Hi Tech & Innovation
A chatbot powered by reams of data from the internet has passed exams at a US law school after writing essays on topics ranging from constitutional law to taxation and torts.
Jan 25, 2023
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Internet
Six decades ago, an episode of the legendary TV series "The Twilight Zone" warned us about the risks of ticking off machines. Frustrated by a wave of modern appliances, a grumpy magazine writer in the episode "A Thing About ...
Mar 16, 2023 report
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Hi Tech & Innovation
A chilling episode of the Twilight Zone that first aired 60 years ago focused on a young boy (played by Bill Mumy) who frustrated his parents by insisting he speaks to his grandmother daily on the toy phone she had given ...
Jan 25, 2021 report
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Consumer & Gadgets
AI is making stunning inroads in the fields of medicine and science. It is helping to cure disease, combat global warming, grow crops and provide cleaner, cheaper energy.
Jan 13, 2021 report
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Internet
How times have changed. Just a few years ago, Americans were uncomfortably amused at the presence of social bots but were confident they could tell tofu from prime rib.
Oct 20, 2018 weblog
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Computer Sciences
A group of researchers at Vicarious AI has revealed for the first time the new and innovative method they used to defeat CAPTCHA. In their paper published in the journal Science, the team describes their neural network and ...
Oct 27, 2017 report
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Robotics
There they stood, silent, motionless, a quartet of machine spiders, waiting for their cues, like a dancer troupe waiting for curtains to rise on opening night. At Intel Developer Forum in Shenzhen, China, earlier this week, ...
Apr 10, 2015 weblog
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Robotics
Inspired by the biomechanics of the manta ray, researchers at North Carolina State University have developed an energy-efficient soft robot that can swim more than four times faster than previous swimming soft robots. The ...
Nov 18, 2022
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Internet
Social bots, or automated social media accounts that pose as genuine people, have infiltrated all manner of discussions, including conversations about consequential topics, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. These bots are not ...
Nov 24, 2021
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Computer Sciences
Oh boy. Another computer game where a crushing victory can be claimed by AI. In short, the OpenAI team, of five neural networks, aka OpenAI Five, won amateur human teams at Dota 2.
Jun 26, 2018 weblog
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