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How shoring up drones with artificial intelligence helps surf lifesavers spot sharks at the beach
A close encounter between a white shark and a surfer. Author provided, Author provided Cormac Purcell, UNSW Sydney…
Noise in the brain enables us to make extraordinary leaps of imagination. It could transform the power of computers too
Shutterstock Tim Palmer, University of Oxford We all have to make hard decisions from time to time. The…
Here’s a Robot That Can Jump More Than 30 Meters Up
The geniuses behind engineering can grant humanity its greatest assets as it moves towards its technologically-advanced future. The…
New satellite mapping with AI can quickly pinpoint hurricane damage across an entire state to spot where people may be trapped
New satellite mapping techniques can quickly locate washed out and damaged areas. Ricardo Arduengo / AFP via Getty…
Tesla’s Optimus robot isn’t very impressive – but it may be a sign of better things to come
Tesla Wafa Johal, The University of Melbourne In August 2021, Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced the electric car…
Irony machine: why are AI researchers teaching computers to recognise irony?
shutterstock thinking robot. Charles Barbour, Western Sydney University What was your first reaction when you heard about Blake…
Digital doubles: In the future, virtual versions of ourselves could predict our behaviour
The data we generate online and using apps could be used to inform a digital version of ourselves.…
Google’s powerful AI spotlights a human cognitive glitch: Mistaking fluent speech for fluent thought
Words can have a powerful effect on people, even when they’re generated by an unthinking machine. iStock via…
We taught an AI to impersonate Shakespeare and Oscar Wilde – here’s what it revealed about sentience
Shakespeare AI. iku4 Alex Connock, University of Oxford and Professor Andrew Stephen, University of Oxford Nay, nay, I…
Listening to asthma and COPD: An AI-powered wearable could monitor respiratory health
Even with optimal treatment, asthma and COPD patients encounter unpredictable flareups of their conditions, which can become life-threatening…