A guide to ‘deepfakes,’ the internet’s latest moral crisis
BY DAMON BERES AND MARCUS GILMER From Mashable Where there’s innovation, there’s masturbation — at least in one dark corner of the internet, where nearly 80,000 people have gathered to share fabricated videos of celebrity women having sex and Nicolas…
Google is using AI to predict flight delays
By Jon Fingas From engadget Flight delay alerts are helpful, but they usually depend on airlines notifying you in a timely fashion… and they’re not always quick on the draw. Google, however, is happy to fill that gap. It’s updating…
Guy Pearce on AI: ‘We don’t know what we’re capable of’
BY SAM HAYSOM From Mashable It’s almost 11pm in Australia, but Guy Pearce is full of energy. He’s talking about robots.The star of Memento and L.A. Confidential has just been in a film called Donny the Drone — a post-apocalyptic…
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Doctors are secretly teaching themselves how to do robotic surgery
By Matt Beane, The Conversation From Business Insider Residents no longer work in coordination with the senior surgeons — and some have turned to “shadow learning” to gain the skills they need. This is the practice of focusing on robotic…
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John Deere bought an AI company to optimize crop spraying By Jon Fingas From engadget Machine learning could lead to smarter farming. Want to know how pervasive AI is becoming in seemingly all facets of daily life? Just ask Deere…
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Facebook rolls out new AI software designed to identify and assist suicidal users By Yoni Heisler From BGR In a testament to how entrenched Facebook has become in our day-to-day lives, it’s not uncommon for users who commit suicide to…
Americans aren’t having children and it might help the economy
BY JESSICA KWONG From Newsweek Americans are having fewer children and it might be a good thing for the economy—according to a study by a nonprofit called Negative Population Growth, Inc. Between 2007, which was the year before the Great…
Governments urged by artificial intelligence researchers to ban killer robots
BY JOHNNY LIEU From Mashable Artificial intelligence technology has developed in leaps and bounds in the last decade, and now, governments are being urged to ban robots that can kill, before things get out of hand. Researchers from Australia and…
An algorithm could identify suicidal feelings based on brain scans
By Jon Fingas From engadget Scientists used machine learning to pick out brain activation responses to specific questions. It’s difficult to identify whether or not someone is feeling suicidal by asking. According to studies, roughly 80 percent of those who…
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AI can detect Alzheimer’s 10 years before symptoms show up By Mariella Moon From engadget When it comes to Alzheimer’s, early detection is crucial. Various researchers around the globe are developing ways to detect Alzheimer’s as early as possible. After…
