Machine learning & AI news
Computer Sciences
New algorithm improves how AI can independently learn and uncover patterns in data
Researchers have developed a new AI algorithm, called Torque Clustering, that is much closer to natural intelligence than current methods. It significantly improves how AI systems learn and uncover patterns in data independently, ...
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Elon Musk heads group trying to buy control of OpenAI: Report
Elon Musk is leading an investment group offering $97.4 billion for the nonprofit that controls OpenAI, marking a new front in his war with the ChatGPT-maker, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday.
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Study finds skepticism towards AI in moral decision roles
Psychologists warn that AI's perceived lack of human experience and genuine understanding may limit its acceptance to make higher-stakes moral decisions.
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When your boss is an algorithm: Warehouse employees face new challenges and stress
The digital revolution has opened unimagined opportunities, but it comes with a threat of leaving the most vulnerable workers behind.
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Business
What is Jevons' Paradox? And why it may—or may not—predict AI's future
In 1865, William Stanley Jevons first described a paradox. He maintained that more efficient steam engines would not decrease the use of coal in British factories but would actually increase it. As the fossil fuel became ...
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Machine learning method improves semiconductor band gap predictions
Imagine you're cooking. You're trying to develop a unique flavor by mixing spices you've never combined before. Predicting how this will turn out could be tricky. You want to create something delicious, but it could end up ...
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Machine learning & AI
Survey highlights an emerging divide over artificial intelligence in the US
Results from a new Rutgers University–New Brunswick survey tracking public trust in artificial intelligence (AI) suggest a growing divide in how Americans engage with the technology.
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Hi Tech & Innovation
AI is transforming the search for new materials that can help create the technologies of the future
From the bronze age to the Industrial Revolution and beyond, the discovery and development of new materials has been a driving force in human history. These novel materials have helped advance technology and shape civilizations.
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Energy & Green Tech
Using smart technologies and artificial intelligence in food packaging can reduce food waste
Food insecurity is one of humanity's most pressing challenges, impacting more than 2 billion people worldwide.
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Machine learning & AI
Here's how researchers are helping AIs get their facts straight
AI has made it easier than ever to find information: Ask ChatGPT almost anything, and the system swiftly delivers an answer. But the large language models that power popular tools like OpenAI's ChatGPT or Anthropic's Claude ...
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Robotics
Apple engineers create expressive Pixar-like table lamp with AI capabilities
A team of engineers at Apple Computer has developed an expressive table lamp that interacts with a user rather than simply carrying out instructions. The group has posted a paper on the arXiv preprint server describing the ...
Machine learning & AI
DeepMind AI achieves gold-medal level performance on challenging Olympiad math questions
A team of researchers at Google's DeepMind project, reports that its AlphaGeometry2 AI performed at a gold-medal level when tasked with solving problems that were given to high school students participating in the International ...
Hi Tech & Innovation
Recyclable artificial vision system uses honey as an electrolyte
A new form of energy-efficient artificial vision system inspired by the human brain and made in part using honey could help reduce the impact of electronic waste.
Feb 10, 2025
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Machine learning & AI
Government chiefs and tech leaders gather in Paris for AI summit
Political and tech industry leaders were set to descend on Paris Monday for a two-day summit on artificial intelligence, hoping to find common ground on a technology with the potential to upset global business and society.
Feb 10, 2025
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Machine learning & AI
Labor impact and trade windfall on agenda at Paris AI summit
Artificial intelligence (AI) presents vast opportunities if correctly chanelled but is already sharpening gender pay disparities, global leaders told a Paris summit aimed at finding common ground on the technology on Monday.
Feb 10, 2025
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Machine learning & AI
How AI can help in the creative design process
Generative artificial intelligence tools can help design students by making hard tasks easier, cutting down on stress, and allowing the students more time to explore innovative ideas, according to new research I published ...
Feb 8, 2025
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Hi Tech & Innovation
AI model masters new terrain at NASA facility one scoop at a time
Extraterrestrial landers sent to gather samples from the surface of distant moons and planets have limited time and battery power to complete their mission. Aerospace and computer science engineering researchers at The Grainger ...
Feb 7, 2025
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Machine learning & AI
OpenAI's Altman warns EU regulation may hold Europe back
OpenAI chief Sam Altman on Friday suggested European regulation could hold back the development of artificial intelligence (AI), while promising the US company would abide by new EU legislation.
Feb 7, 2025
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Machine learning & AI
Chatbot vs national security? What's going on with DeepSeek bans
Chinese AI chatbot DeepSeek upended the global industry and wiped billions of US tech stocks when it unveiled its R1 program, which it claims was built on cheap, less sophisticated Nvidia semiconductors.
Feb 7, 2025
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Business
US lawmakers introduce bill to ban DeepSeek from govt devices
US lawmakers on Thursday brought forth a bill to ban Chinese artificial intelligence program DeepSeek from being used on government devices over concerns about user data security.
Feb 7, 2025
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Computer Sciences
Machine learning approach enhances emotion detection accuracy
Facial emotion recognition could have broad applications across health care, education, marketing, transportation, and entertainment. It might be used to help monitor patients remotely or in overstretched hospitals or emergency ...
Feb 7, 2025
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Computer Sciences
Psychology-based tasks assess multi-modal LLM visual cognition limits
Over the past decades, computer scientists have created increasingly advanced artificial intelligence (AI) models, some of which can perform similarly to humans on specific tasks. The extent to which these models truly "think" ...
Robotics
Ronaldo's Siuuu celebration: Whole-body training model allows robots to mimic famous athlete moves
A team of AI and robotics researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, working with a pair of colleagues from technology company NVIDIA, has developed a new model for training robots to move like human athletes.
Business
Academic researchers find a way to train an AI reasoning model for less than $50
A small team of AI researchers from Stanford University and the University of Washington has found a way to train an AI reasoning model for a fraction of the price paid by big corporations that produce widely known products ...
