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Apr 2, 2018

Machines with Brains

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What it means to be human in a world that’s increasingly filled with robots?

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Apr 2, 2018

Here’s What You Need to Know About NVIDIA’s New AI Supercomputer — and Why It Matters

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The company is doubling down on the data center market.

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Apr 2, 2018

Did Stephen Wolfram’s Knowledge Engine Just Become a Quantum Neural Blockchain AI?

Posted by in categories: bitcoin, quantum physics, robotics/AI

Today’s leading buzzwords seem to describe very separate concepts, but it turns out that they have some amazing commonalities.

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Apr 2, 2018

What Artificial Intelligence Will Do to Creativity

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Humans plus machines equals heightened creativity.

By Elizabeth Kiehner

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Apr 2, 2018

Aiming to fill skill gaps in AI, Microsoft makes training courses available to the public

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Microsoft announces the Microsoft Professional Program in AI, the latest learning track teaching artificial intelligence skills open to the public.

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Apr 2, 2018

Retailers Race Against Amazon to Automate Stores

Posted by in categories: business, mobile phones, robotics/AI

Companies are testing robots that help keep shelves stocked, as well as apps that let shoppers ring up items with a smartphone. High-tech systems like the one used by Amazon Go completely automate the checkout process. China, which has its own ambitious e-commerce companies, is emerging as an especially fertile place for these retail experiments.


But the opening of Amazon Go in January was alarming for many retailers, who saw a sudden willingness by Amazon to wield its technology power in new ways. Hundreds of cameras near the ceiling and sensors in the shelves help automatically tally the cookies, chips and soda that shoppers remove and put into their bags. Shoppers’ accounts are charged as they walk out the doors.

Amazon is now looking to expand Go to new areas. An Amazon spokeswoman declined to comment on its expansion plans, but the company has a job posting for a senior real estate manager who will be responsible for “site selection and acquisition” and field tours of “potential locations” for new Go stores.

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Apr 1, 2018

Bees on Mars: NASA funds swarm of robotic insects for exploring Red Planet

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, space

A swarm of robotic bees, nimble enough to fly across the surface of Mars and explore the Red Planet’s nooks and crannies, is being funded by NASA.

The cyber-insects, dubbed Marsbees, are the size of bumblebees but have giant wings to generate sufficient lift to hover in the Martian atmosphere, which is around 100 times thinner than Earth’s.

Developed by US and Japanese scientists, the bees would be fitted with sensors and wireless communication devices so they could map terrain, take samples, or even look for signs of life, such as methane emissions.

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Mar 31, 2018

No-limits China sets its sights on AI top spot

Posted by in categories: drones, government, mobile phones, robotics/AI, surveillance

O n the outskirts of Beijing, a policeman peers over his glasses at a driver stopped at a motorway checkpoint. As he looks at the man’s face, a tiny camera in one of the lenses of his glasses records his features and checks them with a national database.

The artificial intelligence-powered glasses are what Chinese citizens refer to as “black tech”, because they spot delinquents on the country’s “blacklist”. Other examples include robots for crowd control, drones that hover over the country’s borders, and intelligent systems to track behaviour online. Some reports claim the government has installed scanners that can forcibly read information from smartphones.

In the last two weeks, Facebook has been mired in a privacy storm in the UK and US over potential misuse of personal data. But such an event might baffle many in China, where the country’s surveillance culture eclipses anything Facebook has done.

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Mar 31, 2018

Will Smith tries to make out with Sophia the robot, and it does not go well

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Will Smith tries to put the moves on Sophia the robot.

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Mar 30, 2018

OFFSET “Sprinters” to Pursue State-of-the-art Solutions for Second Swarm Sprint

Posted by in categories: information science, robotics/AI, transportation, virtual reality

DARPA’s OFFensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics (OFFSET) program envisions future small-unit infantry forces using small unmanned aircraft systems (UASs) and/or small unmanned ground systems (UGSs) in swarms of 250 robots or more to accomplish diverse missions in complex urban environments. By leveraging and combining emerging technologies in swarm autonomy and human-swarm teaming, the program seeks to enable rapid development and deployment of breakthrough swarm capabilities.

To continue the rapid pace and further advance the technology development of OFFSET, DARPA is soliciting proposals for the second “swarm sprint.” Each of the five core “sprints” focuses on one of the key thrust areas: Swarm Tactics, Swarm Autonomy, Human-Swarm Team, Virtual Environment, and Physical Testbed. This second group of “Swarm Sprinters” will have the opportunity to work with one or both of the OFFSET Swarm Systems Integrator teams to develop and assess tactics as well as algorithms to enhance autonomy.

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