In brief
20,000 proteins expressed by human genome predicted by DeepMind's AlphaFold now available to download
Plus: Facial-recognition upstart Clearview raises $30m
26 Jul 12:10 | 4
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With Alphabet's legendary commitment to products, we can't wait to see what its robotics biz Intrinsic achieves
Google parent hopes to inject AI into factory machines
23 Jul 22:22 | 19
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Alan Turing Institute to spend UK.gov grants on AI for air traffic control and banking
Turns out the skies can be the limit for machine learning
23 Jul 05:27 | 18
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Peers question experts over UK police use of AI, facial recognition tech
Academics, senior officers sat at uncomfortable table and asked 'what's going on 'ere, then?'
21 Jul 08:30 | 12
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Impromptu game of Robot Wars sparks fire in warehouse at UK e-tailer Ocado
Three-way crash harms no humans but shutters fulfilment centre and sees orders galore cancelled
19 Jul 06:57 | 78
In brief
OpenAI shuts down robotics team because it doesn't have enough data yet
Plus: People creeped out that TV chef Bourdain's voice has been faked
18 Jul 01:14 | 10
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Teen turned away from roller rink after AI wrongly identifies her as banned troublemaker
Software claimed it was 97% sure
16 Jul 10:57 | 128
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Today's arms race is all about AI and it's China vs America, says US defense secretary
Machines will function more as colleagues than tools, and we're spending $1.5bn to get there
15 Jul 20:17 | 12
Updated
Facebook pulls plug on mind-reading neural interface that restored a user's speech
Stroke victim 'talks' for first time in 16 years, but The Social Network can't see a route to market
15 Jul 12:48 | 25
Webcast
AI changes everything – so you need to change your attitude to adopting new tech
Here’s how to not get left behind
14 Jul 17:00 |
In Brief
Uncle Sam sanctions Chinese AI outfits for links to Xinjiang Uyghur human-rights abuses
Plus: A tool that automatically shames politicians distracted by their phones during official business
10 Jul 14:09 | 24
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The human-devoid AI-powered Saildrone Surveyor ship just made it to Hawaii from SF
28 days at sea alone with nothing to look at but the waves and ocean floor
09 Jul 22:29 | 35
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Tencent to put AI to work exploring space – not ways to extend its monopolies
Beijing likes space. Big tech? Not so much – at least this week
09 Jul 07:10 |
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If you've mastered Python 101, you're probably better at programming than OpenAI's prototype Codex
10 PRINT "ML won't take my job ";: GOTO 10
09 Jul 00:38 | 21
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YouTube's recommendation engine is pretty naff, Mozilla study finds
It even pushes videos that break the site's own content policies
08 Jul 11:32 | 51
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Tencent uses facial recognition to enforce China’s curfew on gaming kids
Accounts held in grown-ups’ names targeted if they stay up late
08 Jul 03:58 | 16
Feature
Robots still suck. It's all they can do to stand up – never mind rise up
Simultaneous localisation and mapping is hard so for the foreseeable future ’bots will remain bolted down
07 Jul 08:33 | 54
Analysis
GitHub Copilot auto-coder snags emerge, from seemingly spilled secrets to bad code, but some love it
Great wow factor but is it legal? Is it ethical? Is code that can't be trusted any use?
06 Jul 12:28 | 35
In brief
Graphcore's AI chips may not be as powerful as Nvidia's GPUs, but may provide good bang for your buck
Plus: SoftBank halts Pepper the robot production
03 Jul 02:34 | 9
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NASA talks up Perseverance Mars rover's self-driving rock-avoiding abilities
AutoNav performs 'thinking while driving' – any chance we could get more of that on Earth ... for humans?
02 Jul 03:52 | 6
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Column
Windows 11 comes bearing THAAS, Trojan Horse as a service
You may know it better as Teams. Giddy up
Personal Tech
Dell won't ship energy-hungry PCs to California and five other US states due to power regulations
Energy efficiency rules appears to be limiting the availability of gaming rigs
Networks
China sets goal of running single-stack IPv6 network by 2030, orders upgrade blitz
All levels of industry and government told to get moving, consumers encouraged to buy new Wi-Fi routers
Security
Apple patches zero-day vulnerability in iOS, iPadOS, macOS under active attack
Characteristically mum about details
Science
Russia's Pirs ISS module scheduled to fall away, much like Moscow's interest in the space station
Troubled Nauka might actually make it after four orbit corrections – since we left work Friday
Software
Google updates timeline for unpopular Privacy Sandbox, which will kill third-party cookies in Chrome by 2023
'The W3C doesn't get to be the boss of anyone, the decisions are going to be made at each of the browsers'
Feature
What is your greatest weakness? The definitive list of the many kinds of interviewer you will meet in Hell
You don't mind if we record this, do you?
Who, Me?
Somebody is destined for somewhere hot, and definitely not Coventry
Praise be for Firewalls
Legal
Pentagon grounds own report that said China's DJI drones are safe
Someone seems to have leaked a draft document that represented a radical reversal
Security
You, too, can be a Windows domain controller and do whatever you like, with this one weird WONTFIX trick
Microsoft offers some mitigations for thwarting PetitPotam attacks
STORIES
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Deep neural networks... IN SPAAACE: Vector-enhanced RISC-V chips could give satellites onboard AI
Boffins point to benefits of putting rad-hardened ASICs in orbit
01 Jul 16:15 | 2
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Seoul adopts AI for suicide prevention on Han Bridge: Uni boffins train machine learning model on rescue teams' data
System trains itself to spot suicidal behavior and alert a controller
01 Jul 10:45 | 7
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You, robo-car maker, any serious accidents, I want to know about them, stat – US watchdog
NHTSA sets 24-hour deadline for reporting significant crashes
01 Jul 02:25 | 32
Feature
Who in America is standing up to privacy-bothering facial-recognition tech? Maine is right now leading the pack
'This technology is too dangerous to be regulated, it shouldn’t be used at all'
01 Jul 00:06 | 16
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Bitcoin doomed as a payment system and its novelty will fade, says Federal Reserve Board of Governors member
US thus doesn’t need a central bank digital currency, says bigwig
29 Jun 03:17 | 78
In Brief
Tesla shows off the AI supercomputer training what it hopes will one day be an actual self-driving car
Plus: AlphaFold on drugs, and a Google Cloud AI tool to spot dodgy kit
27 Jun 14:04 | 29
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The Linux Foundation dives into machine learning with Open Voice Network, dataset licence launches
Looks to improve the simplicity with which such things are shared
23 Jun 18:01 | 1
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Algorithm used to predict sepsis in hundreds of US hospitals isn’t as good as maker claims — study
Developer hits back at researchers’ ‘hypothetical approach’
23 Jun 01:56 | 18
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Hyundai takes 80 per cent stake in terrifying Black Mirror robo-hound firm Boston Dynamics
Korean giant sees bots as helping it become ‘Smart Mobility Solutions Provider’
22 Jun 04:57 | 24
In brief
Mayflower, the AI ship sent to sail from the UK to the US with no humans, made it three days before breaking down
Plus: Canon has cameras that only let employees into meeting rooms if they smile, and more
19 Jun 07:18 | 80
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Chinese web giant Baidu unveils Level 4 robo-taxi that costs $75k to make
Plans to roll 1,000 of 'em off the production line in three years
18 Jun 05:58 | 12
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FYI: There's a human-less, AI robot Mayflower ship sailing from the UK to US right now
Follow this Plymouth to Plymouth trip online
17 Jun 23:04 | 51
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Facebook, academics think they've cracked spotting deepfakes by spotting how they're generated
99% accuracy in testing
17 Jun 11:29 | 19
In brief
Nvidia gobbles up mapping startup to help automakers install its self-driving platform
Plus: Biden sets up AI task force, and Waymo expands autonomous trucking operation with new partnership
14 Jun 15:33 | 2
Webcast
If combining HPC and AI workloads is a challenge, wait until you try to converge flash and HDD storage
How to bust the bottlenecks without breaking the bank
14 Jun 06:30 |
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McDonald's AI drive-thru bot accused of breaking biometrics privacy law
Would you like a lawsuit with that?
10 Jun 23:57 | 50
