Experts: AI should be recognized as inventors in patent law
In-brief Plus: Police release deepfake of murdered teen in cold case, and more
AI + ML28 May 2022 | 17
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IBM-powered Mayflower robo-ship once again tries to cross Atlantic
Whaddayaknow? It's made it more than halfway to America
AI + ML27 May 2022 | 68
Microsoft Azure to spin up AMD MI200 GPU clusters for 'large scale' AI training
Microsoft Build Windows giant carries a PyTorch for chip designer and its rival Nvidia
AI + ML26 May 2022 |
Nvidia shares tumble as China lockdown, Russia blamed for dent in outlook
Sure, stonking server and gaming sales, but hiring and expenses to slow down, too
AI + ML26 May 2022 | 1
AI-designed COVID-19 drug nominated for preclinical trial
Updated Treatment could stop coronavirus from replicating inside body
AI + ML25 May 2022 | 16
Clearview AI wants its facial-recognition tech in banks, schools, etc
I get knocked down but I get up again, Italy, Canada, UK, ACLU, Facebook, Google, YouTube, Twitter... are never gonna keep me down
AI + ML25 May 2022 | 22
Google says it would release its photorealistic DALL-E 2 rival – but this AI is too prejudiced for you to use
It has this weird habit of drawing stereotyped White people, team admit
AI + ML24 May 2022 | 23
Neuromorphic chips 'up to 16 times more energy efficient' for deep learning
Graz University findings will become more significant as more AI work is done
AI + ML24 May 2022 | 6
Amazon puts 'creepy' AI cameras in UK delivery vans
Updated Big Bezos is watching you
AI + ML24 May 2022 | 141
Clearview AI fined millions in the UK: No 'lawful reason' to collect Brits' images
Updated Notorious selfie-scraper must pay $9.43 million – less than half of predicted fine – says data regulator
AI + ML23 May 2022 | 73
Deepfake attacks can easily trick live facial recognition systems online
In brief Plus: Next PyTorch release will support Apple GPUs so devs can train neural networks on their own laptops
AI + ML22 May 2022 | 25
Microsoft-backed robovans to deliver grub in London
British startup Wayve gets supercomputing leg up
AI + ML19 May 2022 | 26
Did ID.me hoodwink Americans with IRS facial-recognition tech?
Senators want the FTC to investigate "evidence of deceptive statements"
AI + ML18 May 2022 | 14
Cars in driver-assist mode hit a third of cyclists, all oncoming cars in tests
Still think we're ready for that autonomous future?
AI + ML16 May 2022 | 207
US cops kick back against facial recognition bans
In brief Plus: DeepMind launches new generalist AI system, and Apple boffin quits over return-to-work policy
AI + ML16 May 2022 | 9
Bosses using AI to hire candidates risk discriminating against disabled applicants
US publishes technical guide to help organizations avoid violating Americans with Disabilities Act
AI + ML14 May 2022 | 26
How ICE became a $2.8b domestic surveillance agency
Your US tax dollars at work
AI + ML14 May 2022 | 66
Fully automated AI networks less than 5 years away, reckons Juniper CEO
You robot kids, get off my LAN
AI + ML14 May 2022 | 20
Nuance helps launch healthcare AI industry group
Microsoft embraces Nuance to deepen its healthcare connections
AI + ML12 May 2022 |
IBM's autonomous Mayflower ship breaks down in second transatlantic attempt
Human-free seafaring isn't going swimmingly
AI + ML11 May 2022 | 73
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When management went nuclear on an innocent software engineer
On Call It says 'Do Not Touch,' not 'Rip Out My Guts'
Broadcom to 'focus on rapid transition to subscriptions' for VMware
Offers comforting vision for core customers, products, channel – though warns efficiencies are coming
GitHub saved plaintext passwords of npm users in log files, post mortem reveals
Unrelated to the OAuth token attack, but still troubling as org reveals details of around 100,000 users were grabbed by the baddies
Clonezilla 3: Copy and clone disk images to your heart's content
Even non-sysadmins may find this Linux live ISO handy
Ransomware encrypts files, demands three good deeds to restore data
Shut up and take ... poor kids to KFC?
Cheers ransomware hits VMware ESXi systems
Now we can say extortionware has jumped the shark
Twitter founder Dorsey beats hasty retweet from the board
As shareholders sue the social network amid Elon Musk's takeover scramble
Declassified and released: More secret files on US govt's emergency doomsday powers
Nuke incoming? Quick break out the plans for rationing, censorship, property seizures, and more
How to reprogram Apple AirTags, play custom sounds
Voltage glitch here, glitch there, now you can fiddle with location disc's firmware
World’s smallest remote-controlled robots are smaller than a flea
Video So small, you can't feel it crawl
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Clearview AI promises not to sell face-recognition database to most US businesses
Caveats apply, your privacy may vary
AI + ML10 May 2022 | 8
Can AI transformer models help design drugs and treat incurable diseases?
Special report From protein prediction to drug generation, neural networks are revolutionizing medication
AI + ML09 May 2022 | 8
AMD’s Xilinx-enhanced Epycs are right up the alley of datacenter builders
Comment Same goes for Arm, for the same reason: Power efficiency
AI + ML09 May 2022 | 3
OpenAI's DALL·E 2 generates AI images that are sometimes biased or NSFW
In brief Plus: SoundCloud acquires startup for better algorithmic curated playlists
AI + ML08 May 2022 | 49
Revealed: Intel's plan to sell software simplifying computer vision training
Exclusive Sonoma Creek to target non-AI experts, according to docs seen by El Reg
AI + ML06 May 2022 | 1
Alibaba opens up code for federated learning platform
Claims FederatedScope is easy to use and keeps training data private
AI + ML06 May 2022 |
Google Cloud hopes to woo factories with its usual fare: Analytics and AI
A different kind of assembly language
AI + ML06 May 2022 | 3
Watchdog rubber-stamps cavity-detecting neural network for dentists
Ain't that the tooth?
AI + ML05 May 2022 | 7
Eggheads demo how to fool share-trading bots with carefully crafted retweets
Good thing no one's buying or selling stock from Twitter posts, right? Um, right?
AI + ML05 May 2022 | 16
Ex-Google, Uber AI heads launch ML error-detection platform
'Soul-sucking' data problems were impetus for the founding of Galileo
AI + ML04 May 2022 | 1
Meta releases code for massive language model to AI researchers
Now they can experiment with the algorithms even if they don't have hundreds of GPUs
AI + ML04 May 2022 | 2
AMD to offer CPUs with Xilinx AI engine in 2023
And unlike Intel, Zen giant saw boom in PC land, thanks to focus on high-end parts
AI + ML04 May 2022 |
Microsoft to ax Azure Video Analyzer in November
Deprecation less than a year after announcement, users have until December 1 to move workloads
AI + ML03 May 2022 | 6
Watch out for AI models regurgitating misplaced keys that unlock crypto wallets
Effect of GitHub's OpenAI-powered Copilot memorizing sensitive but public data
AI + ML03 May 2022 | 4
AI helps scientists design novel plastic-eating enzyme
In brief Plus: Pentagon hires first chief digital and artificial intelligence officer, and more
AI + ML02 May 2022 | 20
AI models still racist, even with more balanced training
Plus: NIST publishes 86-page report investigating algorithmic bias
AI + ML01 May 2022 | 46
Meta materials: Facebook using AI to design green concrete
Claims new formula reduced carbon emissions by 40%, exceeded strength requirements
AI + ML29 Apr 2022 | 18
Meet Flamingo, Deepmind's latest open-ended AI
Google says it outperforms comparable models despite needing fraction of training data
AI + ML29 Apr 2022 | 4
Autonomous Mayflower to attempt Atlantic crossing, again
Second shot after lack of humans to fix simple issue crippled sea vessel
AI + ML29 Apr 2022 | 41
Using AI to think like an attacker
Darktrace attack path modelling predicts which part of the infrastructure hackers are most likely to strike
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HPE uses blockchain for distributed machine learning models
Peer-to-peer network between different nodes ensures parameters can be exchanged securely
AI + ML27 Apr 2022 | 1
DARPA backs virtual worlds for autonomous off-road vehicles
Intel and co outline Holodeck-like efforts for combat bots
AI + ML27 Apr 2022 | 1
Algorithm can predict pancreatic cancer from CT scans well before diagnosis
Software picks up subtle clues human doctors miss
AI + ML27 Apr 2022 | 18
Ex-Googlers take a stab at building 'general intelligence' that makes software do what you tell it
Star-Trek-style computers? There are worse ways to spend $65m of funding
AI + ML27 Apr 2022 | 42
d-Matrix gets $44m in quest for efficient AI server chiplets
d-ream team or a d-isaster? Let's see what Microsoft's money can do
AI + ML26 Apr 2022 |
Pony.ai lassos China's first autonomous taxi license
100 self-driving cabs will wander streets of Guangzhou
AI + ML25 Apr 2022 | 3
Google Docs' AI-powered inclusive writing auto-correct now under fire
In brief Plus: IBM's CEO says we have to tackle ML ethics or intelligent systems will become monsters
AI + ML25 Apr 2022 | 115
Samsung, others test drive Esperanto's 1,000-core RISC-V AI chip
Now you're talking our language
AI + ML22 Apr 2022 | 19
Former NHS AI leader joins US spy-tech firm Palantir
Move coincides with NHS England's procurement of a far-reaching data platform
AI + ML22 Apr 2022 | 21
Uni team demo algorithm to shield conversations from eavesdropping AI
Predictive code messes up audio just enough to derail automatic transcription
AI + ML22 Apr 2022 | 21
Robots are creepy. Why trust AIs that are even creepier?
Something for the Weekend We know where we stand with wonky-faced hardware. It's the ones we don't recognize as AIs we should worry about
AI + ML22 Apr 2022 | 105
British motorists will be allowed to watch TV in self-driving vehicles
Meanwhile, Elon Musk says we need to crack real-world AI to get fully autonomous cars to work
AI + ML21 Apr 2022 | 216
Machine-learning models vulnerable to undetectable backdoors: new claim
It's 2036 and another hijacked AI betrays its operators
AI + ML21 Apr 2022 | 16
Biotech firm: Graphcore IPUs faster for AI-based drug discovery than GPUs
Someone's got to keep, say, Nvidia on its toes
AI + ML21 Apr 2022 | 4
What will help enterprises meet sustainability goals? Algorithms, says Oracle
If you want to retain customers, Big Red recommends putting AI in charge
AI + ML20 Apr 2022 | 3
Amazon opens MASSIVE AI speech dataset so Alexa can speak your language
Goal is to make natural language processing available in all the world's tongues
AI + ML20 Apr 2022 | 10
Google Cloud launches exclusive AI management platform
Prevision.io wants to 'democratize machine learning innovation' for smaller organizations
AI + ML19 Apr 2022 | 3
AI with an improvisational streak is under development
Robots need to learn to adapt to chaotic humans, says German researcher
AI + ML19 Apr 2022 | 7
Fake it until you make it: Can synthetic data help train your AI model?
Yes and no. It's complicated.
AI + ML18 Apr 2022 | 7
AI models to detect how you're feeling in sales calls
In brief Plus: Driverless Cruise car gets pulled over by police, and more
AI + ML18 Apr 2022 | 34
How to democratize ML? More public data, says MLCommons
Foundation makes 30k hours of speech and 340k keywords in 50 languages available online
AI + ML17 Apr 2022 | 9
Cerebras' wafer-size AI chips play nice with PyTorch, TensorFlow
Better support for top ML frameworks means stronger chip competition
AI + ML13 Apr 2022 | 7
US military wants $29.8m for IT to boost AI intel analysis
Data from embedded sensors, from in the sea to in space, could be used with ML to detect next-gen weapons
AI + ML13 Apr 2022 | 6
AI-powered browser extension to automatically click away cookie pop-ups now promised
Tool disables non-essential tokens
AI + ML12 Apr 2022 | 58
Machine learning models leak personal info if training data is compromised
Attackers can insert hidden samples to steal secrets
AI + ML12 Apr 2022 | 4
Amazon, Google among backers of Eastern Europe AI site
Goal to prevent brain drain of talented computer scientists from region
AI + ML11 Apr 2022 | 3
EU countries want to pool photos in massive facial recog database
In brief Plus: Can algorithms tell us how we're feeling from the sound of our voices and more
AI + ML11 Apr 2022 | 26
Why OpenAI recruited human contractors to improve GPT-3
A model can improve overnight, it just takes pared-down scale and a little human intervention
AI + ML09 Apr 2022 | 8
AI pioneer suggests trickle-down approach to machine learning
ML master pitches trimmed-down deep learning for the masses
AI + ML09 Apr 2022 | 1
California suggests taking aim at AI-powered hiring software
Automated HR in the cross-hairs over discrimination law
AI + ML07 Apr 2022 | 16
OpenAI test drives caption-to-image-generating DALL·E 2
It paints, it edits, it potentially misleads people with faked pictures
AI + ML07 Apr 2022 | 6
2021 ACM computing prize goes to UC Berkeley machine-learning pioneer
Pieter Abbeel may not be a name you know, but you've probably heard of his work
AI + ML06 Apr 2022 |
'Virtually no difference' between AI and humans in diagnosing prediabetes
Is that... a good or bad thing?
AI + ML06 Apr 2022 | 25
Nvidia names top US partners that fueled AI, accelerator hardware sales
Exclusive Not just about revenue figures, we're told: Investment in staff and services matters, too
AI + ML05 Apr 2022 |
Microsoft, HPE put AI to work checking astronaut gloves
Video I'm sorry, Dave, I'm afraid you can't go out dressed like that
AI + ML05 Apr 2022 | 1
Google talks up its 540-billion-parameter text-generating AI system
For this energy-efficient mega-PaLM, you gotta hand it to them
AI + ML05 Apr 2022 | 25
AI beats top players at Bridge in two-day tournament
In brief Plus: Improving Google Search and open-source software library for more natural computer speech
AI + ML03 Apr 2022 | 26
DeepMind 'grossly inadequate' at tackling sexual harassment, says former staffer
Alphabet AI lab under fire after bosses 'dragged out' probe into abuse
AI + ML31 Mar 2022 | 17
How Google hopes to build more efficient, multi-capability AI systems
Architecture may make it possible to train one machine-learning model that performs all sorts of tasks
AI + ML31 Mar 2022 | 5
DARPA to build life-saving AI models that think like medics
Project is a M*A*S*H-up of machine learning and battlefield decision-making
AI + ML30 Mar 2022 | 6
MIT, Amazon, TSMC, ASML and friends to work on non-planet-killing AI hardware
Program co-lead tells us 'energy efficiency is the greatest need'
AI + ML30 Mar 2022 | 2
Hospitals to use startup's AI tech to predict A&E traffic
Software will figure out number of beds needed – up to three weeks ahead
AI + ML29 Mar 2022 | 21
1,000-plus AI-generated LinkedIn faces uncovered
More than 70 businesses created fake profiles to close sales
AI + ML28 Mar 2022 | 41
Ukraine uses Clearview AI to identify slain Russian soldiers
In brief Plus: GPT-NeoX-20B, the largest open-source language model available yet, and a new AI Silicon Valley VC fund
AI + ML28 Mar 2022 | 12
How AI can help reverse-engineer malware: Predicting function names of code
GTC Or: What kind of research Google's getting in its Mandiant takeover
AI + ML26 Mar 2022 | 7
Google helps develop AI-driven lab machine to diagnose Parkinson's
Robo-worker manipulates test tubes and pipettes, images skin cells to classify disease
AI + ML25 Mar 2022 | 15
Supercomputer to train 176-billion-parameter open-source AI language model
GTC BigScience is a collaborative effort by developers volunteering to make ML research more accessible
AI + ML25 Mar 2022 | 12
Prepare for weaponized AI that adapts in real-time to your defenses, says prof
GTC And machine learning that flags your CEO as suspicious
AI + ML24 Mar 2022 | 10
Public-sector tech trends for 2022
Civica shares seven key trends to inspire more innovative public services now and in the future
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Microsoft to upgrade language translator with new class of AI model
Why use 20 systems when one will do
AI + ML23 Mar 2022 |
How Pfizer used AI and supercomputers to design COVID-19 vaccine, tablet
GTC Everything from molecular structure to freezer distribution involved ML, says tech chief
AI + ML22 Mar 2022 | 8
Alphabet spins off quantum AI 'Sandbox'
Ex-CEO Eric Schmidt sticks his own cash into startup and rules as chairman
AI + ML22 Mar 2022 | 3
Tesla employee: I was fired after sharing video of self-driving car crash
In brief Plus: FTC orders model destruction
AI + ML21 Mar 2022 | 13
AI drug algorithms can be flipped to invent bioweapons
Our model took mere hours to suggest 40,000 potentially lethal compounds, says startup
AI + ML18 Mar 2022 | 40
Chinese Go Association suspends player 'for using AI'
A reminder: ML absolutely wipes the floor with humans at ancient game
AI + ML18 Mar 2022 | 11
Google uses deep learning to design faster, smaller AI chips
Silicon engineers, you are now in the PRIME of your life
AI + ML18 Mar 2022 | 13
US biz to blow $120bn on AI by 2025, says IDC
Get ready for machine-made decisions, whether you're shopping, banking, reading, working
AI + ML17 Mar 2022 | 4
SambaNova, DeLorean AI tech offers kidney treatment guidance to doctors
When this baby hits 88 GHz, you're going to see some serious stuff
AI + ML17 Mar 2022 |
Even complex AI models are failing 5th grade science
Even the sharpest of models fail to melt ice or build a circuit
AI + ML16 Mar 2022 | 43
Machine-learning models more powerful, toxic than ever
US-China research collaborations and startup investments on the up, too
AI + ML16 Mar 2022 | 18
