Artificial Intelligence (AI): It seems like it’s everywhere you look today. From AI-enabled chatbots to AI algorithms identifying patterns in consumer behavior to AI-driven programs analyzing scientific data, artificial intelligence is now mainstream. But when and where did it all start? This…
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Defense Department is creating a new position to oversee its digital and artificial intelligence activities, with the hope the office will be able to drive faster progress in those areas and meet threats posed by China, according to…
After mapping and understanding ground and aerial terrains, researchers are now exploring subterranean landscapes and unraveling marine mysteries with AI and machine learning. Oceans constitute nearly 71% of the Earth’s surface, and almost 99% percent of these water bodies have living matter….
Meta (formerly Facebook) researchers have developed an Artificial Intelligence (AI) system that can identify and automatically animate the human-like figures in children’s drawings with a high success rate, and without any human guidance. “Humans” in children’s drawings come in many different forms,…
Meta Roasting Meta I wrote an earlier piece for another blog about all of this Metaverse talk, and it proved to be quite popular, but some readers have asked me to write for a more public space, so, hello Hackernoon! But instead…
This is a guest post. The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not represent positions of IEEE Spectrum or the IEEE. Last March, a group of researchers made headlines by revealing that they had developed an artificial intelligence (AI) tool that…
The topic of bias gains currency each day. As AI becomes more pervasive, we’re seeing more examples of how AI delivers value but also can spread harm through bias inherent in the data sets that businesses use to train AI applications. And…
Technology companies are racing to develop human-level artificial intelligence, whose development poses one of the greatest risks to humanity. Last week, John Carmack, a software engineer and video game developer, announced that he has raised 20 million dollars to start Keen Technologies, a…
Some young people floss for a TikTok dance challenge. A couple posts a holiday selfie to keep friends updated on their travels. A budding influencer uploads their latest YouTube video. Unwittingly, each one is adding fuel to an emerging fraud vector that could become…
There’s no denying the fact that the global tech landscape has evolved immensely over the past few years. The cryptocurrency sector in particular — especially the concept underlying the burgeoning ‘metaverse’ ecosystem — has gained a lot of traction. This is evidenced…
