Artificial Intelligence
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Expect an Orwellian future if AI isn't kept in check, Microsoft exec says
By Stephanie Pappas published
Speaking on the BBC show 'Panorama,' Microsoft's Brad Smith warned that unless checks are put in place, artificial intelligence could lead to a dystopian future
AI drone may have 'hunted down' and killed soldiers in Libya with no human input
By Charles Q. Choi published
A UN report suggests that AI drones attacked human targets without any humans consulted prior to the strike.
Mysterious second writer of Dead Sea Scroll uncovered by AI
By Laura Geggel published
Two scribes wrote the famous Great Isaiah Scroll, researchers found with the help of AI and statistics.
Photos of Amelia Earhart, Marie Curie and others come alive (creepily), thanks to AI
By Mindy Weisberger published
In AI-generated animations, faces that were once frozen in time blink, turn their heads and even smile.
AI system solves 50-year-old protein folding problem in hours
By Rachael Rettner published
This complex problem that has plagued researchers for decades.
Scientists are recreating the smell of 16th-century Europe
By Yasemin Saplakoglu published
Historians and scientists across Europe have now gotten together with perfumers and museums for a unique project.
Do we live in a simulation? Chances are about 50–50.
By Anil Ananthaswamy published
Gauging whether or not we dwell inside someone else’s computer may come down to advanced AI research—or measurements at the frontiers of cosmology
Astonishing AI restoration brings Apollo moon landing films up to speed
By Mindy Weisberger published
Artificial intelligence transformed NASA footage of Apollo missions to the moon, making decades-old events look like they were shot on high-definition video.
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