AI is now better at predicting mortality than human doctors
By: Mike Wehner May 14, 2019 As scientists continue to toil away at creating machine learning algorithms that will one day enslave humanity save us all, artificial intelligence researchers have discovered that computers are outpacing human doctors in a number of important areas. We’ve already seen the ability of AI to spot things like cancer, […]
Artificial intelligence shines light on the dark web
By: Kylie Foy May 14, 2019 To match users from different forums who are likely the same person, an algorithm calculates similarities in profiles, such as their usernames; in content, such as similar phrasings; and in their network, such as the community with which they interact. Credit: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Beneath the surface web, […]
Stop gambling with black box and explainable models on high-stakes decisions
By: Ken Kingery May 14, 2019 As the buzzwords “machine learning” continue to grow in popularity, more industries are turning to computer algorithms to answer important questions, including high-stakes fields such as healthcare, finance and criminal justice. While this trend can lead to major improvements in these realms, it can also lead to major problems […]
Scientists help artificial intelligence outsmart hackers
By: Matthew Hutson May 14, 2019 NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA—A hacked message in a streamed song makes Alexa send money to a foreign entity. A self-driving car crashes after a prankster strategically places stickers on a stop sign so the car misinterprets it as a speed limit sign. Fortunately these haven’t happened yet, but hacks like […]
Nvidia’s AI tech set to analyze medical scans for UK’s public health system
By: Matt Kennedy May 13, 2019 Artificial Intelligence promises to revolutionize many fields, but few as important as healthcare. With the potential to analyze medical imaging faster and more accurately than human beings, the race is on to develop AI that can perform the most time-consuming aspect of radiological interpretation for practitioners. To that end, […]
“Biobots” Will Serve Alongside South Korean Soldiers by 2024
By: Kristin Houser may 13, 2019 Recruiting Robots Military robots inspired by birds, snakes, and insects will soon support South Korea’s human soldiers. On Sunday, South Korea’s Defence Acquisition Programme Administration (DAPA), the agency tasked with acquiring the nation’s military weapons, published a document announcing plans to incorporate “biomimetics” equipment into military operations by 2024 […]
Use of facial recognition tech ‘dangerously irresponsible’
By: By Geoff White May 13, 2019 Black and minority ethnic people could be falsely identified and face questioning because police have failed to test how well their systems deal with non-white faces, say campaigners. At least three chances to assess how well the systems deal with ethnicity were missed over the past five years, […]
Microalgae could be the future of sustainable farming
By: Asaf Tzachor May 13, 2019 You might not be able to stomach soybeans for breakfast, lunch and dinner, but the animals you eat do. Cultivation of the staple crop takes up an area five times the size of the UK, and 85% of that area is used for animal feed. Thanks to projected rapid […]
Would trolls, fake news and privacy invasions go away with a new Facebook?
By: Jefferson Graham May 13, 2019 Mark Zuckerberg’s former college roommate and co-founder of Facebook posted a fascinating proposal this week: break up the social network and watch the problems start to disappear. But would they? Take Instagram and WhatsApp away from Facebook, Inc. and say goodbye to Russian trolls, fake news, privacy invasions and […]