New research is looking into ways artificial intelligence can track animal life in recovering habitats. While it is relatively simple to measure reforestation through surveys with satellite and lidar, it is not so simple to determine how much and how…
Category: Machine Learning, AI
First Man to Receive Software Patent Dies at 93
Martin Goetz, a UNIVAC programmer in the 1950s, famous for receiving the first U.S. patent for software, died on the 10th of October at his home in Brighton. Leukemia claimed the programmer’s life at 93. In 1968, Mr Goetz…
Researchers Spot Data Leak Associated with Autofill Feature
A research team recently discovered that the ‘autofill’ feature in Android-based apps accidentally leaked login details to some apps that host the webpage. The paper ‘AutoSpill: Credential Leakage from Mobile Password Managers’ won the best paper award at the ACM…
Novel Bionic Limb Integrates with Patient’s Nerves and Bones
Researchers in Sweden have delivered on the promise to build life-changing bionics. A Swedish woman who lost her right hand over two decades ago in an accident has been successfully outfitted with the first bionic appendage, according to Science…
Cosmic Rays’ Effects on Quantum Computers
A new study has revealed a way to reduce the catastrophic errors suffered by quantum computers being built by Amazon, Google, and IBM as a result of cosmic rays from outer space. This error rate could be reduced by a…
How AI Generated News on COVID-19 Differs from Regular Journalism
Researchers from McGill University recently created a computer program that generates news regarding COVID-19 making use of headlines from CBC articles as prompts. This stimulated news was then compared to the actual reports. They discovered that CBC was more focused…
Google Takes Action Against Spanish Spyware Framework
Across the European Union, spyware has been used to target opposition leaders, activists, journalists, and lawyers in multiple countries, calling for reforms. Recently, Google’s Threat Analysis Group announced an action to block one of these tools targeted at desktop computers,…
Researchers Are Teaching AI to Play Minecraft
Artificial Intelligence nonprofit OpenAI, recently designed the world’s most advanced Minecraft-playing bot by the analysis of over 70,000 hours of human gameplay through a novel training method. Although restricted to building pixelated buildings and tools, the researchers allege that the…
Disney Creates Novel Neural Network to Re-Age Actors
Gizmodo reported that Disney researchers recently designed a novel neural network which is capable of altering the visual age of actors in film or TV. This technology will allow movie producers make actors appear younger or older making use of…
New Website Allows Users Search Through Files from the ’80s, ’90s and 2000s
Jason Scott, tech archivist, announced today the creation of a new website referred to as Discmaster which allows the search of 91.7 million vintage computer files obtained from floppy disks and CD-ROM releases. These files include games, images, music, shareware,…