Standardizing rock climbing route difficulty through machine learning techniques
A recent study conducted by University of New Hampshire researchers explored how integrating machine and deep learning techniques can create a standardized system for evaluating rock climbing routes to provide a difficulty ...
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User-friendly system can help developers build more efficient simulations and AI models
The neural network artificial intelligence models used in applications like medical image processing and speech recognition perform operations on hugely complex data structures that require an enormous amount of computation ...
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How psychologists kick-started AI by studying the human mind
Many people think of psychology as being primarily about mental health, but its story goes far beyond that.
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Automotive
Autonomous cars don't understand how blind people move around—researchers are trying to boost safety
At the Paralympic Games in Tokyo in 2021, one of the autonomous Toyota vehicles designed to ferry people around the two-week event collided with a blind athlete at an intersection in the Olympic Village, causing minor injuries. ...
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Business
New AI guidance could help businesses and government use the technology
A new framework that could help businesses better understand and use AI has been developed by researchers from the University of Sheffield.
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Business
SoftBank and OpenAI set up joint company to push artificial intelligence services
Japanese technology giant SoftBank Group and OpenAI stepped up their AI partnership Monday, setting up a 50-50 held company called SB OpenAI Japan.
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Machine learning & AI
OpenAI chief says it needs new open-source strategy
OpenAI chief Sam Altman on Friday said his high-profile artificial intelligence company is "on the wrong side of history" when it comes to being open about how its technology works.
Feb 1, 2025
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Machine learning & AI
Taiwan bans government agencies from using DeepSeek
Taiwan has banned workers in the public sector and at key infrastructure facilities from using DeepSeek, saying it was a Chinese product and could endanger national security.
Feb 1, 2025
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Robotics
Tradition and technology sync at China 'AI temple fair'
A humanoid robot gyrates to pulsing music at a shopping mall in Beijing, part of an exhibition harnessing artificial intelligence to enhance the flavor of China's biggest annual festival.
Feb 1, 2025
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Security
Q&A: Unpacking DeepSeek—distillation, ethics and national security
Since the Chinese AI startup DeepSeek released its powerful large language model R1, it has sent ripples through Silicon Valley and the U.S. stock market, sparking widespread discussion and debate.
Jan 31, 2025
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Business
Q&A: DeepSeek and the future of AI
News that artificial intelligence (AI) assistant DeepSeek can compete with models like ChatGPT and Gemini for a fraction of the cost and computing power made headlines on Jan. 27, 2025. The reporting caused technology and ...
Jan 31, 2025
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Machine learning & AI
South Korea watchdog to question DeepSeek over user data
South Korea will ask Chinese AI startup DeepSeek to clarify how it manages users' personal information, its data watchdog said Friday, joining a number of countries seeking answers.
Jan 31, 2025
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Machine learning & AI
Delphi experiment tries to equip an AI agent with moral judgment
Advanced artificial intelligence (AI) tools, including LLM-based conversational agents such as ChatGPT, have become increasingly widespread. These tools are now used by countless individuals worldwide for both professional ...
Security
AI combined with holograms creates an uncrackable optical encryption system
As the demand for digital security grows, researchers have developed a new optical system that uses holograms to encode information, creating a level of encryption that traditional methods cannot penetrate. This advance could ...
Jan 30, 2025
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Energy & Green Tech
Integrated modeling approach decodes solid-state battery microstructures for better performance
Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) have developed a novel, integrated modeling approach to identify and improve key interface and microstructural features in complex materials typically used for ...
Jan 30, 2025
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Other
Q&A: Law expert discusses how AI could be governed by an 'equity by design' framework
Approaches to regulating artificial intelligence (AI), from creation to deployment and use in practice, vary internationally. Daryl Lim, Penn State Dickinson Law associate dean for research and innovation, H. Laddie Montague ...
Jan 30, 2025
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Machine learning & AI
OpenAI seeking $40 billion in new fundraising round: Report
OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, is seeking to raise $40 billion in a fresh round of funding that would value the startup at a staggering $340 billion, the Wall Street Journal Reported on Thursday.
Jan 30, 2025
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Automotive
E-mobility: AI system accelerates the development of powertrains
The development of vehicle components is a lengthy and therefore very costly process. Researchers at Graz University of Technology (TU Graz) have developed a method that can shorten the development phase of the powertrain ...
Jan 30, 2025
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Machine learning & AI
New play takes on OpenAI drama and AI's existential questions
Revolutionize humanity or destroy it? Playwright Matthew Gasda's characters, inspired by OpenAI and its famous ChatGPT, grapple with existential questions about the direction of artificial intelligence.
Jan 30, 2025
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Computer Sciences
'Digital doppelgangers' are helping scientists tackle everyday problems—and showing what makes us human
As rising seas lap at its shore, Tuvalu faces an existential threat. In an effort to preserve the tiny island nation in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, its government has been building a "digital twin" of the entire country.
Jan 30, 2025
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Business
SoftBank eyes $15-25 bn investment in OpenAI: FT
Japan's SoftBank is in talks to invest $15-25 billion in OpenAI in a deal that would make it the ChatGPT-maker's biggest financial backer, the Financial Times reported on Thursday.
Jan 30, 2025
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