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Parsing Commands Into Actions: NLP Helps Google Robot Understand Spoken Instructions
A new method enables robots to respond helpfully to verbal commands by pairing a natural language model with a repertoire of existing skills.
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Toward Machines That LOL: Scientists Teach a Speech Recognition Robot to Laugh
Even if we manage to stop robots from taking over the world, they may still have the last laugh. Researchers at Kyoto University developed a series of neural networks that enable a robot engaged in spoken conversation to chortle along with its human interlocutor.
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Regulating AI in Undefined Terms: Experts Debate Definitions in European Union’s AI Act
A proposed European Union law that seeks to control AI is raising questions about what kinds of systems it would regulate. Experts at a roundtable staged by the Center for Data Innovation debated the implications of limitations in the EU’s forthcoming Artificial Intelligence Act.
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Court Blocks AI-Assisted Proctoring: AI Cheating Software Loses in Court
A U.S. court ruled against an implementation of AI-powered software designed to catch students who cheat on academic examinations.
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Spotting Tax Cheats From Overhead: French Authorities Use AI to Tax Pool Owners
French tax authorities netted nearly €10 million using an automated system to identify unregistered pools
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Misinformation Recognition: Google Updated its Search Engine to Minimize Disinformation
Google updated the Multitask Unified model its search algorithm to respond to the flood of misinformation on the web.
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China's AI ROI: AI May Add $600 Billion to China's Economy by 2030
China’s investment in AI business, infrastructure, and research could pay off big over the next decade.
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AI Regulations Proceed Locally: U.S. States Enact Laws Targeting AI
EPIC published a summary of AI-related laws that states and cities considered between January 2021 and August 2022.
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AI Hits Its Stride: Cionic’s AI-Powered Neural Sleeve Could Help Fix Impaired Walking
Neural Sleeve is intended to correct leg movements for people impacted by multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, spinal cord injury, and stroke.
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Self-Driving Safety Check: U.S. Government Data Details 2021 Autonomous Vehicle Crashes
The United States National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) detailed autonomous vehicle collisions over a 12-month period.
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Identifying Faces of History: From Numbers to Names Uses AI to Identify Holocaust Victims
From Numbers to Names matches individuals to faces in publicly available images related to the genocide of European Jews between 1941 and 1945.
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Large Language Models Unbound: BLOOM is the Largest Open Source NLP Model to Date
A worldwide collaboration produced the biggest open source language model to date. BLOOM is a family of language models built by the BigScience Research Workshop, a collective of over 1,000 researchers from 250 institutions around the globe.