History in Hi Res: How machine learning can enhance archival footage
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History in Hi Res: How machine learning can enhance archival footage

While deep learning is taking us into the future, it’s also opening windows into the past. A Redditor brought 100-year-old silent film footage of New York City into the 21st century by automatically sharpening the picture, boosting the frame rate, and adding color.

March 4, 20201 min read
OpenAI Under Fire: Critics claim OpenAI lost its founding ideals.
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OpenAI Under Fire: Critics claim OpenAI lost its founding ideals.

An icon of idealism in AI stands accused of letting its ambition eclipse its principles. Founded in 2015 to develop artificial general intelligence for the good of humankind, OpenAI swapped its ideals for cash.

February 26, 20202 min read
. . . And I Approve of This Deepfake: How India's BJP used AI to create campaign videos
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. . . And I Approve of This Deepfake: How India's BJP used AI to create campaign videos

Deepfake tech reared its digitally altered head in Indian politics, but with a twist: Altered images of a politician were produced by his own campaign.

February 26, 20201 min read
. . . And I Approve of This Deepfake: How India's BJP used AI to create campaign videos
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. . . And I Approve of This Deepfake: How India's BJP used AI to create campaign videos

Deepfake tech reared its digitally altered head in Indian politics, but with a twist: Altered images of a politician were produced by his own campaign.

February 26, 20201 min read
Imitation Learning in the Wild: How a drone's obstacle avoidance system works
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Imitation Learning in the Wild: How a drone's obstacle avoidance system works

Faster than a speeding skateboard! Able to dodge tall trees while chasing a dirt bike! It’s … an upgrade in the making from an innovative drone maker.

February 26, 20202 min read
OpenAI Under Fire: Critics claim OpenAI lost its founding ideals.
Tech & Society

OpenAI Under Fire: Critics claim OpenAI lost its founding ideals.

An icon of idealism in AI stands accused of letting its ambition eclipse its principles. Founded in 2015 to develop artificial general intelligence for the good of humankind, OpenAI swapped its ideals for cash.

February 26, 20202 min read
Imitation Learning in the Wild: How a drone's obstacle avoidance system works
Tech & Society

Imitation Learning in the Wild: How a drone's obstacle avoidance system works

Faster than a speeding skateboard! Able to dodge tall trees while chasing a dirt bike! It’s … an upgrade in the making from an innovative drone maker.

February 26, 20202 min read
Meeting of the Minds: Deep learning pioneers discuss the state of AI.
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Meeting of the Minds: Deep learning pioneers discuss the state of AI.

Geoffrey Hinton, Yoshua Bengio, and Yann LeCun presented their latest thinking about deep learning’s limitations and how to overcome them.

February 19, 20202 min read
Meeting of the Minds: Deep learning pioneers discuss the state of AI.
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Meeting of the Minds: Deep learning pioneers discuss the state of AI.

Geoffrey Hinton, Yoshua Bengio, and Yann LeCun presented their latest thinking about deep learning’s limitations and how to overcome them.

February 19, 20202 min read
Glimpse My Ride: How Los Angeles police used license plate readers
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Glimpse My Ride: How Los Angeles police used license plate readers

Police in the U.S. routinely use AI to track cars with little accountability to the public. Documents obtained by Wired revealed just how intensively police in Los Angeles, California, have been using automatic license plate readers.

February 19, 20201 min read
Glimpse My Ride: How Los Angeles police used license plate readers
Tech & Society

Glimpse My Ride: How Los Angeles police used license plate readers

Police in the U.S. routinely use AI to track cars with little accountability to the public. Documents obtained by Wired revealed just how intensively police in Los Angeles, California, have been using automatic license plate readers.

February 19, 20201 min read
Phantom Menace: Fake images can fool some self-driving cars.
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Phantom Menace: Fake images can fool some self-driving cars.

Some self-driving cars can’t tell the difference between a person in the roadway and an image projected on the street. A team of researchers used projectors to trick semiautonomous vehicles into detecting people, road signs, and lane markings that didn’t exist.

February 12, 20202 min read
Tools For a Pandemic: Chinese tech giants provide resources for Covid research.
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Tools For a Pandemic: Chinese tech giants provide resources for Covid research.

Chinese tech giants have opened their AI platforms to scientists fighting coronavirus. Alibaba Cloud and Baidu are offering a powerful weapon to life-science researchers working to stop the spread of the illness officially known as Covid-19: free access to their computing horsepower and tools.

February 12, 20201 min read
Tools For a Pandemic: Chinese tech giants provide resources for Covid research.
Tech & Society

Tools For a Pandemic: Chinese tech giants provide resources for Covid research.

Chinese tech giants have opened their AI platforms to scientists fighting coronavirus. Alibaba Cloud and Baidu are offering a powerful weapon to life-science researchers working to stop the spread of the illness officially known as Covid-19: free access to their computing horsepower and tools.

February 12, 20201 min read
Phantom Menace: Fake images can fool some self-driving cars.
Tech & Society

Phantom Menace: Fake images can fool some self-driving cars.

Some self-driving cars can’t tell the difference between a person in the roadway and an image projected on the street. A team of researchers used projectors to trick semiautonomous vehicles into detecting people, road signs, and lane markings that didn’t exist.

February 12, 20202 min read

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