Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence

Whether it's for your vehicle or your home, from small-scale uses to the largest, the debate over the most efficient and cost-effective fuels continues. Currently, there's no shortage of options either. Nuclear power provides an alternative to more conventional energy options but requires rigorous systems monitoring and safety procedures. Machine... Read more

In recent years, computer scientists have created various highly performing machine learning tools to generate texts, images, videos, songs and other content. Most of these computational models are designed to create content based on text-based instructions provided by users.... Read more

When exploring their surroundings, communicating with others and expressing themselves, humans can perform a wide range of body motions. The ability to realistically replicate these motions, applying them to human and humanoid characters, could be highly valuable for the development of video games and the creation of animations, content that... Read more

Text-generating AI programs like ChatGPT are known for everyday tasks like answering questions, but that's not all they're good for. These AI agents can use their text-parsing powers to help further nuclear science and assist health physicists, as shown by nuclear engineering graduate student Zavier Ndum's research.... Read more

It's becoming increasingly commonplace for people to develop intimate, long-term relationships with artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. At their extreme, people have "married" their AI companions in non-legally binding ceremonies, and at least two people have killed themselves following AI chatbot advice.... Read more

With artificial intelligence already affecting nearly every aspect of people's lives, San Diego County supervisors want a formal policy that spells out how staff will use—or avoid—the technology.... Read more

Data privacy comes with a cost. There are security techniques that protect sensitive user data, like customer addresses, from attackers who may attempt to extract them from AI models—but they often make those models less accurate.... Read more

Today, almost everybody has heard of AI and millions around the world already use, or are exposed, to it—from ChatGPT writing our emails, to helping with medical diagnosis.... Read more

The emergence of AI has profoundly transformed numerous industries. Driven by deep learning technology and Big Data, AI requires significant processing power for training its models. While the existing AI infrastructure relies on graphical processing units (GPUs), the substantial processing demands and energy expenses associated with its operation remain key... Read more

You may have seen ads by Apple promoting its new Clean Up feature that can be used to remove elements in a photo. When one of these ads caught my eye this weekend, I was intrigued and updated my software to try it out.... Read more

A new method of predicting where people lost in the wilderness may be found based on simulations of their decision-making processes could help mountain rescue teams save lives in the future.... Read more

Humans' ability to learn from one another across cultures over generations drives our success as a species as much as our individual intelligence. This collective cultural brain has led to new innovations and developed bodies of knowledge.... Read more

Along with the many benefits of artificial intelligence—from providing real-time navigation to early disease detection—the explosion in its use has increased opportunities for fraud and deception.... Read more

There have been several headlines over the past week about an AI chatbot officially passing the Turing test.... Read more

Fake news across social media is becoming ever easier to spread and more difficult to detect. That's thanks to increasingly powerful artificial intelligence (AI) and cuts to fact-checking resources by major platforms.... Read more