Software Tech Culture Historians are rejecting the work of YouTubers that upscale old video footage to 4K Academics believe the enhancements are "nonsense" By Adrian Potoroaca, October 5, 2020, 6:04 PM 38 comments
Science Engineers have given their robot a sense of touch with synthetic smart skin The skin has the potential the give robots the ability to adapt their grip in changing conditions By Cal Jeffrey, July 15, 2020, 2:10 PM
Science Software Some advances in AI have been exaggerated What exactly is state of the art, even? By Shawn Knight, June 1, 2020, 2:31 PM 17 comments
Software AI YouTuber uses neural networks to upscale 1896 short film to 4K 60 fps It turns out "Enhance" could soon become more than a television trope By Adrian Potoroaca, February 5, 2020, 5:20 AM 13 comments
Hardware Industry Groq launches the first AI accelerator card capable of 1 PetaOPS Up to 320x better latency than Nvidia's Tesla V100 By Isaiah Mayersen, January 25, 2020, 12:10 PM 18 comments
Science AI MIT researchers develop neural network that recovers clear information from blurry images Scientists believe the technology could be used to develop 3D medical scans from X-rays By Cal Jeffrey, October 17, 2019, 12:22 PM
Science AI Intel looking to use neural networks to repair spinal cord injuries Two-year program will attempt to bypass severed nerves with a combo of electrodes and AI By Cal Jeffrey, October 3, 2019, 12:44 PM
Tech Culture AI AI has been used to create a brand new sport called Speedgate Speedgate combines the best elements of soccer, rugby and croquet By Shawn Knight, April 16, 2019, 11:51 AM 15 comments
Gaming Heretic looks stunning with this AI-enhanced texture pack Oft-forgotten 90s first-person shooter gets the neural network treatment By Shawn Knight, April 5, 2019, 11:49 AM 15 comments
Mobile Google Google makes speech-to-text available completely offline in Gboard No worry of others listening in now By Greg Synek, March 13, 2019, 8:06 AM
Science Software DeepSqueak is a deep-learning algorithm used to study ultrasonic rat chatter UW researchers have released the software to the public for free on GitHub By Cal Jeffrey, February 19, 2019, 2:02 PM
Science (Deep) learning to see in the dark Technique could be used to improve medical imaging By Shawn Knight, December 12, 2018, 11:43 AM
Gaming AI Using neural networks to visually overhaul Doom Doom has never looked better By Shawn Knight, December 11, 2018, 11:23 AM
Science Neural networks can create synthetic fingerprints to fool biometric scanners Using AI in dictionary-style attacks against fingerprint verification systems By Shawn Knight, November 16, 2018, 4:31 PM
Industry AI The Defense Department has produced the first tools for catching deepfakes The last thing the government wants is to be fake By Cal Jeffrey, August 9, 2018, 4:04 PM 8 comments
Software AI Facebook researchers are working on a way to fix blinking selfies The system uses a variant of 'deepfake' GAN technology By Cal Jeffrey, June 19, 2018, 5:15 PM
Software AI Nvidia creates super slow-motion video that is even smoother than a 300K fps camera Deep fake slow-mo that is even better than real slow-mo By Cal Jeffrey, June 18, 2018, 12:45 PM 21 comments
The Web Science X-ray vision is one step closer to reality thanks to artificial intelligence The tech could be used in health care and to create a new class of video games By Shawn Knight, June 14, 2018, 4:18 PM
Apple AI Apple acquires former Google AI boss John Giannandrea to head Machine Learning and AI Strategy in Cupertino By Cal Jeffrey, April 4, 2018, 4:24 PM
Industry Hardware MIT's new chip makes neural networks practical for battery-powered devices Power consumption is reduced by up to 95 percent By Shawn Knight, February 15, 2018, 11:50 AM
Hardware Industry Intel Nervana processor goes beyond terabit bandwidth with refined architecture Neural network processing is rapidly improving By Greg Synek, December 6, 2017, 3:49 PM
Science Industry Convolutional neural networks are being used to fight lung cancer They could improve early diagnoses accuracy By Greg Synek, November 17, 2017, 11:17 AM
Security Microsoft Microsoft is using neural fuzzing to find new software exploits Smarter ways to squash bugs in their tracks By Greg Synek, November 15, 2017, 9:30 AM
Hardware AI Intel Nervana is a neural network processor to accelerate AI Neural network processing to compete with neuromorphic and quantum computing By Greg Synek, October 17, 2017, 8:18 PM
News Around the Web Weekend tech reading: iOS 11 leak confirms iPhone X, Firefox 57 will use an omnibar, 'fire-free' lithium battery shown By Matthew DeCarlo, September 10, 2017, 11:23 AM 9 comments