Artificial Intelligence
Publisher Releases First Textbook Written Entirely by an Algorithm
“Beta Writer” isn't the next great American author, but its debut work shows promise for AI-assisted research
The Computer Scientist Who Wants to Put a Name to Every Face in Civil War Photographs
As Virginia Tech's Kurt Luther perfects his facial recognition software Civil War Photo Sleuth, the discoveries keep coming
Physicists Come Up With Intriguing Way to Measure Art's Evolution
By mapping the complexity and entropy of 140,000 paintings created between 1031 and 2016, the researchers demonstrated the interaction of art movements
Seoul Will Welcome a Robot Science Museum Constructed by Robots
Robots and drones will be involved in all aspects of the project, including design, manufacture and assembly
Will A.I. Ever Be Smarter Than a Four-Year-Old?
Looking at how children process information may give programmers useful hints about directions for computer learning
Artificial Intelligence Study of Human Genome Finds Unknown Human Ancestor
The genetic footprint of a "ghost population" may match that of a Neanderthal and Denisovan hybrid fossil found in Siberia
Neuroscientists Have Converted Brain Waves Into Verbal Speech
Researchers tracked participants' neural activity as they listened to recorded speech, then translated brain patterns into synthesized speech
This Spring, Dalí Museum Visitors Will Be Welcomed by AI Version of the Artist Himself
A surreal(ist) encounter, indeed
Scientists Use AI to Decode the Ultrasonic Language of Rodents
The DeepSqueak software translates the high-pitched communication into sonograms, which can be analyzed to determine what mice and rats are saying
New AI Camera Helps Conservationists Spot Elephant Poachers
TrailGuard AI uses machine learning to sort through images in real-time and identify relevant threats
These Technologies Could Put an End to Leaky Water Mains
Two inventors have come up with radically different approaches to try to solve the widespread problem of aging water infrastructure
The Titles of These AI-Generated Christmas Carols Are Pure Cinnamon Hollybells
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This New Technique Could Revolutionize the Future of Art Reproduction
RePaint renders reproductions in color four times closer to the original than the next-best tool
Google's New AI Is a Master of Games, but How Does It Compare to the Human Mind?
After building AlphaGo to beat the world's best Go players, Google DeepMind built AlphaZero to take on the world's best machine players
Thousands of Little-Known Plant Species Are at Risk of Extinction
When researchers used machine learning to evaluate 150,000 plant species, they found that 10 percent were likely to qualify for the IUCN Red List
Smithsonian.com's Chief Digital Officer Shares His Favorite Books of the Year
Our own William Allman describes the 2018 titles he found to be the most enjoyable and eye-opening reads
How Satellites and Big Data Are Predicting the Behavior of Hurricanes and Other Natural Disasters
Leveraging machine learning could help diminish the damages of storms and wildfires
Why Waymo's Fleet of Self-Driving Cars Is Finally Ready for Prime Time
Your driverless car is already here, thanks to the visionary engineers behind a bold experiment
The Future Is Bright If More Teens Could Think About High School the Way Kavya Kopparapu Does
Cellist Yo-Yo Ma talks with the founder of the Girls Computing League about the promise of her generation
Can Artificial Intelligence Detect Depression in a Person's Voice?
MIT scientists have trained an AI model to spot the condition through how people speak rather than what they tell a doctor
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