[ad_1] The country’s Ministry of Commerce argued that the export list changes were overdue after remaining the same since 2008. It was important given the breakneck pace of technological improvement and China’s increasingly competitive output, according to officials. Neither ByteDance nor the Commerce Ministry has commented on the new rules. The move escalates an already […]
Category: Artificial Intelligence
Elon Musk unveils V2 of the Neuralink brain-machine interface surgery bot
[ad_1] Musk took to the stage at the Neuralink headquarters on Friday afternoon to reveal a working “V2” prototype of the automated surgical system that the company debuted last year. This machine will “sew” as many as 1,024 impossibly thin 5 micron-wide electrodes into a person’s brain. So far the system only taps into the […]
White House budget proposal would hike AI and quantum funding by 30 percent
[ad_1] It’s not surprising why the US would devote more money to these efforts. US Chief Technology Officer Michael Kratsios stressed that the country needed to be “winning and leading” not just in present-day technology, but also that which would “define our future.” It’s concerned that countries like China might claim an edge, and the […]
These AI-generated tennis matches are both eerie and impressive
[ad_1] The model does this by taking into account common tennis strategies and the tendencies of each player. Through its training, it knows, for instance, that Djokovic likes to hit the ball toward his opponent’s weak side. Similarly, the model also considers how players tend to position themselves while waiting for their opponent to return […]
Watch AI-controlled virtual fighters take on an Air Force pilot August 18th
[ad_1] DARPA held the second trial in January this year and pitted participants’ greatly improved algorithms against AI adversaries developed by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. Both trials were hosted in person at the APL. The third trial will be streamed from the APL, as well, with eight teams flying against the lab’s […]
MIT algorithm finds subtle connections between art pieces
[ad_1] MIT A particularly difficult aspect of developing MosAIc was creating an algorithm that could find not only similarities in color or style, but also in meaning and theme, Hamilton said. Researchers examined a deep network of “activations,” or features, for each image in the open access collections of both museums. The distance between the […]
DeepMind and Oxford University researchers on how to ‘decolonize’ AI
[ad_1] The paper, published this month in the journal Philosophy & Technology, has at heart the idea that you have to understand historical context to understand why technology can be biased. “Everyone’s talking about racial bias and technology, gender bias and technology, and wanting to mitigate these risks, but how can you if you don’t […]
The Surface Pro X will soon help you pretend to pay attention to calls
[ad_1] Microsoft Because the software depends on Microsoft’s custom silicon, it’s unclear if the company will make the feature available on x86-based PCs. That said, Microsoft is not the only company working on this type of functionality. With the iOS 13 betas, Apple started testing a similar FaceTime Attention Correction feature. The company ultimately shelved […]
Facebook is using bots to figure out how to stop harassment
[ad_1] In the testing environment, known as WW, the bots take actions like trying to buy and sell forbidden items, such as guns and drugs. The bot can use Facebook like a normal person would, conducting searches and visiting pages. Engineers can then test whether the bot can bypass safeguards and violate Community Standards, according […]
Wrist-mounted wearable tracks your hand in 3D using thermal sensors
[ad_1] The scientists who created the device say it’s the first such system to look at the contours of the wrist. Also noteworthy here is the use of thermal imaging. Previous research in the area focused almost exclusively on traditional cameras, often to less than spectacular results. Prototypes developed by scientists in the past were […]