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UN calls for moratorium on certain AI technologies
The UN is calling on its members to ban or strictly regulate the use of AI technologies such as facial recognition software. Until the impact on human rights is clarified.
AI reveals connection between sugar and covid
A team from EPFL wanted to know what diabetes has to do with the course of covid and used artificial intelligence to analyse 250,000 studies.
Drone searches independently
Researchers have developed a drone that can locate missing people in dense forests. It performs all calculations on board, flies fully autonomously and continuously optimizes its flight path.
Machines learn faster in quantum systems
For AI systems, learning in “superposition” pays off. It allows them to simultaneously pursue multiple paths and thus learn faster.
Scrubbers with an artificial brain
Artificial Intelligence makes robots mobile and autonomous. This is of particular interest for the manufacturers of cleaning equipment and their clients: Several 10.000 cleaning robots are currently deployed – and because of Corona, the number of smart cleaning machines is growing.The dilemma of self-driving cars
What should one do in a deadlock situation, run over an elderly person or a young child? Such ethical dilemmas take center stage in the public debate relating to self-driving cars. However, there are other much more pressing questions.Deep learning results in particularly sexist AI systems
Decisions made by machines based on AI have already been shown to be discriminatory or racist. This is due to the fact that the algorithms draw on data originating from humans, and this data is frequently biased – among other things with sexist prejudices.Artificial intelligence helps physicians diagnose skin cancer
Doctors who use artificial intelligence (AI) to diagnose skin lesions achieve a slightly higher detection rate than their colleagues who do not use AI, namely 77 percent compared to 63.6 percent. In particular, inexperienced physicians benefit from AI support.
Diagnostics: A new era begins
Artificial intelligence could revolutionize medical diagnostics – for example the algorithm developed by the pathologist Viktor Kölzer. But this revolution requires data. And data requires protection.
Will robots soon help care for the elderly?
There is already a chronic shortage of qualified staff in the nursing sector, and demographic change will only exacerbate this development. Consequently, a research team at the German Aerospace Center is developing robots for use in nursing homes.ANNA - the black box that saves lives
Where reality ends, Gerd Reis’ “Augmented Vision” begins: This is the name of the department at the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence, where the computer scientist teaches machines not just to see – but also to understand.
“The Mars mission demands humanitarianism”
The moon landing is history – Mars beckons. The aerospace sector is gearing up – among other things with artificial intelligence (AI). Is the next giant leap coming soon? An interview with Alessandro Donati from the European Space Agency ESA.
“In the corona crisis, we believe in science”
The author Lars Jaeger sees the corona crisis as an opportunity for science. In an interview with Naratek, he talks about the current developments, the similarities to earlier epidemics – and the challenges for the future.
“AI should not pretend to be human”
Speak instead of typing – nowadays, communicating with computers often involves language bots. In his book “Dialogue Robots”, Armin Sieber analyzes the widespread dissemination of these bots. In this interview he describes the advantages – but also urges policymakers and the public to be aware of the dangers.Using deep learning to create a digital sheet music stand
Researcher Lukas Tuggener and app developer Florian Seibold intend to revolutionize the world of professional music. They are digitizing sheet music using a completely new deep learning method: Deep Watershed Detection.
AI prodigy Shalev Lifshitz: “What values should we teach AI?”
Shalev Lifshitz is the world’s youngest AI researcher. In this interview he explains how conflicts between humankind and machines can be solved.
AI beats human player at StarCraft II
The artificial intelligence AlphaStar has beaten the best human players at the computer game StarCraft II. According to a study, the system developed by Google’s development forge DeepMind scored better than 99.8 percent of active human gamers.
The world is divided over ethical artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence is making huge strides. At best, its use should not harm anyone. But how can this be guaranteed? The answers to this question from governments, companies, and organizations are very different, as researchers from Zurich have illustrated.
Artificial intelligence tries its hand as a raclette scraper
In the Swiss canton of Valais, a robot makes raclette, a melted cheese specialty. The artificial intelligence creature was presented in autumn at the “Foire du Valais” trade fair in the town of Martigny. The technical complexity of the futuristic raclette scraper was not without its challenges.
