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Artificial Intelligence

The latest developments in machine learning, embedded intelligent systems, and medical AI
Artificial IntelligenceTopicTypeNews

Error-Detection Tool Makes AI Mistakes Easy to Spot

When neural networks get confused, a good map can untangle the mess

4 min read
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A conceptual AI drawing of a robot with two feet, clawed arms and a torso with many wires exposed.
Artificial IntelligenceTopicNovember 2023MagazineTypeFeature

How Generative AI Helped Me Imagine a Better Robot

It didn’t give me schematics, but it did boost my creativity

11 min read
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Artificial IntelligenceTopicTypeNewsConsumer Electronics

When AI Unplugs, All Bets Are Off

Run natively on edge devices, personalized AI assistants will get wild, and weird, soon

6 min read
A digital textile printing machine consisting of multiple cabinets attached to a large roll of fabric stands on a gray and white warehouse.
EnergyTopicTypeSponsored Article

U.K. Startup’s Digital Dyeing Printers Save Energy, Water

Alchemie Technology aims to revolutionise textile dyeing, one of the world’s most polluting industries

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Consumer ElectronicsTopicTypePodcastsPodcastFixing the Future

A Watch That Runs For Over A Decade On A Single Battery

New MEMS tech from Silmach is the first major upgrade to quartz movements since the 1970s

A Watch That Runs For Over A Decade On A Single Battery
ComputingTopicTypePodcastsPodcastFixing the Future

A New Enterprise Linux Alliance

SUSE, Oracle, and CIQ team up after Red Hat's strategic changes

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RoboticsTopicAerospaceTypePodcastsPodcastChatbot

Drones That Can Fly Better Than You Can

Skydio’s Adam Bry and the University of Zurich’s Davide Scaramuzza probe how to create super-human skill

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RoboticsTopicArtificial IntelligenceTypePodcastsPodcastChatbot

Creating Domestic Robots That Really Help

Labrador Systems' Mike Dooley and iRobot's Chris Jones compare notes on handling unpredictable dwellings

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Artificial IntelligenceTopicTypeComputingNews

Is the Turing Test Dead?

Researchers wonder whether improved large language models require new tests for machine intelligence

3 min read
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Artificial IntelligenceTopicTypeInterview

Why AI Should Move Slow and Fix Things

Joy Buolamwini of the Algorithmic Justice League fights for the “excoded”

7 min read

Download “The EV Transition Explained” E-book for Free

A 49-page report on the engineering challenges of making and supporting EVs at scale
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Artificial IntelligenceTopicAerospaceTypeNewsClimate Tech

AI Sharpens Rainfall Estimates from Satellites

Better precipitation data can improve climate change models

3 min read
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Artificial IntelligenceTopicMagazineDecember 2023TypeComputingInterview

What to Do When the Ghost in the Machine Is You

Limor Fried’s code is often a de facto standard, and now ChatGPT is using it

3 min read

Journal Watch

The latest engineering and computer science advances in context from IEEE Spectrum and the Xplore Digital Library
TelecommunicationsTopicTypeNews

A Simpler Means for Visible Light Communication

2 min read
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Artificial IntelligenceTopicTypeNewsConsumer Electronics

Creating Virtual Objects With the Flick of a Finger

3 min read
Four virtual images showing hands making gestures towards objects.
Climate TechTopicTypeNewsTransportation

Smart Emergency Responses to Severe Weather

2 min read
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Artificial IntelligenceTopicTypeNewsClimate Tech

Machine Learning Could Be Used to Better Predict Floods

3 min read
a man standing in water up to his calves, in front of a white building with green doors and shutters.
BiomedicalTopicTypeNews

Nanoparticles Show Quick and Easy Way to Target Cancer

2 min read
Conceptual computer artwork of medical blue nanorobots attacking a cancerous cell.
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Artificial IntelligenceTopicTypeNewsConsumer Electronics

Creating Virtual Objects With the Flick of a Finger

The new HotGestures system makes creation in VR faster

3 min read
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Artificial IntelligenceTopicTypeNews

AI Art Generators Can Be Fooled Into Making NSFW Images

Nonsense words can get around DALLE-2’s and Stable Diffusion’s filters

3 min read
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Consumer ElectronicsTopicArtificial IntelligenceTypeNews

This Leica Camera Stops Deepfakes at the Shutter

First camera with built-in content credentials verifies photos’ authenticity

4 min read

The Transistor at 75

The past, present, and future of the modern world’s most important invention
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A phot of an outstretched hand with several transistors in the palm of it.
SemiconductorsTopicDecember 2022MagazineTypeFeatureSpecial Reports

How the First Transistor Worked

A chart showing the timeline of when a transistor was invented and when it was commercialized.
SemiconductorsTopicDecember 2022MagazineTypeFeatureHistory of TechnologySpecial Reports

The Ultimate Transistor Timeline

A photo of 3 different transistors.
SemiconductorsTopicDecember 2022MagazineTypeFeatureSpecial Reports

The State of the Transistor in 3 Charts

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SemiconductorsTopicDecember 2022MagazineTypeFeatureSpecial Reports

3D-Stacked CMOS Takes Moore’s Law to New Heights

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SemiconductorsTopicDecember 2022MagazineTypeFeatureSpecial Reports

The Transistor of 2047: Expert Predictions

Artificial IntelligenceTopicTypeComputingSemiconductorsNews

Google, Intel, Nvidia Battle in Generative AI Training

MLPerf training tests put Nvidia ahead, Intel close, and Google well behind

3 min read
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A laptop sits on a wooden table with a camera on one side of the laptop. The laptop is open and the display shows a promotional logo for Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite processors.
SemiconductorsTopicArtificial IntelligenceTypeComputingNews

Grown-up Arm Chips Look to Dethrone x86 in Laptops

Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X and Apple M3 show Arm architecture gaining ground

4 min read
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Artificial IntelligenceTopicTypeNews

How Deepfakes Fuel Conspiracy Theories

When official accounts post AI-generated videos, they give reason to doubt in general

3 min read
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TelecommunicationsTopicTypeComputingWebinar

High-Performance Data Acquisition for Swept-Source OCT

Exploring the latest in digitizers for Swept-Source Optical Coherence Tomography (SS-OCT)

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Artificial IntelligenceTopicTypeComputingNews

Public AI Training Datasets Are Rife With Licensing Errors

An audit of popular datasets suggests developers face legal and ethical risks

4 min read
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Artificial IntelligenceTopicTypeNewsClimate Tech

Machine Learning Could Be Used to Better Predict Floods

Severe weather has eclipsed traditional methods of predicting flooding

3 min read
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SemiconductorsTopicArtificial IntelligenceTypeNews

Nvidia Is Piloting a Generative AI for Its Engineers

ChipNeMo summarizes bug reports, gives advice, and writes design-tool scripts

3 min read
President Joe Biden sitting at a desk with hands together talking to the camera
Artificial IntelligenceTopicTypeNews

What You Need to Know About Biden’s Sweeping AI Order

The executive order covers AI safety, algorithmic bias, and privacy

4 min read
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TelecommunicationsTopicTypeComputingWhitepaper

Radomes: Efficient 3D EM Simulation

Learn about Method-of-Moments (MoM) for radome simulations in WIPL-D suite

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Artificial IntelligenceTopicEnergyTypeNews

Generative AI’s Energy Problem Today Is Foundational

Before AI can take over, it will need to find a new approach to energy

3 min read
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SemiconductorsTopicArtificial IntelligenceTypeComputingNews

IBM Debuts Brain-Inspired Chip For Speedy, Efficient AI

NorthPole is the top, says its maker

3 min read
Artificial IntelligenceTopicNovember 2023MagazineTypeFeatureComputing

The Creepy New Digital Afterlife Industry

These companies could use your data to bring you back—without your consent

11 min read
The Creepy New Digital Afterlife Industry