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A British submarine commander was fired for throwing party for his crew during a coronavirus lockdown
2020-04-30 17:59:45 UTCUS Navy/MCS Seaman Zachary Wickline
- The commanding officer of a British submarine was reportedly fired for allowing his sailors to throw a party amid a coronavirus lockdown.
- HMS Trenchant was docked in Plymouth, England, for routine maintena
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History of Logo
2020-05-02 15:32:11 UTC
Author(s): Solomon, Cynthia; HARVEY, Brian; Kahn, Ken; Lieberman, Henry; Miller, Mark L; Minsky, Margaret; Papert, Artemis; Silverman, Brian | Abstract: Logo is more than a programming language. It is a learning environment where children explore mathematical
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ASAPP, which provides AI software to call centers, raises $185M Series B, source says at a valuation of $800M (Jane Lanhee Lee/Reuters)
2020-05-01 17:15:01 UTC
Jane Lanhee Lee / Reuters:
ASAPP, which provides AI software to call centers, raises $185M Series B, source says at a valuation of $800M (Reuters) - ASAPP Inc an artificial intelligence software that helps call center agents work better and faster, on Fri
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How researchers are working to build AI with common-sense reasoning, such as the COMET system, which combines symbolic reasoning and neural language modeling (John Pavlus/Quanta Magazine)
2020-05-02 06:00:14 UTC
John Pavlus / Quanta Magazine:
How researchers are working to build AI with common-sense reasoning, such as the COMET system, which combines symbolic reasoning and neural language modeling The problem of common-sense reasoning has plagued the field of art
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AI picks up signs of glaucoma 18 months ahead of current methods
2020-05-04 07:32:21 UTC
From kidney stones, to heart trouble, to cancer, artificial intelligence stands to revolutionize the field of medical diagnostics by spotting signs of disease earlier than us humans are capable of. Scientists in the UK have been putting these capabilities to
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New UK Grant Fund Seeks Innovators To Help Fix Covid-19 Fallout
2020-04-30 19:24:49 UTC
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has launched a new multi-million emergency rolling grant fund to promote business-led innovation in direct response to Covid-19. No limit has been set on the cost of projects.
Read more at Forbes.com
Band-Aid style wearable gadget syncs with iPad to diagnose coronavirus
2020-05-04 14:27:04 UTC
A device which sticks to your throat like a Band-Aid is intended to help diagnose coronavirus infections by detecting early signs of coughing or breathing difficulties associated with COVID-19.
The sensor wirelessly syncs to an iPad to facilitate analysis
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Human intelligence may not be enough: US military turns to machine learning algos to predict food shortages
2020-04-30 18:18:03 UTC
Supply chain issues will be hit hard as workers get sick
Analysis The US Department of Defense is building machine learning tools to help predict critical food and medicine shortages as America grapples with the coronavirus pandemic.
Read more at Theregister.co.uk
When Does Flagging False Content on Social Media Backfire?
2020-04-30 22:10:29 UTC
The effect of warning flags varies significantly based on gender and political orientation, a new study says.
Read more at Slate.com
The cautionary tale of a marketing agency that ad giant WPP acquired for $300 million and shut down 4 years later
2020-05-01 15:01:21 UTC- Ad agency giant WPP announced plans to shut down shopper marketing firm Triad Retail, following the loss of big clients Walmart and Sam's Club over the past year.
- Recently departed employees said that the firm was slow to diversify its busin
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People Are Getting Microchipped in Sweden, and It's Pretty Normal
2020-05-03 12:59:15 UTC
The whole process takes only a couple minutes.
Read more at Vice News
REALM Brings Real Estate Professionals Together Through Technology And Personal Connections.
2020-04-30 18:03:58 UTC
REALM brings like-minded real estate professionals together thanks to Artificial Intelligence and big data.
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Big Data as a Double-Edged Sword in the Fight Against COVID-19
2020-04-30 18:00:52 UTC
Big Data has emerged as a leading technological advancement that is fueling our efforts to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus. At the time of writing, the world has seen 2,585,197 cases of COVID-19, and many countries are still waiting to hit their pea
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Westworld Showrunners on Beloved Characters Exit, Ending of the Series
2020-05-04 21:07:39 UTC
SPOILER ALERT:Do not read if you have not yet watched Crisis Theory, the Season 3 finale of Westworld. So much happened in the season finale of Westworld Dolores (Evan Rachel Wood) was totally erased by the all-knowing artificial intelligence Rehoboa
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Microsoft accepting free virtual Build 2020 registrations starting today
2020-04-30 17:32:28 UTC
This year's virtual conference will focus in tighter on the core developer audience.
What you need to know
Registrations for the virtual Build 2020 conference open today.
The conference sessions will be free to watch.
Microsoft plans more of a focus on Bui
Read more at Windowscentral.com
Ethics of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics
2020-04-30 21:08:17 UTC
[New Entry by Vincent C. Mller on April 30, 2020.]
Artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics are digital technologies that will have significant impact on the development of humanity in the near future. They have raised fundamental questions about what we s
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Why Greater Access To Global Data Is Vital To The Fight Against COVID-19 And Future Pandemics
2020-05-04 14:11:16 UTC
MedTech innovation will help us adapt, respond and overcome coronavirus and future pandemics. It is therefore critical to put in place an immediate global plan that makes the secure collection and sharing of encrypted medical data a top priority.
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Recommended Books, May 2020
2020-05-03 13:00:00 UTC
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Deepfakes' biggest threat to the 2020 US election isn't what you'd think - CNET
2020-05-04 12:00:07 UTC
And if a devastating deepfake does hit, it'll come at the last moment.
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I'm Being Attacked by These AI-Generated Song Lyrics
2020-05-02 21:00:00 UTC
If the current season of Westworldhas taught us anything, its that artificial intelligence is not all its cracked up to be, both in inception and in execution. Personally, I was done with AI after I watched exactly half of 2004's I, Robot, and then decided
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