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Robots Are Already Driving and Painting, Now They’re Directing Films Too
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Robots Are Already Driving and Painting, Now They’re Directing Films Too

By Catherine Mullen

In order to draw attention to IBM's new generative adversarial network, a website generates slightly-unsettling faces that were created by AI.
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Mysterious Site Uses AI to Create Realistic Yet Horrifying Faces

By Dan Robitzski

We tested that AI Portrait generator on a bunch of celebrities and politicians. The results ranged from "okay I see it" to "hard nope."
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Here’s What AI Thinks A Bunch of Famous People Look Like

By Dan Robitzski

Apple Patented Facial Recognition to Unlock Your Car
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Apple Patented Facial Recognition to Unlock Your Car

By Dan Robitzski

IBM's Project Debater, an AI system that composes arguments, recently lost a debate to a world-renowned human debating expert.
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A Human Debater Just Roasted IBM’s “Intelligent Debate” AI Onstage

By Dan Robitzski

A team of UK scientists are building a robot called Ai-Da that can sketch and draw the way she sees the world around her.
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A Fleshy New Humanoid Sketches You, Mimics Your Facial Expressions

By Victor Tangermann

Google is letting a select few users test out a new AR navigation feature for its Maps app, providing a glimpse of the future of navigation.
Google

Google Is Rolling out AR Navigation for Its Maps App

By Kristin Houser

On Monday, U.S. President Donald Trump will reportedly sign the American AI Initiative, an executive order designed to shape the future of AI in the nation.
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Trump Orders Federal Agencies to “Prioritize AI”

By Kristin Houser

An AI system can scan photos of child trafficking victims in hotel rooms and determine where they were taken based on the furniture in the room.
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Scientists Are Using AI to Find Hotel Rooms Being Used for Child Sex Trafficking

By Dan Robitzski

According to a prominent think tank's new report, the Chinese military is adopting artificial intelligence tech as quickly as it can.
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China Thinks AI Could Make Its Military As Powerful as America’s

By Dan Robitzski

A school in Japan is using an artificial intelligence to stop school bullying before it escalates to the point of seriousness.
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A Japanese City Is Using AI to Prevent Youth Suicides

By Kristin Houser

In a recent blog post, an Amazon VP called for stronger regulations for facial recognition technology, including Amazon's own Rekognition.
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Amazon Calls for Regulation of Its Own Facial Recognition Tech

By Dan Robitzski

Google Is Censoring Search Results to Hide Russian Corruption
Google

Google Is Censoring Search Results to Hide Russian Corruption

By Dan Robitzski

"The NYPD will pursue all legal remedies to prevent the continued posting of this irresponsible and dangerous information."
Google

NYPD Demands That Google Stop Flagging DWI Checkpoints on Waze

By Dan Robitzski

In a recent filing with the SEC, Microsoft warns investors that faulty or biased AI could potentially harm the company's reputation.
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Microsoft Is Worried Its AI Will Go Rogue and Hurt Its Reputation

By Kristin Houser

To teach artificial intelligence to understand context and common sense, researchers are training it to play an online version of Pictionary.
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Scientists Are Using Pictionary to Teach “Common Sense” to AI

By Dan Robitzski

The Chinese government built an AI that finds signs of local corruption — but local officials in many areas are shutting it down.
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China Built an AI to Detect Corruption and Officials Shut it Down

By Jon Christian

A San Francisco Board of Supervisors member proposed to ban facial recognition outright, calling for an approval process for any future surveillance tech.
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San Francisco Is Considering a Ban on Facial Recognition

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers say they've built a robot arm that can construct a self-image — which they frame as a step toward machines that are truly self-aware.
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New Robot Is “On The Path to Machine Self-Awareness,” Says Creator

By Jon Christian

Yoshua Bengio opened up in a new interview about his anxiety about how China is using deep learning to surveil and manipulate large populations.
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Godfather of Deep Learning: China’s AI Tech Is “1984 Big Brother”

By Jon Christian

CAPTCHAs Are Getting Harder Because AI Is Getting Smarter
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CAPTCHAs Are Getting Harder Because AI Is Getting Smarter

By Jon Christian

During a facial recognition trial, London police stopped a man for "suspicious behavior," but the man claims all he did was cover his face.
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Police Said You Could Skip Public Facial Recognition. They Lied.

By Kristin Houser

Amazon responded to recent criticism its facial recognition system, Rekognition, by claiming safeguards were in place. The cops using it disagree.
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Cops Are Using Amazon’s Facial Recognition Software Wrong

By Dan Robitzski

Tech startup Ironclad wants to help legal professionals automate their own jobs. For now, its products cut down on tedious paperwork.
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This Startup Is Trying to Automate Law Firms

By Dan Robitzski

A new algorithmic tool can determine if artificial intelligence is biased and then go in and retrain the system to treat people more equitably.
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A New Algorithm Trains AI to Erase its Biases

By Dan Robitzski

A new 100-level platformer game designed by Unity's algorithms will test artificial intelligence systems' problem-solving skills.
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Hellishly Hard New Game Is Specifically Designed to Confound AI

By Dan Robitzski

According to a massive analysis by MIT Technology Review, the AI research community may soon move away from deep learning toward something new.
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Analysis: “The Era of Deep Learning Is Coming to an End”

By Dan Robitzski

Alphabet's DeepMind AI dominated at the game of StarCraft II beating two of the world's best (human) players 5-0 in a best-of-five.
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StarCraft Champion Trounced by AI: “Very Human Style of Gameplay”

By Victor Tangermann

Amazon's facial recognition software, Rekognition, struggles to identify the gender of women with darker skin, suggesting ongoing algorithmic bias.
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Amazon’s Facial Recognition Struggles With Darker Skin

By Dan Robitzski

A new algorithm allows simple digital cameras to reconstruct objects out of their line of sight based on their shadows.
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Spooky Algorithm Sees Around Corners by Analyzing Shadows

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers have created an AI they claim is able to accurately predict the type and location of a tennis player's next shot.
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Ball-Tracking AI Can Predict Your Tennis Opponent’s Next Shot

By Kristin Houser

A newly announced Amazon conference, the AI-focused re:MARS, could help the company shake a reputation sullied by Rekognition.
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Amazon AI Conference Is Meant to Inspire — and Boost Its Reputation

By Kristin Houser

Collaborative robots, or cobots, are the future, according to NVIDIA. And an Ikea kitchen could speed up their development,
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A Robot Is Learning to Cook and Clean in an Ikea Kitchen

By Kristin Houser

A regional grocery chain is deploying a fleet of 500 robot assistants name Marty, yet another sign that robots are the future of retail.
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Grocery Chain Adds 500 Googly-Eyed Robot Assistants to Its Staff

By Kristin Houser

A report from the Chinese media claims that the NYPD is using facial recognition software developed by Chinese companies.
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China Claims US Police Are Using Its Facial Recognition Software

By Kristin Houser

A new research project aims to harness the power of the quantum computer to build a new type of neural network that "acts like a brain."
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Scientists Are Building a Quantum Computer That “Acts Like a Brain”

By Jon Christian

Google Brain Built a Translator so AI Can Explain Itself
Google

Google Brain Built a Translator so AI Can Explain Itself

By Dan Robitzski

A survey on AI development reveals that less than half of Americans are in support of the technology's advancement, worrying experts.
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Just 41 Percent of Americans Support Advancing AI

By Kristin Houser

IBM’s New AI System Can Compose Logical Arguments
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IBM’s New AI System Can Compose Logical Arguments

By Dan Robitzski

Kai-Fu Lee, a venture capitalist who used to develop AI for Google and Microsoft, predicts that AI will automate 40 percent of the world's jobs in 15 years.
Google

Former Google Exec: AI Will Replace 40 Percent of Jobs in 15 Years

By Dan Robitzski

At CES 2019, Google debuted its Assistant's new Interpreter Mode, which translates conversations in 27 language in real-time.
Google

Google Assistant Can Now Translate 27 Languages in Real-Time

By Kristin Houser

Artificial Intelligence Is Our Future. But Will It Save Or Destroy Humanity?
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Artificial Intelligence Is Our Future. But Will It Save Or Destroy Humanity?

By Patrick Caughill

Researchers at NVIDIA created a neural network that can come up with incredibly realistic faces on the spot.
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Look at These Incredibly Realistic Faces Generated By A Neural Network

By Victor Tangermann

A facial recognition survey indicates that more Americans are now in support of the tech, but that doesn't mean it's ready for widespread implementation.
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Americans Support Facial Recognition Tech — When It Works

By Kristin Houser

A new app called Face2Gene is more accurate than clinicians at identifying genetic disorders based on a photo of a person's face.
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This AI Identifies Genetic Disorders by Looking at Face Shape

By Kristin Houser

California-based meat substitute company Impossible Foods plans to sell raw "meat" in grocery stores by the end of the year.
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Impossible Burger 2.0: “I Couldn’t Tell It Wasn’t The Real Thing”

By Victor Tangermann

The creators of an app called SocialRecall say it can use facial recognition to scan people you meet — or even strangers — and tell you their names.
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This Facial Recognition App Remembers Names so You Don’t Have To

By Jon Christian

South Korean automaker Hyundai has unveiled Elevate, a walking car concept that it claims represents an entirely new category of vehicle.
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Hyundai Debuts a Walking Car With Four Legs

By Kristin Houser

With FCC permission and Facebook stepping aside, Google is now allowed to develop more powerful radar tech for gesture-detecting wearables.
Google

FCC Clears Google To Pursue “Minority Report”-Like Gesture System

By Dan Robitzski

The U.S. government's proposed AI export restrictions could backfire on the nation in a number of ways, according to Silicon Valley insiders.
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U.S. Plan to Restrict AI Exports Could Backfire

By Kristin Houser

Google won a key Illinois lawsuit that has long been a barrier to big tech companies' use of facial recognition software.
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Google Wins Lawsuit Over Facial Recognition Technology

By Jacob Banas

Leaked documents showing how Facebook controls speech online raise deep questions about the future of the company's role in international discourse.
Meta

Leaked Documents Show How Facebook Controls Speech Across the Globe

By Jon Christian

A group of researchers at Yale University successfully taught a robotic system about ownership relations and the social norms that surround those relations.
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Researchers Taught an AI About Ownership Rules and Social Norms

By Victor Tangermann

An AI created by Stanford transformed typical Christmas leftovers into new recipes, which the BBC then cooked up and tasted so you don't have to.
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AIs Whip Christmas Leftovers Into Loathsome New Recipes

By Kristin Houser

An AI gender gap is emerging, with far more men than women possessing skills and holding senior positions in the artificial intelligence industry.
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Report Finds Huge Gender Gap in Artificial Intelligence Workforce

By Kristin Houser

Police in London will conduct another trial of their highly inaccurate facial recognition technology, the seventh since 2016.
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Denying Facial Recognition Scan Won’t Raise Red Flags, Say Police

By Kristin Houser

At a May 2018 concert, pop start Taylor Swift used facial recognition technology to scan the crowd for any signs of her many known stalkers.
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Even Taylor Swift Is Using Facial Recognition Tech Now

By Kristin Houser

New researcher cracked the unholy code of generating full-body deepfakes. Now with just a short sample video, an AI system can simulate brand new movements.
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These Full-Body Deepfakes are Like Nothing We’ve Ever Seen

By Dan Robitzski

In a hearing in front of a House Committee, Google CEO Sundar Pichai said that Google had "no plans" to launch a search product in China.
Google

Google CEO: “No Plans” To Launch Censored Chinese Search Engine

By Victor Tangermann

A robot malfunctioned in an a New Jersey Amazon warehouse and tore open a can of "bear spray," sending 24 workers to the hospital.
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An Amazon Warehouse Robot Sprayed 24 Workers With Bear Repellent

By Jon Christian

Situations like this are known to AI researchers as "adversarial examples" or "weird events" and they present a big challenge for the future of machines.
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How “Weird Events” Can Trick AI Into Hallucinating

By Jacob Banas

A startup called Converus uses machine learning to analyze tiny changes in your pupil dilation to detect when you're lying. There's just one issue.
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This Startup Says It Can Tell From Your Eyes If You’re Lying

By Jon Christian

Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian thinks that Elon Musk's dire warnings about AI's dark future are ridiculous. But he has his own warnings about AI.
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Reddit Co-founder Mocks Elon Musk’s Warnings About AI

By Dan Robitzski

Listen To An AI’s Nightmarish Beatboxing
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Listen To An AI’s Nightmarish Beatboxing

By Victor Tangermann