artificial intelligence

Amir Kiani (from left), Chloe O'Connell and Nishit Asnani troubleshoot an algorithm to diagnose tuberculosis in computer lab at Stanford University.

Health & Safety

How Can Doctors Be Sure A Self-Taught Computer Is Making The Right Diagnosis?

7:29pm April 01, 2019

by Richard Harris

It's hard for humans to check algorithms that computers devise on their own. But these artificial intelligence systems are already moving from the lab toward doctors' offices.

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This illustration made available by NASA shows the Kepler space telescope, the planet-hunting spacecraft that launched in 2009.

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Young Astronomer Uses Artificial Intelligence To Discover 2 Exoplanets

1:15pm April 01, 2019

by Joe Palca

A team led by an undergraduate student at the University of Texas, Austin has found two new planets by using artificial intelligence to sift through data from NASA's planet-hunting Kepler telescope.

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"The optimist in me says in three years we can train this tool to read mammograms as well as an average radiologist," says Connie Lehman, chief of breast imaging at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.

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Training A Computer To Read Mammograms As Well As A Doctor

8:11am April 01, 2019

by Richard Harris

Artificial intelligence is now being brought to bear on mammograms and could improve the accuracy of diagnoses. But previous computerized technology to do that didn't live up to the hype.

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Amazon boxes are scanned on conveyor belts. AI systems keep track of all items in the warehouses, which can be as vast as 1 million square feet.

Optimized Prime: How AI And Anticipation Power Amazon's 1-Hour Deliveries

8:28am November 21, 2018

by Alina Selyukh

Amazon executives often evoke magic when talking about fast shipping. Now in a race for one-hour deliveries, few retailers can afford to keep up. And few rely quite so much on artificial intelligence.

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New research explores how people think autonomous vehicles should handle moral dilemmas. Here, people walk in front of an autonomous taxi being demonstrated in Frankfurt, Germany, last year.

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Should Self-Driving Cars Have Ethics?

4:36pm October 26, 2018

by Laurel Wamsley

To design a "moral machine," researchers updated a classic thought experiment for the autonomous vehicle age. But do we really want artificial intelligence making decisions on who lives or dies?

Edmond de Belamy, created using artificial intelligence, will be auctioned at Christie's on Thursday.

A.I. Produced 'Portrait' Will Go Up For Auction At Christie's

10:08pm October 22, 2018

by Vanessa Romo

The print, called Edmond de Belamy, is a blurry depiction of what could be a "a man of the church" floating within a gilt frame. In place of the artist's signature is a math equation.

Scientists find that the whiskers of harbor seals help them distinguish predator from prey — even from a distance.

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Need To Track A Submarine? A Harbor Seal Can Show You How

5:42pm August 28, 2018

by Joe Palca

Harbor seals use sensors in their whiskers to help discern predator from prey. It's all about the way the water whirls, say scientists who are now training computers to be better trackers, too.

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Self-Driving Cars Need Lessons on Human Drivers

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WATCH: Self-Driving Cars Need To Learn How Humans Drive

5:44am August 21, 2018

Self-driving cars may be the future of transportation. But if they are going to share the road with humans, they have to learn how people behave behind the wheel.

An autonomous tank is demonstrated in France last month. Leading researchers in artificial intelligence are calling for laws against lethal autonomous weapons. They also pledge not to work on such weapons.

AI Innovators Take Pledge Against Autonomous Killer Weapons

5:33pm July 18, 2018

by Cameron Jenkins

"We will neither participate in nor support the development, manufacture, trade, or use of" artificial intelligence that is used to kill people, leading AI researchers vowed.

Siri, Alexa and Cortana all started out as female. Now a group of marketing executives, tech experts and academics are trying to make virtual assistants more egalitarian.

The Push For A Gender-Neutral Siri

8:34pm July 09, 2018

by Laura Sydell

Siri, Alexa and Cortana all started out as female. Now a group of marketing executives, tech experts and academics are trying to make virtual assistants more egalitarian.

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