Real-time fact-checking is coming to live TV. But will networks use it?
Forget closed captioning; how about an automated fact-checker on your TV? That's something researchers from Duke University are hoping to introduce in time for 2020's election year. Here's how it might work, and why the truth problem could be A.I.'s biggest challenge yet.
Breakthrough A.I.-powered stethoscope diagnoses pneumonia like a robot doctor
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.
A.I. system seeks to turn thoughts of people unable to talk into speech
A.I. system seeks to turn thoughts of people unable to talk into speech
A new system developed by neuroengineers can turn thoughts into intelligible speech. Powered by speech synthesizers and A.I., the technology lays the groundwork for helping individuals who are unable to speak due to disability regain their capacity to communicate verbally.
MIT’s new robot can play everyone’s favorite block-stacking game, Jenga
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.
A wearable may save your life, thanks to A.I. and big data. Here’s how
A wearable may save your life, thanks to A.I. and big data. Here’s how
Wearables are morphing from devices that send you smartphone notifications and track your fitness into gadgets that can monitor your health -- and maybe even save your life. Here's why -- and how advanced AI from companies like Microsoft and Google can make it possible.
Finding the ‘blind spots’ in autonomous vehicle artificial intelligence
Finding the ‘blind spots’ in autonomous vehicle artificial intelligence
Researchers from MIT have been looking at the differences between how autonomous systems learn in training and the issues that arise in the real world. They have created a model of situations in which what an autonomous system has learned does not match actual events that occur on the road.
IBM’s latest A.I. can help doctors detect how quickly a disease is progressing
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. finds non-infringing ways to copy drugs pharma spends billions developing
A.I. finds non-infringing ways to copy drugs pharma spends billions developing
Drug companies spend billions developing and protecting their trademark pharmaceuticals. In a breakthrough, researchers have demonstrated an A.I. which can find new methods for producing existing drugs in a way that doesn’t infringe on existing patents. Here's how it works.
A.I. can generate pictures of a finished meal based on just a written recipe
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.