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Huge Breakthrough In Quantum Computing: Scientists Develop Algorithm To Characterize Noise Across Larger Systems
To tame the noise (interference or instability), scientists need to understand how it affects an entire quantum system. Until now … More
Facebook Developing ‘Sense Curious’ Touchy-Feely Artificial Intelligence
As a social media platform with global reach, Facebook leans extensively on its artificial intelligence and machine-learning systems to keep … More
And Then We Were Cyborgs
“How did you go bankrupt?” “Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly.” This anecdote from The Sun Also Rises was written at … More
Are Humans Losing Control Of Robots?
Humans have long been fascinated with the idea of robots — human-like robots. It’s been 50 years since Isaac Asimov, an American … More
Coming To A Device Near You: All-Knowing Smart Phones Could Become All-Access Cards For Pentagon Users
A New York-based company and the Defense Department have created an artificial intelligence algorithm to be embedded in smartphones that … More
The State Of AI In 2019
It’s a common psychological phenomenon: repeat any word enough times, and it eventually loses all meaning, disintegrating like soggy tissue … More
There’s An Algorithm For That: Humans Falling In Love With Scripted Artificial Intelligence
I recently met a young woman named Wild Rose on an online chat forum. We struck up a conversation and … More
FBI Seeks AI To Match Criminals To Fingerprint Database
Creative criminals are increasingly altering their own fingerprints as a way to evade detection, theFederal Bureau of Investigation has found. … More
The Future Is Now: Hotel Chain Using Biometric Data To Determine Guest Vacation Spots
AccorHotels wants to read its guests’ minds—and their heart rate and EEG and galvanic skin response, too. [Photo: courtesy of … More