An AI system that uses machine learning to predict which high-risk breast lesions are most likely to become cancerous is set to help reduce unnecessary and invasive surgeries.
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MIT scientists have developed an autonomous robot that uses a suite of sensors and an advanced machine learning technique to navigate crowded areas. It could be another step towards fully automated delivery bots, or even smart personal mobility devices capable of navigating a busy street.
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Microsoft researchers have hit a milestone 25 years in the making. The company's conversational speech recognition system has finally reached an error rate of only 5.1 percent, putting it on par with the accuracy of professional human transcribers for the first time ever.
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OpenAI, the Elon Musk-backed AI research company, has recently unleashed its latest bot on The International, a giant eSports tournament focusing on the game Dota 2. After just two weeks of independent learning, the bot could beat the world's top players.
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Google and Tri Alpha Energy, the world’s largest private fusion company, have joined forces to use machine learning algorithms in an attempt to bring us closer to achieving the dream of clean, unlimited fusion power.
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English band Muse has released a new music video for their latest single Dig Down, and it's constructed entirely by artificially intelligent algorithms that scrape the internet for video clips that match the lyrics.
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In the past, “mind reading” systems have been able to guess a number, but deeper thoughts have been beyond the technology’s reach. Now, a team from Carnegie Mellon University has developed a way to accurately read more complex concepts from a brain scan, and even piece together entire sentences.
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GPS can be a useful inclusion in a drone's navigational toolkit. But there are areas where the technology just doesn't cut it. Nvidia researchers are currently working on a navigation system that relies on visual recognition and computer learning to make sure drones don't get lost in the woods.
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A team at the University of Adelaide has been working to create an AI system that can predict a person’s lifespan just by studying images of their organs, and its early results show its predictions are just as good as a human doctor.
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As we close in on a world where technology allows us to create entirely fake photo-realistic videos, a new company has created a voice-imitation system that means we may never be able to trust our eyes, or our ears, ever again.
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