Where There’s Smoke, There’s AI: Computer vision system can see wildfire smoke.
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Where There’s Smoke, There’s AI: Computer vision system can see wildfire smoke.

An automated early warning system is alerting firefighters to emerging blazes.

June 23, 20211 min read
Where There’s Smoke, There’s AI: Computer vision system can see wildfire smoke.
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Where There’s Smoke, There’s AI: Computer vision system can see wildfire smoke.

An automated early warning system is alerting firefighters to emerging blazes.

June 23, 20211 min read
Sorting Shattered Traditions: Archaeologists use machine learning to classify pottery.
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Sorting Shattered Traditions: Archaeologists use machine learning to classify pottery.

Computer vision is probing the history of ancient pottery | What’s new: Researchers at Northern Arizona University developed a machine learning model that identifies different styles of Native American painting on ceramic fragments and sorts the shards by historical period.

June 23, 20211 min read
Sorting Shattered Traditions: Archaeologists use machine learning to classify pottery.
Vision

Sorting Shattered Traditions: Archaeologists use machine learning to classify pottery.

Computer vision is probing the history of ancient pottery | What’s new: Researchers at Northern Arizona University developed a machine learning model that identifies different styles of Native American painting on ceramic fragments and sorts the shards by historical period.

June 23, 20211 min read
The Writing, Not the Doodles: A handwriting detection AI model for messy paper.
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The Writing, Not the Doodles: A handwriting detection AI model for messy paper.

Systems designed to turn handwriting into text typically work best on pages with a consistent layout, such as a single column unbroken by drawings, diagrams, or extraneous symbols. A new system removes that requirement.

June 16, 20212 min read
The Writing, Not the Doodles: A handwriting detection AI model for messy paper.
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The Writing, Not the Doodles: A handwriting detection AI model for messy paper.

Systems designed to turn handwriting into text typically work best on pages with a consistent layout, such as a single column unbroken by drawings, diagrams, or extraneous symbols. A new system removes that requirement.

June 16, 20212 min read
A Bicycle Built for Zero: Self-driving bicycle stays upright and avoids collisions.
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A Bicycle Built for Zero: Self-driving bicycle stays upright and avoids collisions.

Self-driving cars, get ready to share the road with self-riding bikes. Beijing-based machine learning researcher Zhihui Peng built a riderless bike that stays upright, navigates, and avoids collisions.

June 16, 20211 min read
A Bicycle Built for Zero: Self-driving bicycle stays upright and avoids collisions.
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A Bicycle Built for Zero: Self-driving bicycle stays upright and avoids collisions.

Self-driving cars, get ready to share the road with self-riding bikes. Beijing-based machine learning researcher Zhihui Peng built a riderless bike that stays upright, navigates, and avoids collisions.

June 16, 20211 min read
Borderline AI: How U.S. Border Patrol uses AI to process asylum requests.
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Borderline AI: How U.S. Border Patrol uses AI to process asylum requests.

U.S. immigration officials expect over 2 million migrants to reach the country’s southern border by the end of the year. They’re counting on face recognition to streamline processing of those who seek asylum.

June 9, 20211 min read
Borderline AI: How U.S. Border Patrol uses AI to process asylum requests.
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Borderline AI: How U.S. Border Patrol uses AI to process asylum requests.

U.S. immigration officials expect over 2 million migrants to reach the country’s southern border by the end of the year. They’re counting on face recognition to streamline processing of those who seek asylum.

June 9, 20211 min read
Every Problem Looks Like a Nail: AI-powered devices that automatically paint fingernails
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Every Problem Looks Like a Nail: AI-powered devices that automatically paint fingernails

Robots are brushing their way into the beauty market. A trio of companies is developing automated nail-painting devices that integrate robotics and computer vision.

June 9, 20211 min read
Every Problem Looks Like a Nail: AI-powered devices that automatically paint fingernails
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Every Problem Looks Like a Nail: AI-powered devices that automatically paint fingernails

Robots are brushing their way into the beauty market. A trio of companies is developing automated nail-painting devices that integrate robotics and computer vision.

June 9, 20211 min read
Radiologists Eye AI: Radiologists increasingly rely upon computer vision.
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Radiologists Eye AI: Radiologists increasingly rely upon computer vision.

AI lately has achieved dazzling success interpreting X-rays and other medical imagery in the lab. Now it’s catching on in the clinic. Roughly one-third of U.S. radiologists use AI in some form in their work.

June 2, 20212 min read
One Model for Vision-Language: A general purpose AI for vision and language tasks.
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One Model for Vision-Language: A general purpose AI for vision and language tasks.

Researchers have proposed task-agnostic architectures for image classification tasks and language tasks. New work proposes a single architecture for vision-language tasks.

June 2, 20212 min read
One Model for Vision-Language: A general purpose AI for vision and language tasks.
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One Model for Vision-Language: A general purpose AI for vision and language tasks.

Researchers have proposed task-agnostic architectures for image classification tasks and language tasks. New work proposes a single architecture for vision-language tasks.

June 2, 20212 min read

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