AI Research Artificial Intelligence Artificial intelligence can help halve road deaths by 2030 AI can help in different ways, including better collection and analysis of crash data, enhancing road infrastructure, increasing the efficiency of post-crash response, and inspiring innovation in the regulatory frameworks. This approach requires equitable access to data and the ethical use of algorithms, which many countries currently lack, leaving them unable to identify road safety solutions. Written by Gemechu Taye October 10, 2021October 10, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
AI Research Neuroscientists roll out first comprehensive atlas of brain cells "If you think of the brain as an extremely complex machine, how could we understand it without first breaking it down and knowing the parts?" asked cellular neuroscientist Helen Bateup, a University of California, Berkeley, associate professor of molecular and cell biology and co-author of the flagship paper that synthesizes the results of the other papers. "The first page of any manual of how the brain works should read: Here are all the cellular components, this is how many of them there are, here is where they are located and who they connect to." Written by Gemechu Taye October 10, 2021October 10, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
AI Research Predictive Analytics How COVID is changing data analytics Analytics has played a significant role in the fight against COVID-19. Would we be as far along in the battle without it? Written by Gemechu Taye October 8, 2021October 8, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
AI Research Artificial Intelligence Is Neuromorphic Computing The Answer For Autonomous Driving And Personal Robotics? If you follow the latest trends in the tech industry, you probably know that there’s been a fair amount of debate about what the next big thing is going to be. Odds-on favorite for many has been augmented reality (AR) glasses, while others point to fully autonomous cars, and a few are clinging to the potential of 5G. With the surprise debut of Amazon’s Astro a few weeks back, personal robotic devices and digital companions have also thrown their hat into the ring. Written by Gemechu Taye October 8, 2021October 8, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
AI Research Autodesk acquires Spacemaker for $240 million to boost AI development for designers Autodesk announced today that it has purchased Spacemaker, based in Oslo, for $240 million. While Andrew Anagnost, Autodesk CEO, said he was excited about Spacemaker’s potential to support urban planning, he also believes that the underlying technology of the startup would help catalyze AI growth across his business. For nearly four decades, Autodesk, using computer-assisted […] Written by Samuel Tsegaye November 18, 2020November 18, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
AI Research Amazon Textract adds handwriting recognition and support for new languages Amazon today announced minor updates, using machine learning, to Textract, its service that extracts written text and other data from documents, as well as tables and forms. As of today, besides files typed in Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, and Italian, Textract now supports handwriting in English documents. Amazon correctly states that many documents contain a […] Written by Samuel Tsegaye November 15, 2020November 15, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
AI Research Two motivational artificial beings are better than one for enhancing learning Social rewards such as praise are known to enhance various stages of the learning process. Now, researchers from Japan have found that praise delivered by artificial beings such as robots and virtual graphics-based agents can have effects similar to praise delivered by humans, with important practical applications as social services such as education increasingly move […] Written by Anatoly Kebede November 7, 2020November 7, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
AI Research The AI Lords Of Sports: How The SportsTech Is Changing Business World The world of “SportsTech” has forever changed the game. In turn, this has proven to be an interesting proving ground for industry to adapt and use this technology. As the World Series rolls on, perhaps it will inspire the next great corporate innovation. Written by Gemechu Taye October 26, 2020October 26, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
AI Research Researchers suggest AI can learn common sense from animals AI scientists who build reinforcement learning agents may learn a great deal from animals. That’s according to new studies by Google’s DeepMind, Imperial College London, and researchers from the University of Cambridge testing AI and non-human animals. The AI research group has always looked at neuroscience and behavioral science for inspiration and to better understand […] Written by Samuel Tsegaye October 25, 2020October 25, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
AI Research The true dangers of AI are closer than we think As long as humans have built machines, we’ve feared the day they could destroy us. Stephen Hawking famously warned that AI could spell an end to civilization. But to many AI researchers, these conversations feel unmoored. It’s not that they don’t fear AI running amok—it’s that they see it already happening, just not in the ways most people would expect. AI is now screening job candidates, diagnosing disease, and identifying criminal suspects. But instead of making these decisions more efficient or fair, it’s often perpetuating the biases of the humans on whose decisions it was trained. Written by Gemechu Taye October 23, 2020October 23, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Tool for predicting pedestrian flow expands its reach When urban development takes place, a traffic impact assessment is often needed before a project is approved: What will happen to auto traffic if a new apartment building or business complex is constructed, or if a road is widened? On the other hand, new developments affect foot traffic as well — and yet few places study the effects of urban change on pedestrians. Written by Gemechu Taye October 9, 2021October 9, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Enabling AI-driven health advances without sacrificing patient privacy There’s a lot of excitement at the intersection of artificial intelligence and health care. AI has already been used to improve disease treatment and detection, discover promising new drugs, identify links between genes and diseases, and more. Written by Gemechu Taye October 9, 2021October 9, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Tool for predicting pedestrian flow expands its reach When urban development takes place, a traffic impact assessment is often needed before a project is approved: What will happen to auto traffic if a new apartment building or business complex is constructed, or if a road is widened? On the other hand, new developments affect foot traffic as well — and yet few places study the effects of urban change on pedestrians. Written by Gemechu Taye October 9, 2021October 9, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Enabling AI-driven health advances without sacrificing patient privacy There’s a lot of excitement at the intersection of artificial intelligence and health care. AI has already been used to improve disease treatment and detection, discover promising new drugs, identify links between genes and diseases, and more. Written by Gemechu Taye October 9, 2021October 9, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
AI Weekly: EU facial recognition ban highlights need for U.S. legislation This week, The European Parliament, the body responsible for adopting European Union (EU) legislation, passed a non-binding resolution calling for a ban on law enforcement use of facial recognition technology in public places. The resolution, which also proposes a moratorium on the deployment of predictive policing software, would restrict the use of remote biometric identification unless it’s to fight “serious” crime, such as kidnapping and terrorism. Written by Gemechu Taye October 9, 2021October 9, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
View: Artificial Intelligence for inclusive growth The adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI) shouldn’t be restricted to companies, however, economies have additionally turned they give attention to build up their AI capabilities as a way to enhance growth. Developed economies just like the US, China, and EU nations are already within the race. Written by Gemechu Taye October 9, 2020October 9, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Facebook wants to make AI better by asking people to break it The new kind of test pits machine-learning models against humans who do their best to fool them. The explosive successes of AI in the last decade or so are typically chalked up to lots of data and lots of computing power. But benchmarks also play a crucial role in driving progress—tests that researchers can pit […] Written by Gemechu Taye September 27, 2020September 27, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Japan’s SkyDrive ‘Flying Car’ Japan’s SkyDrive ‘Flying Car’ Successfully Carries Out Test Flight With a Person Aboard It may become less illusory to make the decades-old fantasy of zipping around in the sky as easy as driving on highways. Among the plethora of “flying vehicle” ventures around the world, Japan’s SkyDrive has carried out a successful but modest test […] Written by Anatoly Kebede August 29, 2020September 22, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
AI in Gaming: 5 Ways Machine Learning Will Change the Industry With rampant developments in computer vision technology, there are many ways that machine learning is being used in the video game industry, especially in virtual reality. Developments in VR games are quickly changing the way we game and the way we socialize. It wouldn’t be much of a stretch to say that VR is the […] Written by Gemechu Taye August 29, 2020August 29, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked