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Clearview AI Has New Tools to Identify You in Photos

Clearview AI has stoked controversy by scraping the web for photos and applying facial recognition to give police and others an unprecedented ability to peer into our lives. Now the […]




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Drones May Help Replant Forests—If Enough Seeds Take Root

The researchers identified 10 tree-planting drone companies as well as university research in India and government reforestation efforts in New Zealand and Madagascar. In Myanmar, Thailand, and the United Arab […]




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These Deepfake Voices Can Help Trans Gamers

Fred, a trans man, clicked his mouse, and his tenorful tones suddenly sank deeper. He’d switched on voice-changing algorithms that provided what sounded like an instant vocal cord transplant. “This […]




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AI Can Write Code Like Humans—Bugs and All

Some software developers are now letting artificial intelligence help write their code. They’re finding that AI is just as flawed as humans.Last June, GitHub, a subsidiary of Microsoft that provides […]




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Why Tesla Is Designing Chips to Train Its Self-Driving Tech

Tesla makes cars. Now, it’s also the latest company to seek an edge in artificial intelligence by making its own silicon chips.At a promotional event last month, Tesla revealed details […]




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The Pentagon Is Bolstering Its AI Systems—by Hacking Itself

The Pentagon sees artificial intelligence as a way to outfox, outmaneuver, and dominate future adversaries. But the brittle nature of AI means that without due care, the technology could perhaps […]




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Need to Fit Billions of Transistors on a Chip? Let AI Do It

Artificial intelligence is now helping to design computer chips—including the very ones needed to run the most powerful AI code.Sketching out a computer chip is both complex and intricate, requiring […]