According to news releases from both Intel and Brown University they have partnered in the hopes of developing technology to help those with spinal cord injuries walk again. Injuries to the spinal cord can prevent the electrical signals from the brain from passing to the muscles, causing paralysis. These kindContinue Reading
An announcement at yesterday’s D61+LIVE event in Sydney, revealed that an Australian research team has made an important step forward in the field of computational psychiatry. When I first heard the term “computational psychiatry” my thoughts flashed back to a game I messed around with as a 6-year-old on myContinue Reading
An AI will help judges of the International Gymnastics Federation tournament taking place in Germany. Fujitsu has developed an AI that works in conjunction with an array of 3D sensors to capture the gymnast’s movement, analysing and scoring their performance. The technology called the Judging Support will be used atContinue Reading
BlackBerry has set up a research lab focusing on cybersecurity research. The company said the BlackBerry Labs unit led by CTO Charles Eagan will include over 120 software architects, developers, researchers, product leads and security experts. The group will work to identify, explore and create new technologies to “ensure BlackBerry isContinue Reading
Google today released a data set of 3,000 deepfake videos the company created. Google says these videos will hopefully allow researchers to develop methods to combat malicious deepfakes. Deep Fakes are videos, that use machine learning to change the faces and even the voices of someone on video. The belowContinue Reading
On September 17th, OpenAI released their latest project; an AI that can play hide and seek. By playing hundreds of millions of games of hide and seek, two opposing teams of AI characters developed complex strategies. The characters learned to use tools and team work, basically they became toddlers, and learnedContinue Reading
In a move that makes one think of a Steven Spielberg film, UK police have been using artificial intelligence to predict crime. According to Mirror Online UK police have used forms of “predictive policing” since at least 2004, but development of more advanced machine learning has lead to in increaseContinue Reading
Researchers at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) have developed a machine learning system called RiskCardio. They say the new program is able to estimate a patient’s risk of cardiovascular death using only a 15-minute ECG reading. The system focuses on patients who survived an acute coronary syndrome (ACS), AContinue Reading
The FDA has cleared new AI-powered mobile X-ray device by GE Healthcare. The company claims the the algorithms, called the Critical Care Suite, can reduce the time to diagnose a collapsed lung to as little as 15 minutes; traditional diagnosis by a medical team could take up to eight-hours. TheContinue Reading
The nonprofit group The Partnership on AI, is calling for changes to immigration laws and visa rules so it’s easier for AI experts to travel around the world. If you’re not aware of the Partnership on AI, they were one of the organizations who last week joined up with Facebook andContinue Reading