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Portable, non-invasive, mind-reading AI turns thoughts into text
In a world-first, researchers from the GrapheneX-UTS Human-centric Artificial Intelligence Centre at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) have developed a portable, non-invasive system that can decode silent thoughts ...
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Energy & Green Tech
'Energy droughts' in wind and solar can last nearly a week, research shows
Solar and wind power may be free, renewable fuels, but they also depend on natural processes that humans cannot control. It's one thing to acknowledge the risks that come with renewable energy: the sun doesn't always shine ...
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A new model that allows robots to re-identify and follow human users
In recent years, roboticists and computer scientists have introduced various new computational tools that could improve interactions between robots and humans in real-world settings. The overreaching goal of these tools is ...
Study: Customized GPT has security vulnerability
One month after OpenAI unveiled a program that allows users to easily create their own customized ChatGPT programs, a research team at Northwestern University is warning of a "significant security vulnerability" that could ...
Scientists 3D print self-heating microfluidic devices
MIT researchers have used 3D printing to produce self-heating microfluidic devices, demonstrating a technique which could someday be used to rapidly create cheap, yet accurate, tools to detect a host of diseases.
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Engineering
Technology not growing fast enough to decarbonize steel and cement industries by 2050, says study
Steel and cement are two materials that no society can do without. Their production comes with a significant carbon footprint, however. To meet zero-emission targets under the Paris Agreement, countries, cities, and industries ...
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Business
Research group releases white papers on governance of AI
Providing a resource for U.S. policymakers, a committee of MIT leaders and scholars has released a set of policy briefs that outlines a framework for the governance of artificial intelligence. The approach includes extending ...
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Consumer & Gadgets
VR users need an emotional connection to virtual worlds, not better graphics, study finds
Being wowed by powerful graphics is not enough for a person to feel fully immersed in a virtual-reality (VR) world—a strong emotional response to the simulated environment is essential too, according to a new study from ...
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Computer Sciences
Navigating the analytics frontier: Problem-centric thinking and the cognitive revolution
In today's data-driven world, data analytics has become a cornerstone of decision-making. However, despite the transformative potential, a significant number of analytics projects fail.
Robotics
Using hierarchical generative models to enhance the motor control of autonomous robots
To best move in their surrounding environment and tackle everyday tasks, robots should be able to perform complex motions, effectively coordinating the movement of individual limbs. Roboticists and computer scientists have ...
Engineering
Veins of bacteria could form a self-healing system for concrete infrastructure
In hopes of producing concrete structures that can repair their cracks, researchers from Drexel University's College of Engineering are putting a new twist on an old trick for improving the durability of concrete.
Dec 8, 2023
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Robotics
Reptilian robots used in BBC documentary considered for use in disaster response efforts
A trio of roboticists from KM-RoBoTa Sàrl, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and Verity AG, all in Switzerland, has found that a pair of reptilian robots they built for use in a BBC documentary back in 2016 may ...
Energy & Green Tech
Integrated wastewater treatment plants and public transport are a win-win, says simulation study
What could clean energy buses and sewage treatment plants have in common? Answer: the co-location of hydrogen production by electrolysis at a wastewater facility to produce hydrogen for fuel cells to run buses, and oxygen ...
Dec 8, 2023
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Computer Sciences
ChatGPT often won't defend its answers, even when it is right: Study finds weakness in large language models' reasoning
ChatGPT may do an impressive job at correctly answering complex questions, but a new study suggests it may be absurdly easy to convince the AI chatbot that it's in the wrong.
Dec 7, 2023
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Computer Sciences
Training algorithm breaks barriers to deep physical neural networks
EPFL researchers have developed an algorithm to train an analog neural network just as accurately as a digital one, enabling the development of more efficient alternatives to power-hungry deep learning hardware.
Dec 7, 2023
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Consumer & Gadgets
Automated system teaches users when to collaborate with an AI assistant
Artificial intelligence models that pick out patterns in images can often do so better than human eyes—but not always. If a radiologist is using an AI model to help her determine whether a patient's X-rays show signs of ...
Dec 7, 2023
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Robotics
Plant-inspired liquid metal actuators unlock new potential for flexible robotics
A research team led by Prof. Tian Xingyou and Prof. Zhang Xian from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS) of the Chinese Academy of Science (CAS) have utilized liquid metal to construct Liquid metal/Polyimide/Polytetrafluoroethylene ...
Dec 7, 2023
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