Neural Network

The cover of Dinner Depression by Julia Joy Raffel, a book entirely generated by machine learning algorithms from the story to the cover art. The book is available to buy on Amazon with a price also set by an algorithm.

Computers

Booksby.ai is a bookshop entirely created by artificial intelligence

Melding the worlds of art and computer science, two Danish artists have developed a fascinating AI project called Booksby.ai, an online bookshop generated by AI - from the books and covers, to the reviews and pictures of people reviewing the books.

Researchers envision a future where wearable health tracking devices can help doctors identify patients most at risk of heart failure

Medical

100% accurate AI detects heart failure from single heartbeat

A new AI diagnostic method, using a neural network, can accurately identify congestive heart failure instantly by checking ECG data from just one heartbeat.

Astro utilizes a deep neural network to learn new tasks through a process of trial and error

Robotics

Astro robo-dog packs an AI-enabled "brain" in its 3D-printed head

We've already seen several dog-like quadruped robots, which move by walking with their four backward-bending legs. Researchers at Florida Atlantic University are now getting in on the act, with their artificially-intelligent (and dog-headed) Astro robot.

The distinctive boundaries of the image of this cat give away the fact that it was digitally added to the photo

Good Thinking

Learning from photos, a deep neural network identifies deepfakes

They're known as deepfakes – photos or videos that have been very convincingly manipulated to depict people saying or doing things that they never actually said or did. They're potentially quite the problem, so an experimental new deep neural network has been designed to spot them.

This brain implant works with a neural network to match brain patterns to vocal tract movements

Science

Brain implant developed that turns brain signals into synthesized speech

Scientists have developed an implant that interprets signals in the brain and converts them into understandable, synthesized speech. This innovative piece of technology could one day give a voice to people otherwise unable to communicate.

After being trained on the technical death metal of Canadian band Archspire, the algorithm is now spitting out a non-stop torrent of original music via a YouTube live-stream

Computers

Meet Dadabots, the AI death metal band playing non-stop on Youtube

Currently live-streaming on YouTube is a non-stop, algorithmically-generated torrent of technical death metal, and regardless of one’s personal musical taste, it’s undeniably an impressive example of machine-driven creativity.

An AI system can effectively detect an early, pre-symptomatic stage of heart disease using simple electrocardiogram data

Medical

New AI-assisted ECG offers early heart disease detection

Applying AI to ECG results may help doctors quickly identify patients at risk of heart failure. In a new study, an AI system was able to use ECG data to detect the presence of left ventricular dysfunction, a condition currently only detectable using more expensive and time-consuming imaging tests.

A Nvidia team has taught a neural network system to generate virtual worlds based on real video footage

Computers

AI neural network builds new virtual cities by studying real ones

To speed up the creation of virtual environments, researchers at Nvidia have taught artificial intelligence systems how to generate and detail new virtual cityscapes, by training neural networks on real video footage.

Intel says that developers can have AI and computer vision application up and running in minutes with a Neural Compute Stick 2 plugged into a laptop

Computers

Intel makes homebrew neural net development faster and easier

At its first artificial intelligence developer conference in Beijing, China, last week, Intel unveiled a second generation neural network in USB form, the Neural Compute Stick 2. Designed to level the neural net development playing field, the thumbdrive-sized device is shipping worldwide now.

Once DON figures out how to pick up one shoe by the tongue, it can do it with any

Robotics

MIT's DON the robot is a master of dexterity

What if a robot could look at any item, and decide how best to pick it up, and perform tasks with it, all by itself? That's the aim of DON – a new neural network and robotic hand at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory.

The neural network can detect depression in both text and speech

Health & Wellbeing

Neural network can detect depression in everyday conversation

In a new paper, researchers at MIT have detailed a neural network capable of detecting depression. Unlike previous methods using machine learning, MIT's neural net doesn't require the subject to answer specific questions – it can make an assessment based on everyday conversation, or even text.

A joint collaboration between NYU and Facebook hopes to demonstrate results within the year

Medical

Facebook and NYU turn to AI to make MRI scans up to 10 times faster

The NYU School of Medicine's Department of Radiology is joining forces with Facebook's Artificial Intelligence Research group on a project aiming to utilize AI to dramatically speed up the time it takes to complete a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan.