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By Jul 28, 2021
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Birders behold: Cornell’s Merlin app is now a one-stop shop for bird identification

The app’s new 'Shazam for birds' feature was made possible through citizen science. Here's how it all works—and why you should download it.
By Jul 2, 2021
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How do you make AI trustworthy? Here’s the Pentagon’s plan.

The Department of Defense wants to scale up how it uses artificial intelligence, and it wants everyone to be able to trust those algorithms.
By Jun 18, 2021
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A Texas town approved an AI-powered sentry tower for border security

The military-style structure has also found use by the Marines.
By Jun 8, 2021
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Alaska Airlines is using artificial intelligence to craft flight plans that save fuel—and time

When AI designs the route, passengers arrive 5.3 minutes faster. Here's why.
By Mar 9, 2021
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How to colorize your old black and white photos

Life in Technicolor is just better.
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Astronomers made a poor bot count 100,000 moon craters

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An AI just copiloted a U-2 spyplane for the very first time

The test involved an artificial intelligence system that used the radar to look for missile launchers, while a human flew the aircraft.
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Photoshop’s Neural Filters can alter people’s expressions in convincing—and nightmarish—ways

Slide the Happiness filter to maximum and let AI do the rest.
By Apr 20, 2020
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Google taught a robot dog new tricks by having it mimic the real thing

Programming a machine to walk is hard, so researchers had it learn from nature.
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Self-driving cars still have major perception problems

Autonomous vehicles can be tricked into sensing fake obstacles, a deadly vulnerability.