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Refined AI approach improves noninvasive brain-computer interface performance
Pursuing a viable alternative to invasive brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) has been a continued research focus of Carnegie Mellon University's He Lab. In 2019, the group used a noninvasive BCI to successfully demonstrate, ...
May 3, 2024
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Random robots are more reliable: New AI algorithm for robots consistently outperforms state-of-the-art systems
Northwestern University engineers have developed a new artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm designed specifically for smart robotics. By helping robots rapidly and reliably learn complex skills, the new method could significantly ...
May 2, 2024
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Researchers create massive open dataset to advance AI solutions for carbon capture
To avoid catastrophic climate impacts, excessive carbon emissions must be addressed. At this point, cutting emissions isn't enough. Direct air capture, a technology that pulls carbon dioxide out of ambient air, has great ...
May 2, 2024
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New AI tool efficiently detects asbestos in roofs so it can be removed
A team of researchers from the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) has designed and tested a new system for detecting asbestos that has not yet been removed from the roofs of buildings, despite regulatory requirements.
May 2, 2024
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Software
Modular software for scientific image reconstruction
Scientists use an array of imaging instruments to look inside living organisms, sometimes as they move, and to observe inert objects without altering their state. Such instruments include telescopes, microscopes, CT scanners ...
May 2, 2024
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Consumer & Gadgets
What to expect from the next generation of chatbots: OpenAI's GPT-5 and Meta's Llama-3
Recently, there has been a flurry of publicity about the planned upgrades to OpenAI's ChatGPT AI-powered chatbot and Meta's Llama system, which powers the company's chatbots across Facebook and Instagram.
May 2, 2024
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Business
AI use by businesses is small but growing rapidly, led by IT sector and firms in Colorado and DC
The rate of businesses in the U.S. using AI is still relatively small but growing rapidly, with firms in information technology, and in locations like Colorado and the District of Columbia, leading the way, according to a ...
May 2, 2024
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Business
Can AI-powered drive-throughs save the day for fast food operators?
It didn't take long for Harshraj Ghai to respond to the impact of California's new $20 an hour minimum wage for his 3,700 fast-food employees.
May 2, 2024
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Robotics
Natural language boosts LLM performance in coding, planning and robotics
Large language models (LLMs) are becoming increasingly useful for programming and robotics tasks, but for more complicated reasoning problems, the gap between these systems and humans looms large. Without the ability to learn ...
May 1, 2024
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Machine learning & AI
Science has an AI problem: Research group says they can fix it
AI holds the potential to help doctors find early markers of disease and policymakers to avoid decisions that lead to war. But a growing body of evidence has revealed deep flaws in how machine learning is used in science, ...
May 1, 2024
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Robotics
An artificial mind, with a lifelike body: Amid a world of evolving AI, a Las Vegas man brings his creations to life
You wanna see her move? I think that's the fun part.
May 1, 2024
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Business
How to build and protect skills in our modern workplace, a world filled with AI and robots
Researcher and technologist Matt Beane, an assistant professor in the Technology Management Department at UC Santa Barbara, is calling attention to an immediate and hidden concern in the modern workplace—and offering a ...
May 1, 2024
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Security
A framework to enhance the safety of text-to-image generation networks
The emergence of machine learning algorithms that can generate texts and images following human users' instructions has opened new possibilities for the low-cost creation of specific content. A class of these algorithms that ...
Computer Sciences
AI speech analysis may aid in assessing and preventing potential suicides, says researcher
Speech is critical to detecting suicidal ideation and a key to understanding the mental and emotional state of people experiencing it. Suicide hotline counselors are trained to quickly analyze speech variation to better help ...
Apr 30, 2024
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Robotics
Trotting robots reveal emergence of animal gait transitions
A four-legged robot trained with machine learning by EPFL researchers has learned to avoid falls by spontaneously switching between walking, trotting, and pronking—a milestone for roboticists as well as biologists interested ...
Apr 30, 2024
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Computer Sciences
A new framework to improve high computing performance
From a luxury to a day-to-day necessity, computing isn't quite what it used to be. As applications like machine learning and 5G mobile networks become the norm, the need for high computing performance has never been greater. ...
Apr 30, 2024
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