How a big blue van from 1986 paved the way for self-driving cars
Despite being bigger than a moving truck and sporting less computing power than a first-gen Apple watch, the Navlab-1 was a surprisingly capable autonomous car
Microsoft faces antitrust investigations over its $19.7 billion Nuance purchase
Microsoft purchased Nuance for $19.7 billion in April, but the deal is coming under antitrust scrutiny from European Union regulators.
Facial recognition tech for bears aims to keep humans safe
A town in Japan is planning to use facial recognition on local brown bears as part of efforts to reduce the number of bear attacks.
Ingenious new search and rescue drone finds people by listening for screams
Rather than relying on expensive and unreliable thermal cameras, this new search and rescue drone uses an array of microphones to zero in on cries for help.
IBM’s A.I. Mayflower ship is crossing the Atlantic, and you can watch it live
IBM’s autonomous, A.I.-powered ship is currently on its way across the Atlantic Ocean — and thanks to some amazing tech, you can watch the journey live
Can A.I. beat human engineers at designing microchips? Google thinks so
Google found that artificial intelligence is capable of designing microchips. A.I.-designed chips were better and made quicker than those made by human experts.
Nvidia is renting out its A.I. Superpod platform for $90K a month
Researchers will soon be able to access Nvidia’s DGX supercomputer through an A.I.-as-a-service subscription for a more affordable $90,000-per-month fee.
A.I. doesn’t usually forget anything, but Facebook’s new system does. Here’s why
Most A.I. systems are designed to remember absolutely everything they learn. But that’s not always ideal, so Facebook decided to build one that forgets
How the USPS uses Nvidia GPUs and A.I. to track missing mail
You’ve got mail! But where is it? The USPS is leaning on A.I. at the edge and GPU-accelerated computing to help track and locate missing mail and packages.
Algorithmic architecture: Should we let A.I. design buildings for us?
For most of human history, architecture has been a human activity. Now, we can do it with algorithms. But should we?