Called the Exo-Abs, the robotic device uses artificial intelligence to gauge how much pressure to put…
Author: Khari Johnson
This New Way to Train AI Could Curb Online Harassment
Misogyny on the internet too often slips through the filters of content moderators. A new method…
Why Not Use Self-Driving Cars as Supercomputers?
Autonomous vehicles use the equivalent of 200 laptops to get around. Some people want to tap…
Why Not Use Self-Driving Cars as Supercomputers?
Autonomous vehicles use the equivalent of 200 laptops to get around. Some want to tap that…
A Global Smart-City Competition Highlights China’s Rise in AI
Chinese entrants swept all five categories, featuring technologies to improve civic life. But the advances could…
Alondra Nelson Wants to Make Science and Tech More Just
The deputy director of the White House science office plans to tackle algorithmic bias and start…
This Agency Wants to Figure Out Exactly How Much You Trust AI
The National Institute of Standards and Technology measures how many photons pass through a chicken. Now,…
The Efforts to Make Text-Based AI Less Racist and Terrible
Language models like GPT-3 can write poetry, but they often amplify negative stereotypes. Researchers are trying…
Zillow Taps AI to Improve Its Home Value Estimates
By employing a neural network, the company says its numbers will be more accurate—and allow it…
Google Hopes AI Can Turn Search Into a Conversation
The tech giant wants its core product to infer meaning from human language, answer multipart questions—and…