Machine learning & AI
Why is it that artificial intelligence systems can outperform humans on some visual tasks, like facial recognition, but make egregious errors on others—such as classifying an image of an astronaut as a shovel?
Jun 28, 2023
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Machine learning & AI
The emergence of artificial intelligence has caused differing reactions from tech leaders, politicians and the public. While some excitedly tout AI technology such as ChatGPT as an advantageous tool with the potential to ...
Nov 21, 2023
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Computer Sciences
Future generations of self-driving cars should learn the language of cyclists to help them safely share the roads with bikes, new research suggests.
Apr 24, 2023
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Engineering
Physics student Darius Merk has used an insect-inspired algorithm to develop a drone that can navigate around obstacles. His research could prove particularly useful in a natural disaster.
Jul 15, 2016
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Computer Sciences
Achieving diversity in human vision is one of the major challenges for AI research. In the vast majority of cases, we are better than machines at understanding the world around us. But machines are catching up—slowly but ...
Oct 22, 2022
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Computer Sciences
Suppose you look briefly from a few feet away at a person you have never met before. Step back a few paces and look again. Will you be able to recognize her face? "Yes, of course," you probably are thinking. If this is true, ...
Feb 12, 2020
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Robotics
Robotic fabrics that can shrink, grow in size and move with precision are becoming a reality, thanks to new research from scientists at the University of Sheffield.
Jul 18, 2023
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Computer Sciences
Many people understand the concept of bias at some intuitive level. In society, and in artificial intelligence systems, racial and gender biases are well documented.
May 15, 2024
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Engineering
Engineering researchers have some simple advice for people learning to ride hoverboards: it's all in the ankles.
Aug 8, 2022
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Robotics
Autonomous weapon systems—commonly known as killer robots—may have killed human beings for the first time ever last year, according to a recent United Nations Security Council report on the Libyan civil war. History could ...
Sep 30, 2021
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