February 15, 2018

Weekly Computing Newsletter

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Q&A

“We’re in a diversity crisis”: cofounder of Black in AI on what’s poisoning algorithms in our lives

Timnit Gebru looks around the AI world and sees almost no one who looks like her. That’s a problem for all of us.

 
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News

Drones that dodge obstacles without guidance can pursue you like paparazzi

A skilled autopilot function will make drones far more ubiquitous and useful.

 
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Old-fashioned silicon might be the key to building ubiquitous quantum computers

Silicon isn’t yet ideal for creating quantum machines. But the massive manufacturing ecosystem for silicon chips explains why researchers (and Intel) want to overcome its handicaps.

 
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The company that made smartphones smart now wants to give them built-in AI

ARM’s latest mobile processors are tuned to crunch machine-learning algorithms as efficiently as possible.

 
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How to teach a robot to screw

Humans easily outperform machines when it comes to tightening and loosening screw fasteners. The future of manufacturing and recycling may depend on changing that.

 
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