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Tech
Now You Can Rent a Robot Worker—for Less Than Paying a Human
Polar Manufacturing has been making metal hinges, locks, and brackets in south Chicago for more than 100 years. Some of…
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When It Comes to Health Care, AI Has a Long Way to Go
That’s because health data such as medical imaging, vital signs, and data from wearable devices can vary for reasons unrelated…
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This AI Software Nearly Predicted Omicron’s Tricky Structure
The way predictions raced ahead of experiments on Omicron’s spike protein reflects a recent sea change in molecular biology brought…
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John Deere’s Self-Driving Tractor Stirs Debate on AI in Farming
Deere & Co. helped mechanize agriculture in 1837 with the first commercially successful steel plow. On Tuesday, the company unveiled…
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The Nest Hub 7” Smart Display With Google Assistant Is $40 Off
Nest Hub 7” Smart Display w/ Google Assistant | $60 | Best Buy, Target, Walmart The second-gen Nest Hub from…
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A Year In, Biden’s China Policy Looks a Lot Like Trump’s
On December 10, the US Treasury Department imposed sanctions, including a bar on American investments, on SenseTime, a Chinese artificial…
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What Happens When an AI Knows How You Feel?
In May 2021, Twitter, a platform notorious for abuse and hot-headedness, rolled out a “prompts” feature that suggests users think…
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A Move for ‘Algorithmic Reparation’ Calls for Racial Justice in AI
Supporters of algorithmic reparation suggest taking lessons from curation professionals such as librarians, who’ve had to consider how to ethically…
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Face Recognition Is Being Banned—but It’s Still Everywhere
Since 2018, Delta has worked with CBP to offer international passengers flying from Atlanta the option of checking in and…
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Autonomous Weapons Are Here, but the World Isn’t Ready for Them
This may be remembered as the year when the world learned that lethal autonomous weapons had moved from a futuristic…
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