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Brain Implants Have Begun to Restore Functions, but Advances Are Slow
But achieving full-body restoration of movement, as Elon Musk envisions with such devices, is considered far into the future, if at all.
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Japanese Company's Lunar Lander Launches to the Moon
The company, Ispace, is carrying a rover from the United Arab Emirates, a Japanese robot, and other cargo in its bid to possibly be the first commercial lander...
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The New Chatbots Could Change the World. Can You Trust Them?
Siri, Google Search, online marketing and your child's homework will never be the same. Then there's the misinformation problem.
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The Brilliance and Weirdness of ChatGPT
A new chatbot from OpenAI is inspiring awe, fear, stunts and attempts to circumvent its guardrails.
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Facebook Failed to Stop Ads Threatening Election Workers
Researchers tested Facebook's automated moderation system by submitting ads around Election Day that contained direct threats against election workers.
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How the Collapse of Sam Bankman-Fried's Crypto Empire Has Disrupted A.I.
Bankman-Fried and his colleagues spent more than $530 million to battle what they saw as the dangers of artificial intelligence. Now those efforts are reeling. ...
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The Long Road to Driverless Trucks
Self-driving eighteen-wheelers are on U.S. highways, but there are still human "safety drivers" behind the wheel. What will it take to get them out?
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Lawsuit Takes Aim at the Way A.I. Is Built
A programmer is suing Microsoft, GitHub, and OpenAI over artificial intelligence technology that generates its own computer code.
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Music, Science and Healing Intersect in an A.I. Opera
The work-in-progress "Song of the Ambassadors" got a test run at Alice Tully Hall — with Lincoln Center's artistic director lending her brain.
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Biden Issues New Order to Block Chinese Investment in Technology in the U.S.
The move reflects growing unease about China's ability to access the personal information that Americans hand over to mobile apps and other services.
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He Used AI to Win a Fine-Arts Competition. Was It Cheating?
One judge said the striking piece evoked Renaissance art. But some critics compared it to 'entering a marathon and driving a Lamborghini to the finish line.'
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The Animal Translators
Researchers are using machine learning systems to decode animal communication.
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Did My Cat Just Hit On Me? An Adventure in Pet Translation
Entrepreneurs are aiming to put A.I.-powered pet translation tools into our pockets.
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The Animal Translators
Scientists are using machine learning to eavesdrop on naked mole rats, fruit bats, crows, and whales—and to communicate back.
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One Man's Dream of Fusing A.I. With Common Sense
Artificial intelligence systems can process vast amounts of data in seconds, but they can't make sense of the world or explain their decisions. David Ferrucci wants...
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A.I. Is Not Sentient. Why Do People Say It Is?
Robots can't think or feel, despite what the researchers who build them want to believe.
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A.I. Predicts the Shape of Nearly Every Protein Known to Science
DeepMind has expanded its database of microscopic biological mechanisms, hoping to accelerate research into all living things.
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Microsoft Plans to Eliminate Face Analysis Tools in Push for 'Responsible AI'
The technology giant will stop offering automated tools that predict a person's gender, age and emotional state and will restrict the use of its facial recognition...
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Logan Ury Says You're Dating All Wrong
This is Ms. Ury's job: to validate, as much as to volley back what she claims are research-backed strategies for hacking modern romance.
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