AI That Can Learn Cause-and-Effect: These Neural Networks Know What They’re Doing
A certain type of artificial intelligence agent can learn the cause-and-effect basis of a navigation task during training. Neural networks can learn to solve all…
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Artificial Intelligence Is Smart, but It Doesn’t Play Well With Others
Humans find AI to be a frustrating teammate when playing a cooperative game together, posing challenges for “teaming intelligence,” study shows. When it comes to…
One Giant Leap for MIT’s Robotic Mini Cheetah
A new control system, demonstrated using MIT’s robotic mini cheetah, enables four-legged robots to jump across uneven terrain in real-time. A loping cheetah dashes across…
Developing Artificial Intelligence That “Thinks” Like Humans
Creating human-like AI is about more than mimicking human behavior – technology must also be able to process information, or ‘think’, like humans too if…
MIT Uses AI To Accelerate the Discovery of New Materials for 3D Printing
A new machine-learning system costs less, generates less waste, and can be more innovative than manual discovery methods. The growing popularity of 3D printing for…
A “New Nobel” – Computer Scientist Wins $1 Million Artificial Intelligence Prize
Duke professor becomes second recipient of AAAI Squirrel AI Award for pioneering socially responsible AI. Whether preventing explosions on electrical grids, spotting patterns among past…
Predicting Traffic Crashes Before They Happen With Artificial Intelligence
A deep model was trained on historical crash data, road maps, satellite imagery, and GPS to enable high-resolution crash maps that could lead to safer…
Revisiting the Out of Africa Theory: New Narrative From Genetic Analysis and AI
Researchers from Estonia and Italy developed an innovative method by combining neural networks and statistics. Using this newly developed method, they refined the “Out of…
AI Accurately Predicts Material Properties To Break Down a Previously Insurmountable Wall
If the properties of materials can be reliably predicted, then the process of developing new products for a huge range of industries can be streamlined…
AI Can Detect Signals for Mental Health Assessment
AI can detect signals that are informative about mental health from questionnaires and brain scans. A study published today by an interdisciplinary collaboration, directed by…
NASA Searching for Free-Floating Planets Using Artificial Intelligence and Gravitational Microlensing
Exoplanet hunters have found thousands of planets, most orbiting close to their host stars, but relatively few alien worlds have been detected that float freely…
Neural Network Helps Predict New Drug Combinations To Fight COVID-19
Deep learning identifies synergistic drug blends for treating viruses like SARS-CoV-2. The existential threat of Covid-19 has highlighted an acute need to develop working therapeutics…
Novel Machine Learning Technique To Identify Structural Similarities and Trends in Materials
A novel neural network to understand symmetry, speed materials research. Using a large, unstructured dataset gleaned from 25,000 images, scientists demonstrate a novel machine learning…
World’s Smallest Brain-Inspired Computer – So Small That It Can Harvest Its Energy Itself
The energy consumption of the device will be so small that it can harvest its energy itself, directly from its surroundings. The project has received…
Artificial Intelligence Can Quickly and Accurately Rule Out Cancer in Dense Breasts
An automated system that uses artificial intelligence (AI) can quickly and accurately sift through breast MRIs in women with dense breasts to eliminate those without…
World First for Artificial Intelligence To Treat COVID-19 Patients Worldwide
Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge along with 20 other hospitals from across the world and healthcare technology leader, NVIDIA, have used artificial intelligence (AI) to predict…
AI May Predict the Next High-Risk Virus To Jump From Animals to Humans
Most emerging infectious diseases of humans (like COVID-19) are zoonotic – caused by viruses originating from other animal species. Identifying high-risk viruses earlier can improve…
AI-Driven Dynamic Face Mask Adapts To Exercise and Pollution Levels
During the coronavirus pandemic, many people have grown accustomed to wearing face masks to protect themselves and others, but that doesn’t mean the masks are…