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Raspberry Pi Tracks Unseen Drones Using Sound
Researchers from the universities of Texas and Tennessee used Raspberry Pi computers to track unseen drones with sound.
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AI Designs New Robot from Scratch in Seconds
A research team led by Northwestern University scientists created an artificial intelligence capable of designing robots from scratch almost immediately.
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ChatGPT Can Now Respond With Spoken Words
A newly released version of OpenAI's ChatGPT chatbot can interact with users vocally, as well as respond to images.
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AI Deepfakes Spread Disinformation in Slovak Elections
Disinformation spread over social media in the run-up to the Slovak elections that took place over the weekend, with videos featuring artificial intelligence (AI)...
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AI Is Policing the Package Theft Beat for UPS
UPS and other large logistics companies are rolling out technology to curtail porch piracy.
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Fighting Impersonation by AI
Finding ways to determine whether a voice message is real or generated by an artificial intelligence.
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Sentinel Satellites Map Methane Super-Emitters
An international team of researchers has developed an algorithm that uses machine learning to automatically detect methane super-emitter plumes in data from satellites...
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ChatGPT Can Now Generate Images
OpenAI has integrated a new version of its DALL-E image generator into its ChatGPT online chatbot.
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Machine Learning Models Can Produce Reliable Results with Limited Training Data
Researchers demonstrated that machine learning models can generate reliable results even with limited training data.
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Driverless Car Company Using Chatbots to Make Its Vehicles Smarter
U.K.-based driverless car company Wayve has tapped chatbot technology to question its vehicles about their driving decisions.
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How Scientists Are Cracking Historical Codes to Reveal Lost Secrets
The DECRYPT project, a collaboration of linguists and computer scientists, aims to automate the process of cracking historical ciphers.
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Study Decodes Surprising Approach Mice Take in Learning
Neuroscientists studied the behavior of mice in a learn-reward situation, with the aim of teaching the mice to turn a wheel left or right to receive a reward.
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Nanophotonics Flattens Camera Lenses
Nanoscale meta-optics holds the promise of improved imaging while removing the bulges from smartphones.
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How to Tell if Your A.I. Is Conscious
In a new report, scientists offer a list of measurable qualities that might indicate the presence of some presence in a machine.
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Breakthrough Way to Train Neuromorphic Chips
A research team has developed a neuromorphic chip that does not require training via external software.
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AI Regulation Takes Baby Steps on Capitol Hill
The meeting came amidst a week of frenetic activity on AI legislation.
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Helping Computer Vision, Language Models Understand What They See
Massachusetts Institute of Technology and other researchers developed a technique that uses computer-generated data to help vision and language models better understand...
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AI Project Imagines Adult Faces of Children Who Disappeared During Argentina's Military Dictatorship
Argentine publicist Santiago Barros uses an app to produce images of what children taken from their parents during Argentina's military dictatorship might look...
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