On October 23 Google announced that it built a quantum computer thousands of times faster than classic computers. This could have immense impacts on finance, cryptography and other fields.
Responding to the ever-growing amount of email can be a stress-inducing job task.
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A key element of the battle between truth and propaganda has nothing to do with technology. It has to do with how people are much more likely to accept something if it confirms their beliefs.
Scientists are working with artificial intelligence in hopes of being able to better detect cancer.
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There are potential issues with any use of machine learning in policing. But if used in the right way, it could go a long way towards more effective policing.
In an attempt to address the growing problem of fake news online, an algorithm that identifies patterns in language may help distinguish between factual and inaccurate news articles.
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Using machine learning and natural language processing, researchers are developing an algorithm that can distinguish between real and fake news articles.
The idea that robots will take our jobs is not radically new – but artificial intelligence is now completely reorganising the global economy. Australia must act now to keep up with the world.
French startup LightOn is currently on working on developing light-powered technologies.
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Instead of trying to explain the mystifying mathematics behind how algorithms work, this researcher started looking at how they actually ‘see’ the world we live in.
AI isn’t as scary as we imagine.
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A proposed bill would force tech companies to tell users how much their data is worth. But how can a single number capture data’s power to predict your actions or sway your decisions?
Neurons treated with a fluorescent dye show their interconnections.
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Finding out more about how the brain works could help programmers translate thinking from the wet and squishy world of biology into all-new forms of machine learning in the digital world.
Are any of these faces real?
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