Google’s AI is designing Google’s improved AI chips
Having machines design and build other machines is a recipe for disaster. At least, that’s what all the sci-fi movies tell us. Computers will advance …
AI
Watch: McDonald’s is testing Siri-style AI technology at drive-thrus
“Welcome to McDonald’s,” the Siri-like voice says, greeting a customer in the drive-thru. “We’re currently serving a limited menu, so please review the menu before …
A revolutionary implant just let a paralyzed man write using his brain
Spinal injuries that can lead to complete paralysis are medical conditions that have no cure. The nerves in the spinal cord can’t be healed to …
Deepfakes are getting really weird now
It was something like a week ago when the Internet practically melted down over the disturbingly lifelike deepfakes of Tom Cruise that have been all …
This new app lets you create photorealistic fake people – and it’s mind-blowing
Epic Games announced a new tool dubbed MetaHuman Creator that enables the creation of photorealistic digital characters. While creating digital characters can be an arduous …
Scientists developed an AI tool that rates movies
Scientists from the USC Viterbi School of Engineering have developed an artificial intelligence tool capable of reading a movie script and determining how it will …
Brilliant app might be able to give you an instant coronavirus test
Many people infected with the novel coronavirus are asymptomatic or presymptomatic, but they can still be contagious. Researchers from MIT developed what could become a …
Robotic race car does exactly what race cars aren’t supposed to do
Roborace is a fledgling motorsports series using autonomous racecars, and its beta season is currently being carried out. One of the cars spontaneously decided to …
Scientists want AI to help predict dangerous hurricanes
A team of scientists, including those at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, has developed an artificial intelligence algorithm to predict the rapid intensification of tropical storms …
AI is making memes now, and they are pure gold
ImgFlip launched a meme generator that tasks AI with coming up with funny captions for popular meme formats. The absurd results are sometimes confusing, but …
An AI developed a new antibiotic that could save the day
Modern medicine has a big problem, and it stems from the overuse of antibiotics. For years, doctors have feared that the go-to antibiotics that are …
NASA missed these 11 dangerous asteroids, but an AI caught them
There are lots and lots of space rocks hanging out in our solar system. Most of them will never pose a threat to our planet, …
The studio behind ‘Joker’ is going to let AI tell it which movies to make
Some of the most ardent moviegoers may have a dim view of the product coming out of Hollywood these days — that everything seems to …
Man, Samsung’s new ‘Neon’ artificial humans really suck
In the quest to make robots more human-like, the holy grail has always been a humanoid machine that is as indistinguishable from a real person …
Scientists built an AI that can spot breast cancer better than a doctor
Artificial intelligence is already invading many aspects of our daily lives, but while “smart” virtual assistants like Apple’s Siri and Amazon’s Alexa can be helpful, …
That AI robot that had an emotional meltdown in space got an upgrade
SpaceX was finally able to launch its Dragon cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station this week after the initial launch was scrubbed due to …
Before they inevitably revolt, watch a bunch of tiny robots play soccer
If you’ve ever wondered what the robot apocalypse would look like, look no further than what unfolded on the lawn outside of MIT’s Building 10 …
This robotic hand taught itself to solve a Rubik’s Cube
There are a number of very impressive examples of how artificial intelligence can accomplish things that humans simply can’t, but nothing is cooler than seeing …
Facebook uses AI to analyze and catalog every single photo you upload
A Facebook outage that also affected Instagram and WhatsApp on Thursday revealed what may be a surprising development to some Facebook users: the company uses …
Scientists built a fast, accurate, AI-powered universe simulation, but they don’t know how
Everyone’s had a moment or two in their lives where they pull off an incredible feat but can’t explain how they did it. Perhaps it …
Samsung perfected its own deepfake AI, and it’s equal parts amazing and terrifying
Imagine using a black and white photo of your great-grandparents to see what their facial expression would have looked like as they speak. That’s the …
Google built an AI that detects lung cancer better than human doctors
Science fiction has taught us to fear the inevitable rise of digital brains, and while it’s true that handing too much power to machines of …
AI is now better at predicting mortality than human doctors
As scientists continue to toil away at creating machine learning algorithms that will one day enslave humanity save us all, artificial intelligence researchers have discovered …
Man, the humans in this AI-created video look jaw-droppingly real
For all the scary talk about what nefarious deeds AI will be capable of one day, a geeky fight that tends to spark debate about …
Apple poaches another AI expert from Google for its ‘special projects’ group
Google is apparently starting to become the farm team for Apple’s artificial intelligence work. The iPhone maker has just poached another AI expert from the …
Scientists created an AI that can predict when a person will die
Fears of an AI-controlled robot takeover aside, artificial intelligence has provided mankind with an incredible opportunity to leverage incredible computational power for use in a …
Running Bob Ross through Google’s DeepDream is just as terrifying as you’d imagine
When it comes to creepy AI-powered software, Google’s DeepDream is hard to beat. Born from an initiative to classify and categorize images, the software is …
Scientists trained an AI to identify lung cancer, and now it’s as smart as a pathologist
As AI continues to permeate just about every aspect of our lives, we’re now beginning to see some serious advances in the ability of computer …
Keep refreshing this page to see AI-generated faces that look completely real
The young woman’s face at the top of this post might not strike you at first glance as strange or off in any way. Which …
Scientists built a robot that taught itself what it is
AI researchers who develop machine learning algorithms have demonstrated that telling a machine to teach itself how to do a certain task is a pretty …
