Machine learning & AI news
Robotics
Using sim-to-real reinforcement learning to train robots to do simple tasks in broad environments
A team of roboticists at the University of California, Berkeley, reports that it is possible to train robots to do relatively simple tasks by using sim-to-real reinforcement learning to train them. In their study, published ...
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Researchers use machine learning to create a fabric-based touch sensor
A new study from NC State University combines three-dimensional embroidery techniques with machine learning to create a fabric-based sensor that can control electronic devices through touch. The paper is published in the ...
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New framework may solve mode collapse in generative adversarial network
Generative adversarial networks (GANs) are widely used to synthesize intricate and realistic data by learning the distribution of authentic real samples. However, a significant challenge that GANs face is mode collapse, where ...
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Q&A: Legal implications of generative artificial intelligence
Maura R. Grossman, JD, Ph.D., is a Research Professor at the Cheriton School of Computer Science, cross-appointed to the School of Public Health Sciences at Waterloo, an Adjunct Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School, and an ...
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Using sound waves for photonic machine learning: Study lays foundation for reconfigurable neuromorphic building blocks
Optical neural networks may provide the high-speed and large-capacity solution necessary to tackle challenging computing tasks. However, tapping their full potential will require further advances. One challenge is the reconfigurability ...
Apr 16, 2024
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Hardware
Taichi: A large-scale diffractive hybrid photonic AI chiplet
A combined team of engineers from Tsinghua University and the Beijing National Research Center for Information Science and Technology, both in China, has developed a large-scale diffractive hybrid photonic AI chiplet for ...
Apr 16, 2024
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Hi Tech & Innovation
Can AI read our minds? Probably not, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't be worried
Earlier this year, Neuralink implanted a chip inside the brain of 29-year-old US man Noland Arbaugh, who is paralyzed from the shoulders down. The chip has enabled Arbaugh to move a mouse pointer on a screen just by imagining ...
Apr 16, 2024
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Computer Sciences
Deepfake detection improves when using algorithms that are more aware of demographic diversity
Deepfakes—essentially putting words in someone else's mouth in a very believable way—are becoming more sophisticated by the day and increasingly hard to spot. Recent examples of deepfakes include Taylor Swift nude images, ...
Apr 16, 2024
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Business
AI model could optimize e-commerce sites for users who are color blind
University of Toronto researcher Parham Aarabi has created an artificial intelligence model that mimics how people use e-commerce websites—and it may be able to help retailers optimize their sites for people experiencing ...
Apr 16, 2024
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Business
Microsoft to invest $1.5bn in AI firm in UAE, take board seat
Microsoft is to invest $1.5 billion in the United Arab Emirates artificial intelligence firm G42, taking a minority stake and a seat on the board, the companies said on Tuesday.
Apr 16, 2024
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Business
Women in tech, AI in focus as Web Summit opens in Rio
The future of artificial intelligence, technology to fight climate change and other glimpses at the cutting edge were in focus Tuesday as mega-tech conference Web Summit opened in Rio de Janeiro.
Apr 16, 2024
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Machine learning & AI
AI's new power of persuasion: Study shows LLMs can exploit personal information to change your mind
A new EPFL study has demonstrated the persuasive power of large language models, finding that participants debating GPT-4 with access to their personal information were far more likely to change their opinion compared to ...
Apr 15, 2024
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Automotive
Improved AI confidence measure for autonomous vehicles
A new Bar-Ilan University study addresses a fundamental question in the realm of artificial intelligence (AI): Can deep learning architectures achieve greatly above-average confidence for a significant portion of inputs while ...
Apr 15, 2024
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Consumer & Gadgets
AI can write you a poem and edit your video. Now, it can help you be funnier
University of Sydney researchers have used an AI-assisted application to help people write cartoon captions for cartoons published in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest.
Apr 15, 2024
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Business
OpenAI comes to Asia with new office in Tokyo
ChatGPT creator OpenAI opened a new office in Tokyo on Monday, the first Asian outpost for the groundbreaking tech company as it aims to ramp up its global expansion.
Apr 15, 2024
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Consumer & Gadgets
The hidden risk of letting AI decide: Losing the skills to choose for ourselves
As artificial intelligence creeps further into people's daily lives, so do worries about it. At the most alarmist are concerns about AI going rogue and terminating its human masters.
Apr 15, 2024
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Business
AI-generated models could bring more diversity to the fashion industry—or leave it with less
London-based model Alexsandrah has a twin, but not in the way you'd expect: Her counterpart is made of pixels instead of flesh and blood.
Apr 15, 2024
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