Why the AI Race Depends on Math
China has taken artificial intelligence (AI) and ran with it. The country started using the technology for facial recognition and law enforcement in 2017. Since then, what used to take AI minutes to solve now takes only a few seconds. But how did China’s AI become so fast so quickly? With constant tweaking of AI […]
OpenAI’s Text Generator Writes Like a Human — and It’s Going Commercial
The development of artificial intelligence (AI) holds unprecedented possibilities — some good and some bad. OpenAI is a research institute originally started to steer the technology away from the latter category. Recently, the startup announced its first commercial product: An AI-powered text generator that was previously deemed too dangerous to release to the public. Previously […]
Dogtown Media Dubbed a Top Mobile App Developer in Torrance, CA by Expertise!
Since we first opened our studio’s doors in 2011, Dogtown Media has been on a mission to redefine and reinvigorate the mobile app experience. Over the years, we’ve striven to build the best products possible for each of our clients. It’s always a pleasure to receive recognition for our work, and this most recent accolade […]
Do AI Algorithms Have a Place in Law?
The development of artificial intelligence (AI) has opened up numerous possibilities. But should they all come to fruition? Around the world, algorithms are making probation decisions and predicting whether a person will commit a crime. Opponents of this usage of AI are calling for more human oversight. How Predictive Algorithms Affect the Probation Experience in […]
Does Facial Recognition Mean the End of Anonymous Protest?
Ever since the Minneapolis protests began a few weeks ago, the rest of the country and the entire world have joined in to support the #BlackLivesMatter movement and protest the police brutality against George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and countless other victims of color. But as we know with the Hong Kong protests, police […]
When Will Self-Driving Cars Be Mainstream? Thanks to COVID-19, It Could Be a While
A decade ago, tech companies promised consumers that fully-functional, self-driving autonomous cars would be on the road by 2020. The promise included a revolution of transportation as we know it. It’s safe to say we were all hyped about this news. But that promise has remained largely unfulfilled due to several major issues: it’s very […]
AI’s Accelerating Our Race Towards a COVID-19 Cure
Although most of us are confined to our homes, scientists are still working around the clock to find a cure for the coronavirus, and they’re working faster than ever. The COVID-19 pandemic is speeding up research all over the world. Neural networks are watching incoming data for any indication of a potential cure, and the […]
How AI Is Helping Us Understand More About the Ocean
The sea is one of man’s final frontiers. Oceans cover 71% of the Earth’s surface, so there’s quite a lot to explore! But what do you do if you need to find something specific in this vast expanse of water? You call Google! Ann Allen, an ecologist and researcher at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric […]
AI Is Giving Machines a More Refined Taste for Food
It takes a refined palate to understand food. With an array of flavors, textures, shapes, and other innumerable factors to consider, it would be easy for one to assume that the task is best left to humans. But the development of artificial intelligence (AI) is proving that there’s merit to giving machines their own “taste […]
COVID-19 Is Changing Our Behavior – and Messing Up Machine Learning Models
When the U.S. began locking down to slow the spread of the coronavirus, Amazon, grocery stores, and wholesale stores like Costco saw an enormous uptick in consumers wanting to buy a few select items. On Amazon, during the week of April 12th to 18th, the top ten search queries were face masks and N95 masks, […]