Algorithms descend into sewers to improve inspections
The P.I.G. is lifted into a sewer for an inspection. Credit: Leiden University
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Joe Biden Wants US Government Algorithms Tested for Potential Harm Against Citizens
“The framework enables a set of binding requirements for federal agencies to put in place safeguards for the use of AI so that we can harness the benefits and enable the public to trust the…
New algorithms for intelligent and efficient robot navigation among the crowd
Credit: University of Eastern Finland
Service robots have started to appear in various…
Predictive Policing Software Terrible at Predicting Crimes
In her 2019 master’s thesis for the Naval Postgraduate School, Ana Lalley, police chief of Elgin, Illinois, wrote critically about her department’s experience with the software, which left…
Heritage algorithms combine the rigors of science with the infinite possibilities of art and design
Artist AbdulAlim U-K (Aikin Karr) combines the fractal structure of traditional African architecture with emerging…
Social media algorithms exploit how humans learn from their peers
In prehistoric societies, humans tended to learn from members of our ingroup or from more prestigious individuals, as this information was more likely to be reliable and result in group…
Hands On With Google Search’s Answer to ChatGPT
Last weekend, I turned to Google Search for help figuring out how many stamps I needed to put on an 8-ounce piece of mail. (Naturally, I was sending a copy of the latest issue of WIRED!).…
Meta Just Proved People Hate Chronological Feeds
For three months in late 2020, nearly 7,200 US adults on Facebook and 8,800 on Instagram received a radically different experience than the services’ billions of other users. When they…
Future AI algorithms have potential to learn like humans: New study measures effectiveness of…
Memories can be as tricky to hold onto for machines as they can be for humans. To help understand why artificial agents develop holes in their own cognitive processes, electrical engineers…