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Google’s DeepMind AI Can Lip-Read TV Shows Better Than a Pro

December 2, 2016December 13, 2016 by Michael Morguarge

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Published By: New Scientist, 11/21/2016 >> View the Article << Summary The researchers at Google have trained an AI how to lip-read TV shows. Such an AI system could be used to help humans communicate with…

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Miniature WiFi Device Developed by Stanford Engineers Supplies Missing Link for the Internet of Things

December 1, 2016December 13, 2016 by John Daniell

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Published By: Stanford News, 11/16/2016 >> View the Article << Summary HitchHike, a proposed low-energy wireless radio from a research team at Stanford, seeks to provide a power-efficient method of communication between Internet of Things devices…

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UK Surveillance Law Marks a “Worse Than Scary” Shift

November 30, 2016December 13, 2016 by John Daniell

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Published By: CNET, 11/29/2016 >> View the Article << Summary The Investigatory Powers Act, recently passed in the UK, will require telecom companies to store records of phone calls and websites visited for up to a…

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Want to Avoid Vendor Lock-In? Software-Defined Storage Could Be the Answer

November 29, 2016December 13, 2016 by Nnamdi Onwumere

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Published By: Computing, 11/28/2016 >> View the Article << Summary At a Computing IT Leaders Forum, panelists discussed the potential of software-defined storage (SDS) to help companies avoid vendor lock-in and allow more flexibility in planning…

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Neural Network Learns to Identify Criminals by Their Faces

November 29, 2016December 13, 2016 by Anna Clark

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Published By: MIT Technology Review, 11/22/2016 >> View the Article << Summary Researchers from Jiao Tong University in China have applied facial recognition algorithms to guess whether a person has a criminal history based upon their…

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Paralyzed ALS Patient Operates Speech Computer With Her Mind

November 21, 2016November 21, 2016 by John Daniell

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Published By: UMC Utrecht (University Medical Center Utrecht), 11/13/2016 >> View the Article << Summary A patient suffering from ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) at UMC Utrecht, a hospital in the Netherlands, recently received a brain implant…

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Machine-Learning Algorithm Can Show Whether State Secrets Are Properly Classified

November 18, 2016November 18, 2016 by Julia Bernd

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Published By: MIT Technology Review, 11/14/2016 >> View the Article << Summary Researchers from Columbia University and a Brazilian think tank have developed a machine-learning algorithm to predict whether now-declassified U.S. State Department cables from the…

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Unlocking Big Genetic Data Sets

November 16, 2016November 17, 2016 by Michael Morguarge

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Published By: Columbia University, 11/9/2016 >> View the Article << Summary Researchers at Columbia University are studying the use of machine-learning algorithms to predict the ancestry of individuals. They plan to use this algorithm to track trends…

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New AI-Based Search Engines Are a “Game Changer” for Science Research

November 14, 2016November 14, 2016 by John Daniell

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Published By: Nature (Nature News), 11/11/2016 >> View the Article << Summary New AI-based search engines are emerging to compete with Google Scholar's keyword-based search algorithms. Both Semantic Scholar and Microsoft Academic leverage algorithms that can…

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Faster Programs, Easier Programming

November 10, 2016November 11, 2016 by Michael Morguarge

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Published By: MIT News, 11/7/2016 >> View the Article << Summary Researchers from MIT's CSAIL and Stony Brook University are researching ways to make using multi-core computers easier. They have created a method for describing, in…

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New Research Center to Explore Ethics of Artificial Intelligence

November 8, 2016November 9, 2016 by John Daniell

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Published By: The New York Times, 11/01/2016 >> View the Article << Summary Carnegie Mellon University has announced it will create a new research center to explore the ethics of artificial intelligence. This topic has increasing importance…

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UCLA Computer Scientists Develop Data Integrity Method to Prevent Tampering

November 7, 2016November 10, 2016 by Anna Clark

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Published By: UCLA Newsroom, 10/31/2016 >> View the Article << Summary Computer scientists from UCLA have developed a secure, one-way communication technique similar in concept to mailing a lock box and later mailing the key to…

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