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Facebook's Robotic Arms and Legs Are Learning Faster Than Ever
Facebook doesn't sell robots, but its researchers use plenty of them - and the company said its machines are getting a lot smarter, a lot faster.
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The AI That Can Write A Fake News Story From A Handful Of Words
OpenAI, an artificial intelligence research group co-founded by billionaire Elon Musk, has demonstrated a piece of software that can produce authentic-looking fake news articles after being given just a few pieces of information.
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A Human Just Triumphed Over IBM's 6-Year-Old AI Debater
IBM's six-year-old artificial intelligence debating system, affectionately dubbed "Miss Debater," went head-to-head Monday with one of the world's most decorated practitioners.
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Meet 'Millie' The Avatar. She'd Like To Sell You A Pair Of Sunglasses
TwentyBN is hoping to sell digital avatars like Millie - she is just one of several different personalities customers can choose - to major retail brands that are looking for ways to boost flagging in-store sales in the face of growing competition from e-commerce. The company says it's in discussions with a major North American women's clothing ret...
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Facebook Open Sources 'Horizon' AI Tools Used to Improve Video, Messenger
The Horizon software is focused on reinforcement learning, in which software improves itself by trial-and-error from experience.
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LinkedIn Will Allow Economics Researchers to Mine Its Data
LinkedIn, the professional social networking site owned by Microsoft, says it will open its vast trove of data to academic researchers.
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To Get Driverless Cars Ready, Researchers Want to Reprogram Pedestrians
Some technologists say the problem isn't that self-driving cars don't work, it's that people act unpredictably.
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Google's DeepMind to Create Product to Spot Eye Disease
DeepMind, the London-based AI company that is owned by Alphabet, plans to develop a medical product that will help doctors to detect more than 50 sight-threatening conditions.
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EU Regulators Tipped Off by AI to Possible Data Privacy Faults
Researchers from the European Union Institute in Florence worked with an EU consumer organization to create the software.
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Silicon Valley Must Consider Tech Ethics, DeepMind Chief Says
"Silicon Valley has to change its culture from tossing half-baked things over the fence," DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman said.
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Cambridge Analytica Saga Ensnares A Tiny Canadian Data Shop
A tiny data analytics firm in a quiet provincial capital in Canada's far west has found itself at the center of the scandal surrounding Cambridge Analytica's role in British and U.S. elections.
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Google CEO Open to Paying More Taxes - Question Is Where
"We are happy to pay more tax, whatever the world agrees to," Pichai said at the World Economic Forum in Davos, noting that the company's current blended global tax rate is 20 percent.
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How A 22-Year-Old Discovered The Worst Chip Flaws In History
In 2013, a teenager named Jann Horn attended a reception in Berlin hosted by Chancellor Angela Merkel. He and 64 other young Germans had done well in a government-run competition designed to encourage students to pursue scientific research.
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Google's 'Dutch Sandwich' Shielded EUR 16 Billion From Tax
Google uses two structures, known as a "Double Irish" and a "Dutch Sandwich," to shield the majority of its international profits from taxation.
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Microsoft Takes Path Less Traveled to Build a Quantum Computer
Microsoft unveiled a new programming language called Q# - pronounced Q Sharp - and tools that help coders craft software for quantum computers.
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Facebook's Robotic Arms and Legs Are Learning Faster Than Ever
Facebook doesn't sell robots, but its researchers use plenty of them - and the company said its machines are getting a lot smarter, a lot faster.
-
The AI That Can Write A Fake News Story From A Handful Of Words
OpenAI, an artificial intelligence research group co-founded by billionaire Elon Musk, has demonstrated a piece of software that can produce authentic-looking fake news articles after being given just a few pieces of information.
-
A Human Just Triumphed Over IBM's 6-Year-Old AI Debater
IBM's six-year-old artificial intelligence debating system, affectionately dubbed "Miss Debater," went head-to-head Monday with one of the world's most decorated practitioners.
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Meet 'Millie' The Avatar. She'd Like To Sell You A Pair Of Sunglasses
TwentyBN is hoping to sell digital avatars like Millie - she is just one of several different personalities customers can choose - to major retail brands that are looking for ways to boost flagging in-store sales in the face of growing competition from e-commerce. The company says it's in discussions with a major North American women's clothing ret...
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Facebook Open Sources 'Horizon' AI Tools Used to Improve Video, Messenger
The Horizon software is focused on reinforcement learning, in which software improves itself by trial-and-error from experience.
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LinkedIn Will Allow Economics Researchers to Mine Its Data
LinkedIn, the professional social networking site owned by Microsoft, says it will open its vast trove of data to academic researchers.
-
To Get Driverless Cars Ready, Researchers Want to Reprogram Pedestrians
Some technologists say the problem isn't that self-driving cars don't work, it's that people act unpredictably.
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Google's DeepMind to Create Product to Spot Eye Disease
DeepMind, the London-based AI company that is owned by Alphabet, plans to develop a medical product that will help doctors to detect more than 50 sight-threatening conditions.
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EU Regulators Tipped Off by AI to Possible Data Privacy Faults
Researchers from the European Union Institute in Florence worked with an EU consumer organization to create the software.
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Silicon Valley Must Consider Tech Ethics, DeepMind Chief Says
"Silicon Valley has to change its culture from tossing half-baked things over the fence," DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman said.
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Cambridge Analytica Saga Ensnares A Tiny Canadian Data Shop
A tiny data analytics firm in a quiet provincial capital in Canada's far west has found itself at the center of the scandal surrounding Cambridge Analytica's role in British and U.S. elections.
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Google CEO Open to Paying More Taxes - Question Is Where
"We are happy to pay more tax, whatever the world agrees to," Pichai said at the World Economic Forum in Davos, noting that the company's current blended global tax rate is 20 percent.
-
How A 22-Year-Old Discovered The Worst Chip Flaws In History
In 2013, a teenager named Jann Horn attended a reception in Berlin hosted by Chancellor Angela Merkel. He and 64 other young Germans had done well in a government-run competition designed to encourage students to pursue scientific research.
-
Google's 'Dutch Sandwich' Shielded EUR 16 Billion From Tax
Google uses two structures, known as a "Double Irish" and a "Dutch Sandwich," to shield the majority of its international profits from taxation.
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Microsoft Takes Path Less Traveled to Build a Quantum Computer
Microsoft unveiled a new programming language called Q# - pronounced Q Sharp - and tools that help coders craft software for quantum computers.
