March 23, 2017

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Andrew Ng is leaving Baidu in search of a grander AI challenge

One of the world’s leading experts in artificial intelligence is officially on the market, and he says he wants to advance AI beyond the tech industry.

 
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Better living through quantum chemistry

Efforts to invent more practical superconductors and better batteries could be the first areas of business to get a quantum speed boost.

 
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These chatbots have realistic faces and can read your expressions

A startup gives chatbots and virtual assistants realistic facial expressions and the ability to read yours.

 
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Humor can be modeled using the strangest aspects of quantum mechanics

The cognitive processes involved in humor bear a striking relationship to quantum phenomena. So can quantum mechanics help psychologists understand the nature of humor?

 
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Self-driving cars rely on sensor technology not ready for the mass market

Progress toward practical autonomous vehicles requires improvements to the sensors that map a vehicle’s environment in 3-D.

 
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Uber’s Staff Exodus, New Genetic Drugs, and Diaper Power

The most fascinating and important news in technology and innovation delivered straight to your inbox, every day.

 
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Do you like the idea of autonomous cars going it alone? Some new numbers suggest you shouldn’t

California is preparing for self-driving cars to go solo, but new figures from Uber’s experiments suggest proceeding with caution.

 
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Quantum Computer Chemistry, Self-Driving Fumbles, and Pokémon AI

The most fascinating and important news in technology and innovation delivered straight to your inbox, every day.

 
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Google DeepMind has built an AI machine that could learn as quickly as humans before long

While AI systems can match many human capabilities, they take 10 times longer to learn. Now, by copying the way the brain works, Google DeepMind has built a machine that is closing the gap.

 
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