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08/23/2018 / By Edsel Cook

IBM Research debuts an experimental conversational AI that argues with you

IBM was not satisfied with making artificial intelligence (AI) that can defeat world-class chess masters and Go players. An article on Venture Beat reported that the American computer company has just debuted an AI that can win arguments against skilled debaters. Project Debater is a prototype AI that is capable of two-way conversation. It can crack jokes, […]

08/16/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Computer scientists develop software that can look a few minutes into the future

An article in Alpha Galileo reported a development straight out of the Tom Cruise sci-fi movie Minority Report. German computer experts have created artificial intelligence that can predict what a person is going to do in a few minutes. The software program is trained by watching videos that depict the step-by-step process of an action. […]

08/04/2018 / By Edsel Cook

The Russian military is building a giant online computing cloud that could disconnect entirely from the global internet during wartime

Electronic clouds of war are being drawn over Russia. The Eastern European country’s military is building a giant online cloud that will allow its important systems to keep running even if it loses its connection to the global internet through hacking – or because it decided to destroy the internet as part of the first […]

07/31/2018 / By Edsel Cook

The rise of Terminator-like machines: Biohybrid robot made with muscles grown from hydrogel sheets

What did Japanese researchers do when they found a new way to grow biological muscles out of hydrogel sheets? Why, make cyborgs, of course. An article in Science Daily detailed how they created a robot with living tissue over a metal endoskeleton using their newly developed technique. This prototype is the latest Frankensteinian creation of […]

07/29/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Leading expert in AI says that robots will never rise up against humans because they will become part of the family

A British expert on artificial intelligence is bucking the general wariness regarding increasingly intelligent robots. In a report from The Telegraph, he claims that robots are not going to overthrow humankind in the distant future because they are going to become beloved members of human families. Dr. Nigel Shadbolt of Oxford University (Oxford) says that […]

07/28/2018 / By Edsel Cook

How to protect your information and remain anonymous online

Protecting your identity in the lawless wild of the Internet is considered to be a lost cause. But an article on Survival Blog.com tackled how you can set up a secure virtual machine for browsing online. Start by getting a gaming laptop with Windows 10 Professional. To make sure the purchase can’t be traced back to […]

07/27/2018 / By Edsel Cook

University of Utah engineer received $2M grant to develop smarter tech to tackle power outages

A new research laboratory is being constructed in Utah. Funded by the U.S. Navy, it will develop microgrid technologies that can help communities maintain or restore their supply of electricity after a natural disaster or a cyber attack takes out the main power grid, an article in News Wise states. When Hurricane Maria slammed into Puerto […]

07/24/2018 / By Edsel Cook

SCARY: Machine-learning experts build neural network that manipulates facial movements to create fake video footage

Researchers have just created yet another terrifying artificial intelligence (AI) tool to cause confusion and spread misinformation throughout mass media. In an article from The Register, experts in machine learning have devised a computer system that can change the movement of a person’s face in a video. It is far worse than Deepfakes when it […]

07/17/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Next-gen devices could operate not on electricity or batteries but on LIGHT

A future generation of electronic devices could do away with the need for batteries or the local power grid by drawing energy from light. And by “light,” the joint research group working on these devices means all forms of light, not just sunlight, a Nano Werk article states. Such devices can dispense with the need […]

07/14/2018 / By Edsel Cook

CLAIM: Organ transplants to become “parts replacement” by 2070 when we will be able to “upgrade” organs that wear out with robotic pieces

Mark down 2070 as the earliest year when humans will be able to replace their worn-out biological organs with full-fledged robotic parts, says a Daily Mail article. And if Microsoft has its way, you’ll have your “robot second self” in 2020. The Daily Mail cites the example of “biohackers” who underwent surgery to install computer chips inside their bodies for […]

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