A team of computer scientists at the Penn State University recently studied the efficiency of Natural Language Processing—a form of AI— for evaluating and giving feedback on the science essays of students. Their results were detailed in the International Society…
Researchers Say Anonymous Data doesn’t equal Private Data
A research team at the Illinois Institute of Technology have been successful in extracting personal information such as gender and age from anonymous cellphone data making use of artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms. This has raised a lot of…
Computer Science Professor is Awarded MacArthur Genius Grant
Yejin Choi, a professor of the University of Washington in the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering has been awarded a ‘genius grant’ from the MacArthur Foundation. According to UW, Choi has been using natural language processing…
DeepMind Creates Faster Algorithms to Solve Difficult Math Problems
Researchers at DeepMind AI in London have demonstrated that artificial intelligence has the ability to create shortcuts in a fundamental mathematical calculation, by translating the problem into a game, and using the machine learning techniques used to beat human players…
Mobile App Can Help Detect Parkinson’s Disease Early
A research team of neurologists and engineers led by RMIT University in Melbourne recently developed a novel screening test app which could help in the early detection of severe COVID-19 and Parkinson’s diseases with just the use of people’s voice…
Leading Tech Firms Promise not to Weaponize Robots
Boston Dynamics as well as five other robotics companies recently signed an open letter promising not to weaponize general-purpose robots— a much needed relief to the public. Agility Robotics, ANYbotics, Clearpath Robotics, Open Robotics, Unitree, and Boston Dynamics—the six leading…