Has China Taken It Too Far With Surveillance Tech?
Facial recognition has come a long way in the past few years. But there’s still progress to be made in terms of eliminating biases and other flaws. Regardless of this fact, China is already employing the technology to track its own citizens. This police-state type of surveillance has managed to cook up quite a bit […]
Nvidia Uses Machine Learning to Magically Fix Flaws in Photos
New technology from Nvidia can help professional photo retouchers save some time and studio equipment. But it may also upset photographers who painstakingly put watermarks on their photos to stop the theft of their work. AI-Powered Picture Cleaning The company developed machine learning algorithms using over 50,000 before-and-after photos to remove graininess, text, watermarks, and […]
Can We Avoid Flaws in Machine Learning?
As artificial intelligence (AI) continues evolving, it goes without saying that it is going to need tweaks and patches along the way. Unfortunately, as several tech titans recently discovered, their AI systems have some serious problems revolving around gender and race. Bias Is Moving Us Backwards Research shows that language-processing AI can show signs of […]
Can Machine Learning Stop Uber Drivers From Getting Scammed?
Uber is having trouble taking care of a particular crime problem. The San Francisco-based developer of the eponymous ride-hailing app is no stranger to scams; recently, it’s been utilizing machine learning, a subset of AI, to deal with con artists. But can it apply this technology to thwart this new trend targeting drivers? Built on […]
Can AI Predict the 2018 World Cup Winner?
The 2018 FIFA World Cup began a few days ago. It might be easy to know which teams are more likely to advance over others right now. But as the tournament reaches the semifinals and finals, the winning team could be anyone’s guess. Fortunately, now we have artificial intelligence (AI) to give us a clearer […]
A Talent Shortage Is Holding Back FinTech
In a recent study of 900 workers and employers in the U.K., 61% of FinTech companies say they are facing a moderate to extreme shortage of FinTech skills. Worldwide Demand It’s not just the U.K., either. Singapore’s experiencing a similar drought; blockchain developers, data scientists, and programmers are highest in demand. Colleges in Singapore are […]
Computers Now Detect Skin Cancer Better than Doctors
Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming technology in our homes and at businesses. But one of AI’s best applications is in medicine. After being trained with hundreds of thousands of images, the technology is often used to accompany doctors’ opinions and create a more informed picture of the patient’s medical history and health issues. Man vs. Machine […]
Thousands of AI Researchers Are Boycotting the New Nature Journal
When did science become so political? Between applying for government grants for research, paying journals so university students can read published science papers, and inter-departmental politics surrounding tenure, there is no shortage of politics in scientific research. Nature is the world’s most cited journal. The London-based publishing group’s addition of machine learning (ML) into their line-up of more than […]
This High Schooler’s AI App is Rapidly Advancing Visual Search
A high school senior’s app for detecting and identifying objects is putting Google and Apple to shame. Michael Royzen, the mastermind AI developer behind the app, created a tool that is not only accurate, fast, and easy to use, but better than the fierce competition from many tech titans. Taking Advantage of Edge Computing and […]
Most Americans Think AI Isn’t a Threat to Their Jobs
Do you think artificial intelligence (AI) could do your job? It’s a strange question that has turned from a hypothetical imagination exercise to an uneasy topic that most people don’t feel like dealing with right now. As AI development advances, this question becomes a more important issue to tackle before it balloons into a bigger […]