AI & RoboticsNews

AI spots critical Microsoft security bugs 97% of the time

Microsoft claims to have developed a system that correctly distinguishes between security and non-security software bugs 99% of the time, and that accurately identifies critical, high-priority security bugs on average 97% of the time. In the coming months, it plans to open-source the methodology on GitHub, along with example models and other resources. The work suggests that such a system, which…
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Minecraft with RTX is out, and it’s worth seeing for yourself

Ray tracing is now available in the Windows 10 version of Minecraft. This enables you to get the next-gen lighting technology in the block-building game. Since it’s out now, I can talk a bit about my experience with it, why you should try it, and how it performs. Let’s…
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Riot Games acquires Hypixel Studios, maker of upcoming Minecraft-like game

Riot Games has acquired Hypixel Studios, a maker of an upcoming game that resembles the popular titles Minecraft and Roblox. Hypixel’s Hytale is going to be a user-generated content (UGC) game — a  community-powered sandbox world with a blocky 8-bit art style. The game originated from the creators of Hypixel, the world’s largest mod server. Riot Games has known the company for a while…
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MIT’s AI suggests that social distancing works

In a preprint academic paper published in early April, MIT researchers describe a model that quantifies the impact of quarantine measures on the spread of COVID-19, the novel coronavirus. Unlike most of the models that have so far been proposed, this one doesn’t rely on…
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Coursera taps AI to match on-campus courses with online curricula

Online learning startup Coursera today debuted CourseMatch, an AI tool that matches classes in schools’ on-campus course catalogs to relevant offerings in Coursera’s catalog. It’s a part of the startup’s Coronavirus Response Initiative that launched in early March, and Coursera says it’s intended to enable universities to facilitate learning as governments mandate the shutdown of…
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Kebotix raises $11.5 million to automate lab experiments with AI and robotics

Kebotix, a startup developing AI tools to expedite the discovery of chemicals, today announced that it has raised $11.5 million. Investors were evidently impressed by the company’s machine learning and robotic process automation suite, which enables Kebotix’s private and public sector partners to uncover materials faster than with manual techniques. Chemical development is a complex process…
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