6314 Results From "artificial"

An App That Does Your Homework for You Is Now Worth $3 Billion
Future Society

An App That Does Your Homework for You Is Now Worth $3 Billion

A system combining motion-tracking sensors and AI was able to detect anxiety and depression in children with 81 percent accuracy.
Health & Medicine

A Wearable Was Better Than Parents at Detecting Anxiety in Kids

In a recent blog post, an Amazon VP called for stronger regulations for facial recognition technology, including Amazon's own Rekognition.
Facial recognition

Amazon Calls for Regulation of Its Own Facial Recognition Tech

Oakland, California's city council just voted unanimously to ban all municipal uses of facial recognition tech within its borders.
Future Society

The City of Oakland Votes to Ban Facial Recognition

Listen To An AI’s Nightmarish Beatboxing
Artificial Intelligence

Listen To An AI’s Nightmarish Beatboxing

Israel-based startup Seedo has announced plans to create the world's first automated cannabis farm — and it might not be the last.
Artificial Intelligence

Startup Unveils “World’s First Automated Cannabis Farm”

The U.S. navy is planning to add medium, and large unmanned surface combatants — military for warships — to accompany their manned ships.
Robotics

The U.S. Navy Wants to Roll out Autonomous Killer Robot Ships

IBM figured out how to use a quantum computer to make machine learning algorithms better than ever before. But no quantum computer is good enough yet.
Machine Learning

Why IBM Thinks Quantum Computers Will Boost Machine Learning

Tiny satelietes could help stabilize massive space telescopes.
Off-World

Tiny Satellites Could Be “Guide Stars” for Massive Space Telescopes

Henn na Hotel in Japan is reportedly decommissioning half of the robots it used to have running the show. Too many were buggy or just plain annoying.
Robotics

Japan’s Robot Hotel Just Laid Off Half Its Robots

Researchers at ETH Zurich in Switzerland taught its four-legged robot dog how to get up after being kicked using AI — a valuable life skill.
Robot Dogs

This Robot Dog Can Recover From a Vicious Kick Using AI

The lyrics database Genius embedded a hidden typography code into its lyrics to prove that Google was copying content directly from its site.
Science & Energy

Genius Used a Typography Trick to Bust Google For Stealing Lyrics

Millie, an AI avatar built by Canadian startup TwentyBN, is trained to compliment people trying on new clothes so they're more likely to buy them.
Artificial Intelligence

This AI Avatar Compliments While You Shop So You’ll Buy More Stuff

U.K. researchers say they've finally found a way to vent super-heated plasma, which can be as hot as the Sun, out of a tokamak fusion power reactor.
Energy

Researchers Just Overcame a Key Barrier to Fusion Power

Nick Bostrom told Vulture he didn't see "The Matrix" until after penning his still-discussed 2003 paper, "Are You Living in a Computer Simulation?"
Future Society

Philosopher Hadn’t Seen “The Matrix” Before Publishing Simulation Hypothesis

Russian startup StartRocket says it wants to display enormous billboard-style advertisements in the night sky using arrays of cubesats.
Future Society

This Startup Wants to Launch Giant Glowing Ads Into the Night Sky

Diabetes Patients Are Hacking Together the Tech They Need. Doctors Are Just Tuning In.
Health & Medicine

Diabetes Patients Are Hacking Together the Tech They Need. Doctors Are Just Tuning In.

Scientists Are 3D Printing Fake Moon Dust Into Useful Objects
Moon

Scientists Are 3D Printing Fake Moon Dust Into Useful Objects

Scientists set off a massive explosion in the Nevada desert to test special earthquake-detecting balloons that could one day be deployed over Venus.
NASA

NASA Wants to Send Earthquake-Detecting Balloons to Venus

NYPD detectives uploaded a photo of Woody Harrelson to their facial recognition system to find a suspect that they thought resembled the actor.
Facial recognition

Police Catch Woody Harrelson Look-Alike Using Facial Recognition