How Satellites and Big Data Are Predicting the Behavior of Hurricanes and Other Natural Disasters Leveraging machine learning could help diminish the damages of storms and wildfires Hurricane Harvey unexpectedly flooded large parts of Houston despite abating wind speeds. (Karl Spencer/iStock) On Friday afternoons, Caitlin Kontgis and some of the other scientists at Descartes Labs convene in their Los Alamos, New Mexico, office and...

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A|I: THE AI TIMES – SHOULD CANADA WELCOME MORE ROBOTS INTO ITS WORKFORCE? The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big data, and automation news from around the globe. If you want to read A|I before anyone else, make sure to subscribe using the form at the bottom of this page. Communitech announces $1 million AI prize...

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A New Supercomputer Is the World’s Fastest Brain-Mimicking Machine The computer has one million processors and 1,200 interconnected circuit boards Scientists just activated the world’s biggest “brain”: a supercomputer with a million processing cores and 1,200 interconnected circuit boards that together operate like a human brain. Ten years in the making, it is the world’s largest neuromorphic computer—a type of computer that mimics...

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Artificial Intelligence: The Potential And The Reality A look at AI and machine learning in the UK today Artificial intelligence is a prime contender for this year's big tech buzzphrase. All of a sudden it's everywhere. But its history goes back a long way, as far as the 1940s and 1950s in fact. At that time an intense interest in human psychology in...

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Why artificial intelligence won't replace doctors While AI has already shown promise in automating certain tasks, it doesn't seem likely that it will replace flesh-and-blood clinicians anytime soon. Artificial intelligence is coming to healthcare. In fact, in areas such as radiology and cancer detection, it's already here in places, and is poised to become ever more prevalent in the industry. Which naturally raises...

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HIT Think How does Google want to apply artificial intelligence in healthcare? Recently, DeepMind's leaders announced its healthcare team will be combined into Google to help them become the "AI-powered assistant for nurses and doctors everywhere." Observers say the move is part of a broader effort within Google to boost collaboration and communication among health projects. In a statement, DeepMind leaders said the...

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