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Week of January 28
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Connectivity
Crowdsourced maps should help driverless cars navigate our cities more safely
Swedish startup Mapillary is compiling a huge database of roadside objects such as signs and markings to help driverless vehicles get around.
Intelligent Machines
This robot can probably beat you at Jenga—thanks to its understanding of the world
Industrial machines could be trained to be less clumsy if we gave them a sense of touch and a better sense of real-world physics.
Making face recognition less biased doesn’t make it less scary
Three new studies propose ways to make algorithms better at identifying people in different demographic groups. But without regulation, that won’t curb the technology’s potential for abuse.
We analyzed 16,625 papers to figure out where AI is headed next
Our study of 25 years of artificial-intelligence research suggests the era of deep learning is coming to an end.
Popular this week
Here are six ways you can get to space (sorry, they’re all long shots or cost $$$)
We analyzed 16,625 papers to figure out where AI is headed next
Our study of 25 years of artificial-intelligence research suggests the era of deep learning is coming to an end.
China and Russia could disrupt critical national infrastructure in the US, says intelligence report
Boeing’s electric autonomous passenger air vehicle just had its first flight
Lasers can send a whispered audio message directly to one person’s ear
The US just charged Huawei with stealing trade secrets, money laundering, and fraud
Brain implants, AI, and a speech synthesizer have turned brain activity into robot words
Facebook’s plan to merge WhatsApp, Instagram, and Messenger sounds a privacy alarm
Just two hacker groups may have stolen $1 billion in cryptocurrency
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