Aug 6, 2020 | Artificial Intelligence
The National Institutes of Health has launched the Medical Imaging and Data Resource Center (MIDRC), an ambitious effort that will harness the power of artificial intelligence and medical imaging to fight COVID-19. The multi-institutional collaboration, led by the...
Aug 6, 2020 | Artificial Intelligence
From targeted phishing campaigns to new stalking methods: there are plenty of ways that artificial intelligence could be used to cause harm if it fell into the wrong hands. A team of researchers decided to rank the potential criminal applications that AI will have in...
Aug 6, 2020 | Artificial Intelligence, Privacy
Ubiquitous facial recognition is a serious threat to privacy. The idea that the photos we share are being collected by companies to train algorithms that are sold commercially is worrying. Anyone can buy these tools, snap a photo of a stranger, and find out who they...
Jul 16, 2020 | Artificial Intelligence, Healthcare, Robots
The Dubai Health Authority (DHA) has introduced eight “smart” robots to sterilise its government-run hospitals and clinics, it has confirmed in a statement. The robots – created by the Danish company, UVD Robots – are part of the emirate’s drive to use smart...
Jul 16, 2020 | Artificial Intelligence, Government
The USPTO’s recent landmark decision (16/524,350) concluding artificial intelligence (AI) cannot be a named patent inventor perhaps sparked fears of super-robots inventing critical technologies that, alas, receive no patent protection. If an AI identifies...
Jul 16, 2020 | Artificial Intelligence, Featured
Some Utah firefighters are getting some help to detect wildfires before flames are visible. The EDWIN Project (Early Detection Wildfire Imaging Network) uses cameras with artificial intelligence (A.I.) to seek out hot spots in wildfires among the hills...
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