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Engineers have developed a low cost, low power technology to help robots accurately map their way indoors, even in poor lighting and without recognizable landmarks or features. The technology uses WiFi signals, instead of light, to help the robot 'see' where it's going.

Machine learning happens a lot like erosion. Data is hurled at a mathematical model like grains of sand skittering across a rocky landscape. Some of those grains simply sail along with little or no impact. But some of them make their mark: testing, hardening, and ultimately reshaping the landscape according to inherent patterns and fluctuations […]

Researchers have proposed a novel system inspired by the neuromodulation of the brain, referred to as a 'stashing system,' that requires less energy consumption. Computer scientists have now developed a technology that can efficiently handle mathematical operations for artificial intelligence by imitating the continuous changes in the topology of the neural network according to the […]

Recently developed 'smart skin' is very similar to human skin. It senses pressure, humidity and temperature simultaneously and produces electronic signals. More sensitive robots or more intelligent prostheses are thus conceivable.

Researchers have shown it is possible to perform artificial intelligence using tiny nanomagnets that interact like neurons in the brain.

A robot 'chef' has been trained to taste food at different stages of the chewing process to assess whether it's sufficiently seasoned.

Biomedical engineers have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) training strategy to capture images of mouse brain cells in action. The researchers say the AI system, in concert with specialized ultra-small microscopes, make it possible to find precisely where and when cells are activated during movement, learning and memory.

Collective behavior and swarm patterns are found everywhere in nature. Robots can also be programmed to act in swarms. Researchers have developed collectives of microrobots, which they can move in every formation they wish.

Researchers have developed a technique that enables a robot to learn a new pick-and-place task with only a handful of human demonstrations. This could allow a human to reprogram a robot to grasp never-before-seen objects, presented in random poses, in about 15 minutes.

A new way of using artificial intelligence to predict cancer from patient data without putting personal information at risk has been developed. Swarm learning can be used to help computers predict cancer in medical images of patient tissue samples, without releasing the data from hospitals.

Using nanotechnology, scientists have created a newly designed neuromorphic electronic device that endows microrobotics with colorful vision. The newly designed artificial vision device could have far-reaching applications for the fields of medicine, artificial intelligence, and microrobotics.

With their superior properties, topological qubits could help achieve a breakthrough in the development of a quantum computer designed for universal applications. So far, no one has yet succeeded in unambiguously demonstrating a quantum bit, or qubit for short, of this kind in a lab. Scientists have now succeeded in integrating a topological insulator into […]

Roboticists and economists have developed a method for estimating the probability of jobs being automated by future intelligent robots and suggesting career transitions with lower risks and minimal retraining effort.

Medical imaging is an important part of modern healthcare, enhancing both the precision, reliability and development of treatment for various diseases. Artificial intelligence has also been widely used to further enhance the process. However, conventional medical image diagnosis employing AI algorithms require large amounts of annotations as supervision signals for model training. To acquire accurate […]

Researchers have developed a machine learning model that could better measure baseball players' and teams' short- and long-term performance, compared to existing statistical analysis methods for the sport. Drawing on recent advances in natural language processing and computer vision, their approach would completely change, and could enhance, the way the state of a game and […]

Researchers have demonstrated a more effective way to support learning and increase engagement at science-focused museum exhibits. They used artificial intelligence to create a new genre of interactive, hands-on exhibits that includes an intelligent, virtual assistant to interact with visitors. When the researchers compared their intelligent exhibit to a traditional one, they found that the […]

Artificial intelligence (AI) is at the forefront of modern technology. Making AI 'emotionally intelligent' could open doors to more natural human-machine interactions. To do this, it needs to pick up on the user's sentiment during a dialog. Physiological signals could provide a direct route to such sentiments. Now, researchers from Japan take things to the […]

VIGICOVID is a system that uses natural language questions to get answers in the avalanche of information on COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2.

Using lessons learned from the eye-imaging technology optical coherence tomography (OCT), engineers have demonstrated a LiDAR system that is fast and accurate enough to potentially improve the vision of autonomous systems such as driverless cars and robotic manufacturing plants.

In recent years, artificial intelligence has become ubiquitous, with applications such as speech interpretation, image recognition, medical diagnosis, and many more. At the same time, quantum technology has been proven capable of computational power well beyond the reach of even the world's largest supercomputer. Physicists have now demonstrated a new device, called quantum memristor, which […]

Static analyzers are tools that help you check your code without really running your code. The most basic form of static analyzers is the syntax highlighters in your favorite editors. If you need to compile your code (say, in C++), your compiler, such as LLVM, may also provide some static analyzer functions to warn you […]

There are different ways of debugging code in Python, one of which is to introduce breakpoints into the code at points where one would like to invoke a Python debugger. The statements used to enter a debugging session at different call sites depend on the version of the Python interpreter that one is working with, […]

You’ve probably heard of Kaggle data science competitions, but did you know that Kaggle has many other features that can help you with your next machine learning project? For people looking for datasets for their next machine learning project, Kaggle allows you to access public datasets by others and share your own datasets. For those […]

We write a program to solve a problem or make a tool that we can repeatedly solve a similar problem. For the latter, it is inevitable that we come back to revisit the program we wrote, or someone else is reusing the program we write. There is also a chance that we will encounter data […]

Sponsored Post In our interconnected world, a decision made thousands of miles away can have lasting consequences for entire organizations or economies. When small changes have big effects, it is unsurprising that companies and governments are turning to machine learning and AI to accurately predict risk. ​ How the Global Community is Applying Machine Learning […]

Have you ever wanted an easy-to-configure interactive environment to run your machine learning code that came with access to GPUs for free? Google Colab is the answer you’ve been looking for. It is a convenient and easy-to-use way to run Jupyter notebooks on the cloud, and their free version comes with some limited access to […]

When you work on a computer vision project, you probably need to preprocess a lot of image data. This is time-consuming, and it would be great if you could process multiple images in parallel. Multiprocessing is the ability of a system to run multiple processors at one time. If you had a computer with a […]

Sponsored Post Search systems are in the process of being revolutionized by Deep Learning and AI applications. To successfully evaluate, build, deploy and scale information retrieval systems, engineers working with search systems must understand the frameworks and algorithms that underpin this technology. Professors Ricardo Baeza-Yates (Northeastern University) has done research on information retrieval and web […]

When we finish a Python project and roll it out for other people to use, the easiest way is to present our project as a command-line program. If you want to make it friendlier, you may want to develop a GUI for your program so people can interact with it with mouse clicks while it […]

After all the hard work developing a project in Python, we want to share our project with other people. It can be your friends or your colleagues. Maybe they are not interested in your code, but they want to run it and make some real use of it. For example, you create a regression model […]

By John P. Desmond, AI Trends Editor  The AI stack defined by Carnegie Mellon University is fundamental to the approach being taken by the US Army for its AI development platform efforts, according to Isaac Faber, Chief Data Scientist at the US Army AI Integration Center, speaking at the AI World Government event held in-person and virtually […]

By John P. Desmond, AI Trends Editor   Advancing trustworthy AI and machine learning to mitigate agency risk is a priority for the US Department of Energy (DOE), and identifying best practices for implementing AI at scale is a priority for the US General Services Administration (GSA).   That’s what attendees learned in two sessions at the AI […]

By AI Trends Staff   While AI in hiring is now widely used for writing job descriptions, screening candidates, and automating interviews, it poses a risk of wide discrimination if not implemented carefully.  That was the message from Keith Sonderling, Commissioner with the US Equal Opportunity Commision, speaking at the AI World Government event held live and virtually in […]

By John P. Desmond, AI Trends Editor   More companies are successfully exploiting predictive maintenance systems that combine AI and IoT sensors to collect data that anticipates breakdowns and recommends preventive action before break or machines fail, in a demonstration of an AI use case with proven value.   This growth is reflected in optimistic market forecasts. […]

By Lance Eliot, the AI Trends Insider   We already expect that humans to exhibit flashes of brilliance. It might not happen all the time, but the act itself is welcomed and not altogether disturbing when it occurs.    What about when Artificial Intelligence (AI) seems to display an act of novelty? Any such instance is bound to get our attention; […]

By John P. Desmond, AI Trends Editor   Engineers tend to see things in unambiguous terms, which some may call Black and White terms, such as a choice between right or wrong and good and bad. The consideration of ethics in AI is highly nuanced, with vast gray areas, making it  challenging for AI software engineers to […]

By John P. Desmond, AI Trends Editor   AI is more accessible to young people in the workforce who grew up as ‘digital natives’ with Alexa and self-driving cars as part of the landscape, giving them expectations grounded in their experience of what is possible.   That idea set the foundation for a panel discussion at AI World […]

By John P. Desmond, AI Trends Editor    Two experiences of how AI developers within the federal government are pursuing AI accountability practices were outlined at the AI World Government event held virtually and in-person this week in Alexandria, Va.  Taka Ariga, chief data scientist and director at the US Government Accountability Office, described an AI accountability framework he uses within his agency […]

By AI Trends Staff   Advances in the AI behind speech recognition are driving growth in the market, attracting venture capital and funding startups, posing challenges to established players.   The growing acceptance and use of speech recognition devices are driving the market, which according to an estimate by Meticulous Research is expected to reach $26.8 billion […]

By Lance Eliot, the AI Trends Insider     Are there things that we must not know?    This is an age-old question. Some assert that there is the potential for knowledge that ought to not be known. In other words, there are ideas, concepts, or mental formulations that should we become aware of that knowledge it could be […]

A new study shows the enormous extent of the global arachnid trade, one that might be undermining wild populations.

Scientists are just starting to uncover the vast diversity of microbes out there. The only problem? No one can agree on how to name them.

The electric vehicle revolution is gathering speed—but what happens to all those polluting cars already on the road?

The company’s uncrewed spacecraft will fly to the International Space Station, and if successful, will give NASA astronauts another way to get to orbit.

Many life-limiting conditions can only be detected 12 weeks into pregnancy—but some US states are planning to set to the abortion limit much earlier.

Scientists have discovered “proto-peat” forming in the Arctic as the Earth naturally sequesters carbon, but it could take centuries to mature.

After the InSight lander studied the strongest marsquake ever detected, scientists gave the space robot a negative prognosis because of its dwindling solar power.

Two new studies found genetic mutations that cause severe immune deficiencies are common in some remote populations, leaving them highly vulnerable to viruses.

If regulation of abortion access falls to the states, it will unleash legal havoc over pregnancy-ending medications that are shipped across state lines.

In theory, the building blocks of life are possible with a more expansive code than three-letter codons. New work shows that would be a challenge.

Although real-world data is scant, proponents say robotics and AI will soon revolutionize agriculture.

You can definitely use the stars as your guide. But let’s check whether a scene from the Disney+ live action series would work in the real world.

NASA’s EMIT mission will better analyze the grime from dust-spewing regions, a critically understudied factor in climate change.

Most people don’t think about abortion until they need one. But with the right to access under threat, the time to plan is now.

The seedlings sprouted in the regolith scooped up in the 1960s and ’70s, but astronauts won’t be harvesting lunar spuds anytime soon.

Researchers have created autonomous particles covered with patches of protein “motors.” They hope these bots will tote lifesaving drugs through bodily fluids.

The acerbic optimist thinks anxious people (like me) need to move on from Covid and start planning for the next vicious pathogen.

Tiny wobbles in Earth’s gravitational field could help detect big tremors faster, but they’re hard to tease out from the planet’s seismic noise.

International experts are using earthly policies as models to hash out regulations for orbiting spacecraft, from preventing conflict to limiting trash.

The vast majority of tick-borne disease goes unrecorded, meaning life-threatening pathogens are traveling under the radar to new locations.

When a "live service" game goes down, it's a nightmare for the developers whose work vanishes with it.

Now that the writer-director’s new horror flick Men is about to hit theaters, it’s time to revisit one of his lesser-known movies.

A raft of recent films like Everything Everywhere All at Once highlights the complicated relationships between immigrant Asian women and their mothers.

Justice Samuel Alito says the right to abortion was unknown in US law until “the latter part of the 20th century.” History says otherwise.

A growing number of people on the platform claim to have a perceptual condition that lets them smell colors, see music, or taste sounds. But do they really?

Settle in for some bonding time. These are some of the best cooperative titles for two to eight players, all playable on a single TV.

Johnny Depp is suing Amber Heard for defamation. As the trial wears on, mocking her testimony has become the latest disturbing thing to go viral on social media.

Developers and esports stars are ready for the global stage. Now if only major publishers would let them in.

EA’s newest soccer title will be called ‘EA Sports FC,’ while FIFA promises to partner with other developers for “the only authentic, real game.”

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness erased the Scarlet Witch's growth in *WandaVision—*and retread a lot of the comic books' missteps.

Video game culture meets creepypasta posts and leaves you trapped within a liminal hellscape.

The virtual reality fitness program is inspiring users—like me—who say they never felt accepted by traditional gyms.

From the new 'Doctor Strange' to 'Everything Everywhere All at Once,' stories of infinite universes serve as metaphors for our many identities, online and off.

The Oilers forward's experience playing in the NHL and gaming with his family put him in a unique spot to translate traditional sports into pixels.

The CEO of digital abortion clinic Hey Jane discusses the grim future of reproductive rights in the US and the clinic’s plans to keep providing access.

The warnings about political violence in Stephen Marche's latest book are like something out of science fiction.

Another May the Fourth rolls around with the franchise feeling more like it's on auto-pilot than hyperdrive.

And that’s (mostly) a good thing.

With overdose deaths on the rise, it’s more important than ever to carry potentially life-saving medications. You never know who might need it.

The multiverse is a tricky and confusing place. These books will help you get your bearings.

The electric vehicle revolution is gathering speed—but what happens to all those polluting cars already on the road?

The way people buy automobiles is changing—so Honda and other manufacturers are adapting in kind.

Elon Musk's method for tracking down bots may be useless, but finding a better formula is tougher than you think.

The government-funded Conflict Observatory will use open source tools and satellite imagery to gather evidence of human rights violations.

The head of Instagram has a vision for using Web3 to shift power from tech platforms to content creators—which he says will ultimately benefit both.

US researchers' “Dr. Evil project” proves drug discovery AI could be used to create biochemical weapons.

Defense tech companies have latched on to the metaverse hype—but what they’re building will be a far cry from Meta’s virtual world.

A newly unsealed opinion is likely the first decision from a US federal court to find that cryptocurrencies can't be used to evade sanctions.

As AI invades the interview process, the DOJ and EOCC have provided guidance to protect people with disabilities from bias.

Sellers keep getting hit with fee increases—at a time when shelves are sitting empty.

A spate of layoffs is just the first sign of trouble for early-stage companies facing an economic downturn.

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reinstated a law that says that a user can’t be censored based on their “viewpoint.”

Plus: An interview with Steve Jobs, keeping up with early MIT hackers, and a relatable collapse.

The solidarity movement has helped give tools and support as the company's retail employees organize.

A new EU proposal would allow forced searches of users’ messages. Critics say the plan goes too far.

An epic crash in algorithmic stablecoins spells trouble for the entire industry.

The Swiss city is on a quest to make crypto mainstream with an unusual partnership.

The future of computing is AI-powered chatbots that have read the entire internet—if Google can figure out how to tame them.

For years, the tech industry has relied on a six-shade scale to classify skin tones. The search giant’s open source alternative could change that.

It’s probably not a good idea for important platforms to be in the business of frequently banning users for life.

Surveillance devices are becoming more ubiquitous. Do those who unknowingly appear in cam footage have rights—and who gets to decide?

Tools used to find child abuse material could be wielded in the US to protect “unborn children” if the EU bans end-to-end encryption.

The history of the internet is repeatedly reduced to the story of the singular Arpanet. But BBSs were just as important—if not more.

We were promised jetpacks that never arrived. But you know what’s finally here? Big, honking drones you can ride on.

​In our passwordless future, we'll lose the frustration—and freedom—of getting locked out.

Building around the so-called typical user is a dangerous mistake.

Fixating on the degree—rather than the type—of decentralization is leading us astray.

It’s probably not a good idea for important platforms to be in the business of frequently banning users for life.

WIRED’s spiritual advice columnist on Jack Dorsey’s remorse for his role in creating a centralized internet and what it signals for the rest of us.

Large data sets provide intriguing—and dismaying—insights into who we're drawn to and how much that matters for our romantic happiness.

After my second miscarriage, I scrolled and scrolled. All around me was aspirational grieving—and I had come undone.

It's time to decouple maternity from womanhood. Recent advances in fertility science are helping pave the way toward inclusivity.

Silicon Valley firms are about to be at the center of the storm around abortion access and reproductive rights. They need to prepare.

US precedents include the famous Dred Scott slavery case. But leaks never bode well for the court-journalist relationship.

It's tempting to think that activism is the cure for eco-anxiety. But it's no substitute for emotional resilience and community.

German factories have more robots than their US counterparts—so why are Americans four times more likely to leave their manufacturing jobs?

Negotiations on the Digital Service Act have concluded—but outside experts still aren't entirely sure what's in the legislation.

If countless companies are going to benefit from tracking my internet activity, why shouldn't I?

Many argue that regulating Big Tech cedes leadership to China, but a healthy startup ecosystem is America's best defense.

Time is political by nature—governing everything from election cycles to environmental policies. Could reconfiguring the hours restore humanity's hope for the future?