There has been increasing interest in using health “big data” for artificial intelligence (AI) research. As such, it is important…
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In the “Star Trek: The Next Generation” episode “The Measure of a Man,” Data, an android crew member of the Enterprise, is to be…
Have you ever used Google Assistant, Apple’s Siri or Amazon Alexa to make decisions for you? Perhaps you asked it…
Artificial intelligence seems to be making enormous advances. It has become the key technology behind self-driving cars, automatic translation systems, speech and…
If you ever upload anything to YouTube (someone’s doing it, there’s a lot of video being added daily), you’ll have…
You might have seen a recent article from The Guardian written by “a robot”. Here’s a sample: I know that my brain…
Last month an AI system, one of many vying for the privilege, took on an American fighter pilot in a…
Individualistic western societies are built on the idea that no one knows our thoughts, desires or joys better than we…
The world needs to engage seriously with China’s AI development and take a closer look at what’s really going on. The story is complex and it’s important to highlight where China is making promising advances in useful AI applications and to challenge common misconceptions, as well as to caution against problematic uses.
BlueDot’s AI algorithm, a type of computer program that improves as it processes more data, brings together news stories in dozens of languages, reports from plant and animal disease tracking networks and airline ticketing data. The result is an algorithm that’s better at simulating disease spread than algorithms that rely on public health data – better enough to be able to predict outbreaks. The company uses the technology to predict and track infectious diseases for its government and private sector customers.