Summarizing text is a task at which machine learning algorithms are improving, as evidenced by a recent paper published by Microsoft. That’s that’s good news — automatic summarization systems promise to cut down on the amount message-reading done by enterprise workers, which one survey estimates amounts to 2.6 hours each day.
Not to be outdone, a Google Brain and Imperial College London team…
AI year in review: Opportunities grow, but ethics loom large
December 23, 2019
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Artificial intelligence garnered a lot of attention from the usual players — governments, tech giants, and academics —…
AI year in review: Opportunities grow, but ethics loom large
December 23, 2019
VentureBeat is excited to announce VB Transform 2020, to be held July 15-16 in San Francisco, California. Register now for an early bird 40% discount.
Artificial intelligence garnered a lot of attention from the usual players — governments, tech giants, and academics —…
Amplifying New Voices diversity training program finds permanent home with AIAS Foundation
December 23, 2019
Amplifying New Voices, a program that trains diverse game industry people to be good speakers, has found a permanent home with the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Foundation, the nonprofit that stages the DICE Summit game event each February.
The group has staged its boot camps for training new voices such as women and underrepresented minorities. It has created workshops that focus on…
It’s nine in the morning on a rainy December 23, and my iPhone has just photographed a supermoon from my front door — no easy feat since the real moon is a distant and barely visible waning crescent today, and I’m shooting in pure daylight. Even by the latest and…
In August, Tencent announced it had developed an AI system capable of defeating teams of pros in a five-on-five match in Honor of Kings (or Arena of Valor, depending on the region). This was a noteworthy achievement — Honor of Kings occupies the video game subgenre known…
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Samsung could unveil a Galaxy S10 Lite and Note 10 Lite very soon
December 23, 2019
All signs point to Samsung launching two cheaper flagship phones, the Galaxy S10 Lite and Note 10 Lite, in the not too distant future. Both devices have been rumored for months and could, according to a report by The Korea Herald, be unveiled at CES next month. The…
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A significant chunk of carbon dioxide emissions come from the transportation sector, and within Europe nearly 40 percent of transport emissions come from trucks. Now, researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Lausanne (EPFL) have come up with a new concept for capturing carbon dioxide from truck exhausts which could reduce emissions by up to 90 percent.
In a paper published in the…
