Under ideal circumstances, a smartphone’s AI assistant can not only understand the words you’re saying but also the appropriate context they’re meant in, such as the difference between answering “when will 2020 be over” in either a number of days, or the remaining hours until a 24-hour clock strikes 20:20. But context awareness can be challenging for AIs, which is why researchers are…
Uber claims its AI enables driverless cars to predict traffic movement with high accuracy
April 16, 2020
In a paper published on the preprint server Arxiv.org this week, researchers at Uber’s Advanced Technologies Group (ATG) propose an AI technique to improve autonomous vehicles’ traffic movement predictions. It’s directly applicable to the driverless technologies that…
Google’s AI enables robots to make decisions on the fly
April 16, 2020
In a paper published this week on the preprint server Arxiv.org, a team of researchers from Google Brain, Google X, and the University of Calfornia at Berkeley describe an extension to existing AI methods that enable an agent — for instance, a robot — to decide which…
PUBG Mobile is still one of the most popular games in the world, and Tencent Games is adding something extra to keep players coming back. Arctic Mode is hitting PUBG Mobile tomorrow, April 16. This new ruleset introduces a survival element to the smaller Vikendi map by covering it with freezing weather and snow. Players must not worry about staying warm as the temperature drops.
In Arctic Mode…
Health care organizations use Nvidia’s Clara federated learning to improve mammogram analysis AI
April 16, 2020
A group of health care organizations in the United States and Brazil have used federated learning to improve AI mammography classification models for recognizing tumors and breast tissue density assessment. An Nvidia spokesperson declined to share specific performance…
Though Apple generally releases flagship-class iPhones each September and discounts older models to meet demand for more affordable devices, it occasionally creates a semi-new device to fill an upcoming size gap in its lineup. That’s the reason for today’s announcement…
Last week Apple and Google announced a group effort to introduce a single contact-tracing system that works with both iOS and Android. The development is the latest in an ongoing effort to stop the spread of COVID-19 and save lives.
The concept is simple — at least as far as contact-tracing systems go. iPhones already use Bluetooth for all sorts of features like AirDrop and streaming music to…
Valve Software is once again planning to use its massive Steam platform to help developers and publishers show off their games. The company announced The Steam Game Festival: Summer Edition today. This event is returning June 9, which is the original start date for E3…
Players Ntwrk is launching its digital pop culture entertainment programming, starting with pilot shows on the livestreaming platform Twitch.
The entertainment network draws its performers from professional athletes, esports stars, gamers, musicians, and other…
On Friday, Google and Apple announced a surprise collaboration to integrate contact tracing for COVID-19 into iOS and Android. That first phase of this plan is coming next month, but deeper OS-level integration is also planned. In rolling out these features to Android, Google will be bypassing the platform’s usual update process by leveraging Play services.
What is contact tracing?
Contact…
