MIT is teaching self-driving cars how to psychoanalyze humans on the road
MIT is teaching self-driving cars how to psychoanalyze humans on the road
MIT CSAIL researchers have developed an algorithm for self-driving cars that aims to predict human drivers' personalities, determining whether they're selfless or selfish. In the process, they hope that it will help autonomous vehicles to more safely drive among them. Here's how it works.
A.I. can remove distortions from underwater photos, streamlining ocean research
A.I. can remove distortions from underwater photos, streamlining ocean research
Finding Nemo in your snorkeling pictures could be easier with this algorithm on hand. Sea-Thru is an A.I. program that removes the haze and color casts caused by taking photographs underwater. The program could help researchers better study ocean health.
New cardiology A.I. knows if you’ll die soon. Doctors can’t explain how it works
New cardiology A.I. knows if you’ll die soon. Doctors can’t explain how it works
A new cardiology artificial intelligence is able to accurately predict your chances of dying in the next year just by looking at heart test results, despite the fact that the results may look totally fine to trained doctors. Here's how it works — as far as we can tell.
This radar system could finally put an end to children dying in hot cars
This radar system could finally put an end to children dying in hot cars
A new A.I.-powered device can reportedly detect unattended kids and animals left alone in vehicles with 100% accuracy. The experimental technology uses a combination of radar and cutting-edge machine learning to make its potentially life-saving predictions. Here's how it works.
What Blade Runner got right (and wrong) about 2019
What Blade Runner got right (and wrong) about 2019
1982's Blade Runner is rightly considered a masterpiece among science fiction movies. But how accurate were its predictions about the future? With November 2019 being the far-flung month and year in which the movie is set, here’s what the movie got right and, in one case, very wrong.
Your Alexa speaker can be hacked with malicious audio tracks. And lasers.
Your Alexa speaker can be hacked with malicious audio tracks. And lasers.
Smart speakers are awesome. But they're also subject to some pretty terrifying vulnerabilities, as two recent proof-of-concept demonstrations show. Whether it's adversarial sound attacks or laser hacks, here are two ways researchers have found to exploit smart speaker weaknesses.
The 2019 Freedom on The Net report says social media is ruining everything
The 2019 Freedom on The Net report says social media is ruining everything
The internet today is pretty far from the utopian place that it was in the past, the Freedom on the Net 2019 report by bipartisan watchdog and think tank Freedom House suggests. And social media may be what's to blame. Here's why it's causing so many problems for citizens.
Microsoft latest A.I. tools will read your Outlook emails aloud
Microsoft latest A.I. tools will read your Outlook emails aloud
Microsoft is on a mission to push artificial intelligence deeper into your office life and its Office apps. In its latest effort to help improve productivity, Microsoft is unleashing Cortana onto its Outlook app to allow the digital assistant to read your emails aloud to you for a truly hands-free experience.
This startup wants you to submit pictures of your poop. Lots of them, in fact
This startup wants you to submit pictures of your poop. Lots of them, in fact
Sending pictures of your poop over the internet sounds like the kind of thing that should be discouraged. The creators of the new #giveashit campaign think different, however. Not only do they want your poop photos; they plan to use them to train a new feces-analyzing A.I.
Artificial intelligence can now identify a bird just by looking at a photo
Artificial intelligence can now identify a bird just by looking at a photo
A new A.I. tool can identify up to 200 different species of birds just by looking at one photo. The technology comes from a team from Duke University that used over 11,000 photos of 200 bird species to teach a machine to differentiate them. The goal is to use the tech to classify areas in medical images
This invisible photo filter protects you from facial recognition software
This invisible photo filter protects you from facial recognition software
A startup founded by former members of the Israeli Defense Forces has created smart technology that replaces faces in video or still images with near-identical looking photorealistic portraits which can't be identified by facial recognition systems. Here's why that's so important.
Goodbye, tedious masks? A.I. is about to make Photoshop selections even faster
Goodbye, tedious masks? A.I. is about to make Photoshop selections even faster
Selecting an object for local adjustments in Photoshop is about to get simpler. Adobe is teasing a new Object Selection Tool in Photoshop that uses A.I. to select a single object. Unlike the Select Subject tool, the Object Selection tool works within a user-defined area to select an item.
Researchers use A.I. to make smiling pet pics — and it’s as creepy as it sounds
Researchers use A.I. to make smiling pet pics — and it’s as creepy as it sounds
Nvidia researchers have created an A.I. program that can give one animal's expression to an entirely different animal -- and the program was trained with fewer photos. Called GANimal, the program is part of an ongoing effort to give computers more imagination.
Exclusive: How A.I. keeps a fleet of chauffeur-driven electric SUVs charged up
Exclusive: How A.I. keeps a fleet of chauffeur-driven electric SUVs charged up
Havn is an app-based chauffeur-driven car service, which uses electric Jaguar I-Pace vehicles only. In our exclusive feature, we talk about how artificial intelligence powers the service with startup Fleetonomy, which operates the platform underneath Havn. It must manage the unique needs of an electric car.
Dear robots: If you come to steal our jobs, please take these ones first
Dear robots: If you come to steal our jobs, please take these ones first
Over the coming decades, it’s likely that huge numbers of other jobs will be replaced thanks to advances in artificial intelligence and robotics. But are there jobs we should specifically try and automate away for the good of humankind? Here are some which fit the bill.
Will autonomous cars eradicate driving jobs? Don’t hold your breath
Will autonomous cars eradicate driving jobs? Don’t hold your breath
Andrew Yang would have you believe that autonomous cars and trucks are going to take all driving jobs away from humans, but while that could potentially happen in the distant future, experts and industry insiders suggest autonomous driving won't displace workers anytime soon.
Bosch will test its A.I.-powered, sound-seeing technology in space
Bosch will test its A.I.-powered, sound-seeing technology in space
SoundSee will ride around the International Space Station on a floating robot called AstroBee. It will perform sound checks, and monitor some of the onboard equipment using a microphone and artificial intelligence. "Sound has a lot of stories to tell, and we are not extracting them enough," Bosch told Digital Trends.
400 years after the Mayflower voyage, this A.I. ship will retrace its path
400 years after the Mayflower voyage, this A.I. ship will retrace its path
Four-hundred years ago next fall, a ship called the Mayflower set sail from Plymouth, England, to the New World, aka America. To mark the anniversary, an IBM-powered autonomous ship is getting ready to retrace the voyage. Here's how it came to be, and what makes it so exciting.
Machines are getting freakishly good at recognizing human emotions
Machines are getting freakishly good at recognizing human emotions
In certain scenarios, A.I. algorithms can outperform humans at identifying certain emotions, such as happiness and sadness, by looking at faces. Here is why that matters -- and what it means for the way that we will interact with machines (and vice versa) in the future.
Toyota’s LQ concept has A.I. tech that knows when you’re stressed
Toyota’s LQ concept has A.I. tech that knows when you’re stressed
Toyota's latest concept car tries to use technology to create an emotional connection with its users. Capable of autonomous driving, the LQ features an artificial intelligent personal assistant called Yui. Toyota plans to give public test drives of the LQ in Japan in 2020.
The Drone Racing League’s newest racing rig is piloted entirely by A.I.
The Drone Racing League’s newest racing rig is piloted entirely by A.I.
The Drone Racing League (DRL) has unleashed its first autonomous racing drone. Called RacerAI, the innovative new unmanned aerial vehicle changes the drone racing game by flying itself, rather than requiring a human to steer it. How long until it can defeat human racers?
Edit those one-click photo paintings using new paint tools in Painter Essentials
Edit those one-click photo paintings using new paint tools in Painter Essentials
Love turning photos into painting, but want more control over the results? The new Painter Essentials 7 uses A.I. to convert photos to paintings, but then lets the user flex their own creative muscle with tools to adjust and further hand paint. The update also includes an enhanced user interface.
California is cracking down on deepfakes for politics and porn
California is cracking down on deepfakes for politics and porn
California is cracking down on deepfakes in porn and politics. The state recently signed bills which make it illegal to distribute altered video, audio or still photography of political candidates, and also protects residents against people creating pornographic content using their likeness.
This ad blocker for audio is a peek into the future of ‘perceptual ad blockers’
This ad blocker for audio is a peek into the future of ‘perceptual ad blockers’
Adblock Radio is a new artificial intelligence tool, similar to music-recognizing app Shazam, which uses machine learning to spot audio ads so users can skip them. Welcome to the exciting new world of perceptual ad-blockers. Here's why they must turn out to be necessary.
A.I. musicians are a growing trend. What does that mean for the music industry?
A.I. musicians are a growing trend. What does that mean for the music industry?
The most prolific musical artists manage to release one or two studio albums in a year. A.I. company Auxuman plans to put out a new full-length album every single month. Welcome to the world of machine creativity. Here's why Auxuman's founder is so confident he's onto a winner.
Skydio’s new auto-follow drone is basically a flying A.I. cinematographer
Skydio’s new auto-follow drone is basically a flying A.I. cinematographer
Auto-follow mode has been a standard feature on camera drones for years now, but the new Skydio 2 takes that idea to a whole new level. It can autonomously fly, follow, and dodge obstacles without any jarring, stuttering, or stopping. This is one of the most exciting additions to the UAV market we've seen in years.
What is semantic rendering, and how it improves your iPhone 11’s camera
What is semantic rendering, and how it improves your iPhone 11’s camera
There's a lot to love about the new iPhones, but the upgrades to the cameras may be the most important. Ultra-wide lenses are great, but the real camera improvements are thanks to machine learning techniques, like semantic rendering, which can enhance human subjects separately from the rest of an image.
How facial recognition is helping astronomers reveal the secrets of dark matter
How facial recognition is helping astronomers reveal the secrets of dark matter
Could the same A.I. technology that is used to unlock people’s smartphones also help unlock the potential secrets of the universe? It sounds crazy, but that’s exactly what researchers from ETH Zurich in Switzerland are working to achieve. Here's what they have developed.
Photoshop’s Content-Aware Fill is about to get even smarter with auto selections
Photoshop’s Content-Aware Fill is about to get even smarter with auto selections
Tired of drawing out the sampling area for Photoshop's Content-Aware Fill? The photo editor will soon be able to handle the task for you, thanks to artificial intelligence. In a teaser, Adobe shared a glimpse of upcoming Photoshop updates designed to make Content-Aware Fill smarter and more efficient.
Microsoft has an A.I. coach that can critique your PowerPoint presentations
Microsoft has an A.I. coach that can critique your PowerPoint presentations
Delivering PowerPoint presentations can be hard. There's the need to pace yourself, and more. Microsoft gets that. Leaning on the power of artificial intelligence, the company is now launching a public preview of PowerPoint Presenter Coach, a tool which can help critique your PowerPoint presentation.
Waiting in the wings: How drones are revolutionizing the battle against hunger
Waiting in the wings: How drones are revolutionizing the battle against hunger
How do you use drones to save lives following a disaster? The World Food Programme, the food-assistance branch of the United Nations, is doing its bit to use drone technology to help humanity. Here are some of the ways that it is using unmanned aerial vehicles right now.
This A.I.-powered app can spot skin cancer with 95 percent accuracy
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.
Keep anonymous online with deepfake tech that generates a whole new face for you
Keep anonymous online with deepfake tech that generates a whole new face for you
Think deepfakes are the worst thing to happen since the last terrible thing? Researchers from Norway have developed a new way to potentially use them for good. DeepPrivacy uses deepfake technology to create a new real-time face that could be used to keep your identity a secret online.
Facebook hopes its new Ray-Ban smartglasses will replace your smartphone
Facebook hopes its new Ray-Ban smartglasses will replace your smartphone
Move over Snap Spectacles: Facebook is reportedly entering the smartglasses market with its version of augmented reality eyeware. According to reports, Facebook has partnered with Luxottica, Ray-Ban’s parent company, to develop a pair of glasses that would permanently replace smartphones.