AI learns to simulate how trees grow and shape in response to their environments
A research team from Purdue University’s Department of Computer Science and Institute for Digital Forestry, with collaborator Sören Pirk at Kiel University in Germany, has discovered that artificial intelligence can…
Researchers develop new green technology for producing hydrogen using renewable energy
A group of researchers from the Technion Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering has presented a new technology for producing green hydrogen using renewable energy. Their breakthrough was recently published in Nature Materials.…
Faulty machine translations litter the web
Near the end of the last century, Bill Gates saw the prospect of unifying citizens of nearly 200 countries, speaking more than 7,000 languages, coming together in common dialogue through…
Navigating algorithmic bias amid rapid AI development in Southeast Asia
Artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer an emerging technology in Southeast Asia. Countries across the region are aggressively adopting AI systems for everything from smart city surveillance to credit scoring apps, promising more…
Digital inspection portal uses AI and machine vision to examine moving trains
Collaboration between Norfolk Southern Corporation and the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) has led to the development of digital train inspection portals that use advanced machine vision and artificial intelligence…
New research addresses predicting and controlling bad actor AI activity in a year of global elections
More than 50 countries are set to hold national elections this year and analysts have long sounded the alarm on the threat of bad actors using artificial intelligence (AI) to…
Futurists use a Delphi study to highlight top risks from technology that we’ll be facing by the year 2040
Bewilderingly rapid changes are happening in the technology and reach of computer systems. There are exciting advances in artificial intelligence, in the masses of tiny interconnected devices we call the Internet…
Misinformation and irresponsible AI: Experts forecast how technology may shape our near future
From misinformation and invisible cyber attacks to irresponsible AI that could cause events involving multiple deaths, expert futurists have forecast how rapid technology changes may shape our world by 2040.…
Analyzing microscopic images: New open-source software makes AI models lighter, greener
Artificial intelligence (AI) has become an indispensable component in the analysis of microscopic data. However, while AI models are becoming better and more complex, the computing power and associated energy…
Tesla 4Q earnings fall short of analyst estimates as company warns of lower sales growth this year
Tesla’s net income more than doubled last quarter thanks to a big one-time tax benefit, but it warned of “notably lower” sales growth this year. The Austin, Texas, electric vehicle,…