Alibaba’s new AI system can detect coronavirus in seconds with 96% accuracy

Chinese technology giant Alibaba recently developed an AI system for diagnosing the COVID-19 (corona...

Corpse-detecting robots will use AI to recover bodies from the Korean War

South Korea is developing autonomous robots to recover the remains of soldiers killed in the Korean War...

Scientists found a way to plug adversarial backdoors in deep learning models

Imagine a high-security complex protected by a facial recognition system powered by deep learning. The...

How Facebook’s new AI system has deactivated billions of fake accounts

Facebook has a big problem with fake accounts — and the company knows it. In just three months, Face...

Alphabet’s AI-powered camera system will help fish live their best lives

Google’s parent company, Alphabet, is bringing AI under the sea to help fish farmers develop more su...

This AI model improves and colorizes old videos and the results are stunning

Last week, my colleague Tristan wrote about an AI developer who used machine learning to upscale the...

AI will dominate the 2020s — governments must ensure it’s ethical

Isaac Asimov, roboticist and science fiction writer, predicted in his novel I, Robot in 1950 that robots...

FIFA experiments with AI for more accurate offside calls

FIFA, football’s governing body, is experimenting with artificial intelligence in hope of making bet...

’World’s strongest’ robotic hand can cut paper, hold eggs — and even play the piano

Researchers have unveiled a robotic hand that can serve drinks, pick up eggs, cut paper with scissors...

This AI could reunite families after an earthquake

A new AI prototype could transform how earthquake aftermaths are managed, by predicting the safest r...

UK to combat air pollution with AI-powered traffic lights

The UK plans to tackle pollution with AI-powered traffic lights that delay the arrival of vehicles i...

AI predicts Oscar winners — but betting sites do it better

You don’t normally need to be a fortune teller to predict the Oscar winners, but the Academy has spr...

This AI needs your help to identify child abusers by their hands

Scientists are developing a system that can identify suspected pedophiles just by analyzing their ha...

Google algorithm teaches robot how to walk in mere hours

A new robot has overcome a fundamental challenge of locomotion by teaching itself how to walk.Researchers...

Samsung will replace Galaxy S8 units with red screens if software fix fails

Following early complaints from customers claiming their brand new Galaxy S8 handsets are affected b...

Motorola calls Samsung a copycat, gets shut down by Nokia fans

Tech companies copy off of each other. That has always happened, and always will happen. Still Motor...

FCC leaks suggest Microsoft’s Surface desktop PC is almost here

Rumors have been floating around since the summer that Microsoft is preparing to announce a desktop...

Leaked video could offer details on Snapchat’s secret glasses project [Update: They’re official!]

Update : On Saturday, September 24, Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel took to the stage at a quiet conferenc...

Google Chromecast Ultra brings 4K video and HDR support for $69

At its hardware launch event in San Francisco today, Google unveiled its new Chromecast Ultra, a streamin...

Facebook announces a cheaper standalone Oculus headset is on the way

At its Oculus Connect event today, Facebook teased it has a new kind of VR headset on the way.Zucker...