Tesla has a lot of work to do on its Optimus robot
Optimus Sub-Prime? For something meant to revolutionize production lines, reveal wasn't quite there yet
AI + ML03 Oct 2022 | 43
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Text-to-image models are so last month, text-to-video is here
In brief Plus: Did Bruce Willis sell his image rights to AI biz creating deepfakes? And more
AI + ML01 Oct 2022 | 17
Europe just might make it easier for people to sue for damage caused by AI tech
Imagine the lawyer infomercials – Did a computer hurt you? Call (30) 555 1234...
AI + ML29 Sep 2022 | 17
OpenAI opens doors to DALL-E after the horse has bolted to Midjourney and others
Ironic that an ML lab with so many accelerators is such a slowpoke
AI + ML29 Sep 2022 | 7
Uncle Sam to unmask anonymous writers using AI
Along with revealing authors, IARPA also wants bot to disguise scribes
AI + ML28 Sep 2022 | 50
Save the whales – with, uh, artificial intelligence?
When a Klingon Bird-of-Prey just won't cut it
AI + ML28 Sep 2022 | 10
Ford buys into Middle Kingdom market with China EV subsidiary
As Intel expands its collaboration with Chinese car-maker Geely
AI + ML28 Sep 2022 | 4
City isn't keen on 5,000 erratic, traffic-jam-causing GM robo-cars on its streets
Analysis 'Cruise AV automated driving system is still under development' is putting it politely after vehicles block roads
AI + ML27 Sep 2022 | 64
AI won't take coders' jobs. Humans still rule for now
In brief Plus: ML career help, OpenAI releases free speech-recognition model, and more news
AI + ML26 Sep 2022 | 23
Darth Vader voice actor James Earl Jones allows AI to take over the role
Ukrainian outfit Respeecher's GAN-based neural audio enhancer embraces The Dark Side
AI + ML26 Sep 2022 | 41
SiFive RISC-V cores picked for Google AI compute nodes
Cor, that's a shot in the arm for this upstart CPU ISA
AI + ML23 Sep 2022 | 13
The secret to Sparrow, DeepMind's latest Q&A chatbot: Human feedback
Thanks for the advice
AI + ML23 Sep 2022 | 20
Getty bans AI-generated art due to copyright concerns
You boffins need to figure out who owns what before someone gets sued
AI + ML21 Sep 2022 | 8
Now's your chance, AI, to do good. Protect endangered eagles from wind turbines
(But wot about us vultures, sniff)
AI + ML21 Sep 2022 | 89
Nvidia sets out timeline for H100 GPUs – now for HGX, next year for DGX
GTC It's called Hopper because most of the chips announced today skipped it
AI + ML20 Sep 2022 | 1
SETI seeks amateur astronomers to find hot Jupiter-like exoplanets
Much better use of time than 'hot singles in your area'
AI + ML20 Sep 2022 | 2
Creatives up in arms over claim that AI is killing human art
In brief Plus: Cruise expanding self-driving robotaxi operations, and more
AI + ML20 Sep 2022 | 25
Google says some AI call center agents took the morning off
Updated Replace unreliable people with tireless cloudy software, they said …
AI + ML20 Sep 2022 | 8
Researchers build ML models to forecast food shortages
Secondary data in weather, macro-economics to help governments and orgs figure out where to focus their aid
AI + ML16 Sep 2022 | 3
Upstart claims its chips beat Nvidia's A100 on AI oomph
That's nice, but what about Nv's H100?
AI + ML15 Sep 2022 | 2
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Steganography alert: Backdoor spyware stashed in Microsoft logo
Now that's sticker shock
BlackCat malware lashes out at US defense IT contractor
In Brief Also, Amazon's Ring footage TV shows draws criticism, US v Soviet spying docs found, and more
FBI: We tracked who was printing secret documents to unmask ex-NSA suspect
Infosec systems designer alleged to have chatted with undercover agent
Linux kernel 6.0 debuts, Linus Torvalds teases ‘core new things’ coming in version 6.1
Linux boss' launch message is more ‘6.0 is overrated’ than ‘The joy of 6.0’
Tetchy trainee turned the lights down low to teach turgid lecturer a lesson
Who, Me? Sure, I’ll sit here all day taking notes because you’re too cheap to print them out
Samsung’s Smart Monitor tries too hard to be clever
Desktop Tourism Barely adequate as a desktop alternative, but delightful as a dual purpose monitor
Founder of cybersecurity firm Acronis is afraid of his own vacuum cleaner
It is the exponential changes in the course of human history that worry Serg Bell
The open internet repels its most insidious attackers. They’ll return
Opinion It’ll take an army of billions to hold them back. Let’s make one
Moody's turns up the heat on 'riskiest' sectors for cyberattacks
$22 trillion of global rated debt has 'high' or 'very high' cyber-risk exposure
Between ransomware and month-long engagements, IR teams need a hug – and a nap
Here's what 1,100 incident responders say about their jobs, just in time for NSCAM
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Ex-Googler Eric Schmidt's think tank warns China could win global tech race
USA told to sort itself out in 5G, AI, and microelectronics by 2025 – or things could get mighty grim
AI + ML14 Sep 2022 | 39
US throws millions at AI to diagnose diseases by the sound of your voice
Speech can be impacted by cancer, Parkinson's, depression, and more
AI + ML13 Sep 2022 | 7
Academic publishers turn to AI software to catch bad scientists doctoring data
Analysis High level of image duplication in a single paper is a sign of cheating
AI + ML12 Sep 2022 | 17
Brain-inspired chips promise ultra-efficient AI, so why aren’t they everywhere?
Interview It's not because our AI overlords aren't keen on the idea
AI + ML12 Sep 2022 | 25
Draft EU AI Act regulations could have a chilling effect on open source software
In brief Plus: New MLPerf inference results, and artists finds terrifying AI-generated face haunting images
AI + ML11 Sep 2022 | 38
Hype versus reality: What you can't do with DeepMind's AlphaFold in drug discovery
Analysis Protein prediction it can do, the next steps not so much – not that it was trained for this
AI + ML08 Sep 2022 | 7
Man wins competition with AI-generated artwork – and some people aren't happy
In brief Plus: Use machine learning to understand your cat ... possibly
AI + ML03 Sep 2022 | 63
One man's battle to get patent rights for AI inventors in America may be over
Analysis Stephen Thaler is fighting the law, and the law is winning
AI + ML01 Sep 2022 | 46
Goodbye, humans: Call centers 'could save $80b' switching to AI
You'll just have to learn to code instead – oh wait, computers can do that, too
AI + ML01 Sep 2022 | 77
Googler says she was forced out after opposing $1.2bn cloud contract with Israel
Fears of human-rights abuses overshadow Project Nimbus
AI + ML30 Aug 2022 | 166
Tesla faces Autopilot lawsuit alleging phantom braking
Automaker accused of hiding malfunctioning tech from drivers
AI + ML30 Aug 2022 | 77
AI detects 20,000 hidden taxable swimming pools in France, netting €10m
Aerial photo scanning tool to be expanded to catch out other unreported home improvements
AI + ML30 Aug 2022 | 124
Source: IBM disguised Watson Health layoffs as a 'redeployment initiative'
Exclusive Funnily enough, most of those hit were aged over 40, it is claimed
AI + ML29 Aug 2022 | 58
Record label drops AI rapper after backlash over stereotypes
In brief Plus: Changing call center workers' voices, why we need to do more to get women in ML, and more
AI + ML28 Aug 2022 | 84
The world is in crisis, so just how can AI help?
Futurist Keynote: Imma Martinez talks business, policy and ethics
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How archaeologists can use AI to date our ancestors
Human remains from millennia ago analyzed by the machines their descendants built
AI + ML25 Aug 2022 | 24
Tesla wants to take machine learning silicon to the Dojo
Just how bad does existing AI hardware have to be to start from scratch?
AI + ML24 Aug 2022 | 10
Binance exec says scammers made a 'deep fake hologram' of him to fool victims
That wasn't actually me on a Zoom call, it was a malicious AI clone built from TV interviews, claims PR
AI + ML23 Aug 2022 | 15
US Army drone crashes hours ahead of breaking flight duration record
Airbus's solar-powered Zephyr nosedives after more than 64 days aloft
AI + ML23 Aug 2022 | 52
Musk tries to sell Tesla's Optimus robot butler to China
In brief Plus: How US Homeland Security uses AI – and text-to-image systems deployed in social media
AI + ML21 Aug 2022 | 37
GitHub Copilot may be perfect for cheating CompSci programming exercises
Shakeup in teaching looms as code-completion tool lets students 'bring an Uzi to a knife fight'
AI + ML19 Aug 2022 | 58
AI chip adds artificial neurons to resistive RAM for use in wearables, drones
'Even on a small coin battery, it could run for more than 10 years' claims researcher
AI + ML18 Aug 2022 | 12
Google teaches robots to serve humans – with large language models the key
Video Is this it? The robo-butler dream is coming true?
AI + ML18 Aug 2022 | 24
UK hospitals lose millions after AI startup valuation collapses
Updated Two trusts saw nearly $18 million go up in smoke when Sensyne Health was delisted from AIM
AI + ML17 Aug 2022 | 71
DARPA seeks a few good AI coders to help America find its own rare minerals
There's some pocket change in it for you, if you can crack this nut
AI + ML17 Aug 2022 | 12
AI could save future firefighters from deadly flashover explosions
NIST-led engineers are working on building a real-time alert system
AI + ML14 Aug 2022 | 7
Your AI-generated digital artwork may not be protected by US copyright
Do we want to recognise machines as authors?
AI + ML14 Aug 2022 | 52
Meta's AI internet chatbot demo quickly starts spewing fake news and racist remarks
In brief Plus: How Google is using language models to improve search, and watch Heinz's AI ketchup advert
AI + ML14 Aug 2022 | 50
AI laser probe for prostate cancer enters clinical trials
FDA says yes to the tests
AI + ML13 Aug 2022 | 21
Tech industry stuck over patent problems with AI algorithms
Lawyers at Google are unsure if they can patent chip floorplans created by machines
AI + ML10 Aug 2022 | 29
Tesla Full Self-Driving 'fails' to notice child-sized objects in testing
Updated Campaign group's study uses tiny sample size, test done without hands on the wheel
AI + ML09 Aug 2022 | 240
Harvard boffins build multimodal AI system to predict 14 types of cancer
Many sources become one
AI + ML09 Aug 2022 | 2
Real-time deepfakes can be beaten by a sideways glance
For now at least, until data catches up
AI + ML08 Aug 2022 | 13
California accuses Tesla of false advertising over Autopilot
DMV goes after manufacturer and dealer licenses
AI + ML08 Aug 2022 | 29
China allows robo taxis – without backup drivers – in parts of two major cities
Baidu gets the fare in Chongqing and Wuhan
AI + ML08 Aug 2022 | 22
UK wants criminal migrants to scan their faces up to five times a day using a watch
In brief Plus: Meta launches prototype AI chatbot, and cities reverse facial recognition bans
AI + ML07 Aug 2022 | 129
Claims of AI sentience branded 'pure clickbait'
Stanford academics peeved over LaMDA chatbot brouhaha
AI + ML05 Aug 2022 | 114
AI-friendly patent law needed 'as a matter of national security', ex-USPTO boss says
Neural network training and whatnot didn't occur to 18th century founders
AI + ML02 Aug 2022 | 32
David Holz, founder of AI art generator Midjourney, on the future of imaging
Interview Optimizing for beauty while trying to suppress sensationalism
AI + ML01 Aug 2022 | 10
MIT boffins make AI chips '1 million times faster than the synapses in the human brain'
In brief Plus: Why ML research is difficult to produce – and Army lab extends AI contract with Palantir
AI + ML01 Aug 2022 | 18
Nearly all protein structures known to science predicted by AlphaFold AI
Let's hold off the champagne until an actual drug is developed using this tech
AI + ML28 Jul 2022 | 27
Now another Meta acquisition in jeopardy: VR biz Within
And on the same day revenue declined, web ad spend uncertain, hiring slowed, more AI curation promised
AI + ML28 Jul 2022 | 14
MIT, Autodesk develop AI that can figure out confusing Lego instructions
But can MEPNet make sense of that Ikea manual too?
AI + ML27 Jul 2022 | 22
About that $1b... IBM says Watson Health assets fetched $230m in pre-tax profits
Unit was supposed to transform oncology yet never turned a profit, ended up in hands of private equity
AI + ML26 Jul 2022 | 15
Nvidia gets down with low code in AI Enterprise update
GPU giant promises to make ML accessible to even the most modest biz
AI + ML26 Jul 2022 |
Russian ChessBot breaks child opponent's finger
But don't get all 'Rise of the Machines' on this one – Russian media says the 'bot has played for years without problems
AI + ML25 Jul 2022 | 60
I've been fired, says engineer who claimed Google chatbot was sentient
In brief Plus: How writers are using AI tools to help them write fiction more quickly
AI + ML23 Jul 2022 | 86
UK blocks China from licensing Manchester Uni's robot vision tech
National Security and Investment Act used to prevent export felt to have nasty defense implications
AI + ML22 Jul 2022 | 12
Baidu crashes the cost of robo-taxis by 75 percent
Steering wheel not required, if desired – or you could add a coffee machine
AI + ML21 Jul 2022 | 29
Cruise self-driving cars stopped and clogged up San Francisco for hours
In brief Plus: Head of AI and Autopilot at Tesla quits, FIFA rolls out AI in this year's football World Cup, and more
AI + ML18 Jul 2022 | 37
FDA clears way for an AI stethoscope to detect heart disease
Algorithm proves better than primary care doctors at recognizing signs of heart trouble
AI + ML14 Jul 2022 | 15
China may be the future for Mercedes-Benz
Partnership with Tencent is the latest sign automaker sees Middle Kingdom innovation as key to its success
AI + ML12 Jul 2022 | 5
Meta's AI-based Wikipedia successor 'may be the next big break in NLP'
Don't believe everything you read on the internet
AI + ML11 Jul 2022 | 21
Intel hits another speed bump with delayed Mobileye IPO
Analysis No biggie, it was only supposed to help fund a big manufacturing expansion
AI + ML11 Jul 2022 |
AI inventors may find it difficult to patent their tech under today's laws
Comment Why newfangled algorithms could be a headache for examiners
AI + ML09 Jul 2022 | 28
More and more CS students are interested in AI – and there aren't enough lecturers
Brain drain of researchers flocking to industry is not the real problem here, report suggests
AI + ML07 Jul 2022 | 18
Elon Musk had secret twins in 2021 with Neuralink exec
The births bring SpaceX overlord's brood to 9 ... that we know of
AI + ML07 Jul 2022 | 32
Vodafone picks Google for MLops project that self-serves models in minutes
Teradata, Oracle Cloud still play a role in carrier's data-wrangling plans
AI + ML07 Jul 2022 |
IBM buys Databand to keep bad data from tainting your AI
Upstart promises to tackle that old adage: Garbage in, garbage out
AI + ML07 Jul 2022 |
Meta's AI translation breaks 200 language barrier
Open source model improves translation of rarer spoken languages by 70%
AI + ML06 Jul 2022 | 6
Health trusts swapped patient data for shares in an AI firm. They may have lost millions
Deals leave NHS bodies out of pocket after collapse in value of UK health tech company
AI + ML06 Jul 2022 | 35
People who regularly talk to AI chatbots often start to believe they're sentient, says CEO
In brief Plus: Activists fight for EU ban on AI lie detectors, and is the age prediction tool used by Meta accurate?
AI + ML04 Jul 2022 | 44
Open source body quits GitHub, urges you to do the same
Paid-for Copilot trained on FOSS code final straw for Software Freedom Conservancy
AI + ML30 Jun 2022 | 94
Meta: We need 5x more GPUs to combat TikTok, stat
Comment And 30% fewer new engineers this year
AI + ML30 Jun 2022 | 31
Is computer vision the cure for school shootings? Likely not
Comment Gun-detecting AI outfits want to help while root causes need tackling
AI + ML28 Jun 2022 | 100
Manufacturers realize quantifiable gains - Analytics, cloud, edge intelligence & 5G
It’s time for factories to get smart
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Cerebras sets record for 'largest AI model' on a single chip
In brief Plus: Yandex releases 100-billion-parameter language model for free, and more
AI + ML27 Jun 2022 | 5
Now Amazon debuts an AI programming assistant – CodeWhisperer
Did they get GitHub Copilot to write it?
AI + ML23 Jun 2022 | 6
Train once, run anywhere, almost: Qualcomm's drive to bring AI to its phone, PC chips
Software toolkit offered to save developers time, effort, battery power
AI + ML23 Jun 2022 | 2
Samsung invests in ML chip startup NeuReality
Coining the term hardware-based 'AI hypervisor' has to be worth several million, dontcha think?
AI + ML21 Jun 2022 | 1
Microsoft promises to tighten access to AI it now deems too risky for some devs
Deep-fake voices, face recognition, emotion, age and gender prediction ... A toolbox of theoretical tech tyranny
AI + ML21 Jun 2022 | 10
GitHub's AI code assistant Copilot takes flight. And that'll be $10 a month, please
You wanna bug fix and chill?
AI + ML21 Jun 2022 | 19
If AI chatbots are sentient, they can be squirrels, too
In Brief Plus: FTC warns against using ML for automatic content moderation, and more
AI + ML20 Jun 2022 | 16
AI's most convincing conversations are not what they seem
Opinion It's time to toss the Turing test – it's not really about the machines at all
AI + ML20 Jun 2022 | 126
Leave that sentient AI alone a mo and fix those racist chatbots first
Something for the Weekend Cue robot armies of whiny digital seven-year-olds complaining they're being 'cancelled'
AI + ML17 Jun 2022 | 85
Look to insects if you want to build tiny AI robots that are actually smart
Flying, swarming, decision making already in production in nature
AI + ML16 Jun 2022 | 21
GPUs aren’t always your best bet, Twitter ML tests suggest
Graphcore processor outperforms Nvidia rival in team's experiments
AI + ML16 Jun 2022 | 5
Tesla Autopilot accounts for 70% of driver assist crashes, says US traffic safety body
First of its kind report from NHTSA comes with caveats, though – the new tech also saves lives
AI + ML15 Jun 2022 | 58
Google engineer suspended for violating confidentiality policies over 'sentient' AI
Blake Lemoine began to believe that LaMDA, Language Model for Dialogue Applications, exhibited self-awareness
AI + ML13 Jun 2022 | 193
Meta slammed with eight lawsuits claiming social media hurts kids
In brief Plus: Why safety data for self-driving technology is misleading, and more
AI + ML12 Jun 2022 | 47
