A method developed by researchers for identifying behavioral differences between human-run social media accounts and those managed by artificial intelligence could shape machine learning algorithms that detect bot-operated accounts, according to a study released Tuesday.
Read moreSomaya Farooqi and four other teenage girls pile into her dad’s car and head to a mechanic’s workshop. They use back roads to skirt police checkpoints set up to enforce a lockdown in the city of Herat, one of Afghanistan’s hot spots of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Thai hospitals are deploying “ninja robots” to measure fevers and protect the health of overburdened medical workers on the frontlines of the coronavirus outbreak.
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The next generation of mind-controlled prosthetics are within reach and will give amputees the ability to better operate bionic limbs. All it will take is a learning algorithm and some muscle power.
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To keep pace with technological advancements on the battlefield, the Pentagon has announced new ethical principles governing military use and design of artificial intelligence.
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Marine biologists have designed a new tool that allows them to conduct undersea research in a much more environmentally friendly way by using trailblazing “soft robotic linguine fingers.”
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Did an artificial-intelligence system beat human doctors in warning the world of a severe coronavirus outbreak in China?
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The European Union unveiled proposals Wednesday to regulate artificial intelligence that call for strict rules and safeguards on risky applications of the rapidly developing technology.
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The Trump administration is proposing new rules to guide future federal regulation of artificial intelligence used in medicine, transportation and other industries.
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U.S. technology companies that build artificial intelligence software for analyzing satellite imagery will face new restrictions on exporting their products to China and elsewhere.
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A computer program can identify breast cancer from routine scans with greater accuracy than human experts, researchers said in what they hoped could prove a breakthrough in the fight against the global killer.
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The Twitter user goes by Gigi, though sometimes Sophia, Emma or Leona. The occupation is listed at various times as teacher, historian, documentary writer and model. There’s been speculation about whether this person is really a woman — or even human. But bot or not, the account has gotten the attention of the president and his Twitter followers.
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‘Twas the night of Christmas at a North Carolina house, no creature should have been stirring, not even a mouse.
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Computer plate umpires could be called up to Major League Baseball at some point during the next five seasons.Umpires agreed to cooperate with Major League Baseball in the development and testing of an automated ball-strike system as part of a five-year labor contract announced Saturday, two people familiar with the deal told The Associated Press.
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Toyota Motor Corp.’s upgraded version of the human-shaped robot T-HR3 has faster and smoother finger movements now because the wearable remote-control device has become lighter and easier to use.
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Artificial-intelligence judges, cyber courts, and verdicts delivered on chat apps — welcome to China’s brave new world of justice.
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New Zealand’s prime minister said she will do all she can to stop a man accused of killing 51 Muslim worshippers from spreading his message of hate at his trial, and she hopes artificial intelligence will one day stop such attacks from being broadcast online.
Read moreThe only human ever to beat Google’s computer algorithm at the ancient Chinese strategy game Go decided to retire because he is convinced machines “cannot be defeated,” a report said Wednesday.
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Cooking robots and tastier recipes: Japanese electronics giant Sony on Wednesday launched a new artificial intelligence unit they hope will change the way we cook and eat.
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