Jan 7, 2021 | Artificial Intelligence, Government
The National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act (NAIIA) of 2020, which became law last week, aims to bolster AI activities at more than a dozen agencies. Its directives include a study of how to create a national research cloud that would build on CloudBank. It...
Jan 7, 2021 | Artificial Intelligence, Climate, Environment
Artificial intelligence has emerged as a new weapon in the battle for wildlife conservation in Lopé National Park in Gabon. Through machine learning, an algorithm is now able to identify over 25 species for researchers in the Congo Basin, which otherwise would have...
Jan 7, 2021 | Artificial Intelligence, Business
People could soon talk to dead family members thanks to an artificial intelligence ‘ghostbot’. Microsoft has applied for a patent for an app that could digitally reincarnate the deceased by using images, voice data, social media posts, electronic...
Dec 17, 2020 | Artificial Intelligence, Defense
The Air Force allowed an artificial-intelligence algorithm to control sensor and navigation systems on a U2 Dragon Lady spy plane in a training flight Tuesday, officials said, marking what is believed to be the first known use of AI onboard a U.S. military aircraft....
Dec 17, 2020 | Artificial Intelligence, Healthcare
A clinical research study published in the British Journal of Surgery shows that fluorescence guidance (where a fluorescent chemical compound re-emits light with a long wavelength) can enable a colorectal surgeon to assess cancer tissues visually and with more...
Dec 10, 2020 | Artificial Intelligence, Healthcare
The trained human eye is rather good at finding skin spots that could be cancerous, but even the best doctors can’t come close to matching the skills of artificial intelligence (AI). North Queensland, which has some of the most dangerous UV ratings in the world,...
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