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Artificial Intelligence

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

Startup Aims for Real-Time “Human-Level” AI Transcripts

Echo Labs seeks a solution with a biologically inspired approach

4 min read
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TransportationTopicArtificial IntelligenceMagazineTypeFeature

What Self-Driving Cars Tell Us About AI Risks

5 conclusions from an automation expert fresh off a stint with the U.S. highway safety agency

10 min read
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Artificial IntelligenceTopicTypeComputingSemiconductorsNews

SambaNova’s New Chip Means GPTs for Everyone

In this AI startup’s new world, 5 trillion parameter models require just eight chips

5 min read
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TelecommunicationsTopicWebinarTypeComputingConsumer Electronics

Data Acquisition On-Demand Webinars

Get instant online access to Teledyne's on-demand webinars on high-performance digitizers, pulse detection, peer-to-peer streaming, high-level synthesis, and more

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Artificial IntelligenceTopicTypeNews

ChatGPT May Be A Better Improviser Than You

Chatbots come up with more creative uses for common items than the average person but lag behind the best humans

3 min read
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Artificial IntelligenceTopicTypeComputingNews

Nvidia Still on Top in Machine Learning; Intel Chasing

The latest MLPerf inferencing benchmarks include Nvidia’s Grace Hopper superchip

4 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 IntelligenceTopicTypeNews

Ready or Not: AI Enters the Workforce

Chatbots may not be ready for the office, but that’s not stopping people from using them

4 min read
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RoboticsTopicArtificial IntelligenceTypeNews

Video Friday: Tensegrity Wheels

Your weekly selection of awesome robot videos

3 min read

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TransportationTopicTypeNewsClimate Tech

This Universal Charger Could Simplify the EV Landscape

2 min read
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EnergyTopicTypeNewsClimate Tech

Solar-Powered Electric Motors for EVs That Never Plug In

2 min read
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Climate TechTopicEnergyTypeComputingNews

Tape Storage Might Be Computing’s Climate Savior

4 min read
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Climate TechTopicEnergyTypeNews

Where There’s Smoke, There’s Wiggly Solar Output

3 min read
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Artificial IntelligenceTopicTypeNews

ChatGPT Makes OK Clinical Decisions—Usually

But don’t think about replacing your doctor with a chatbot now, or ever

3 min read
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Artificial IntelligenceTopicTypeComputingSemiconductorsNews

The Secret to Nvidia’s AI Success

Chief scientist Bill Dally explains the 4 ingredients that brought Nvidia so far

4 min read
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Artificial IntelligenceTopicAerospaceTypeNewsClimate Tech

Watch Out, That Hill Might Collapse!

AI can analyze satellite data to predict which areas might be most vulnerable to landslides

2 min read

The Transistor at 75

The past, present, and future of the modern world’s most important invention
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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

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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 IntelligenceTopicBiomedicalTypeNews

This Neural Net Maps Molecules to Aromas

Sights and sounds are easily digitized, but scents have eluded researchers until now

3 min read
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ComputingTopicArtificial IntelligenceTypeRoboticsNews

Cracking the Puzzle of Serpentine Motion

Earthworms were easy—stingrays, skydivers, bacteria, and bots came next

3 min read
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Artificial IntelligenceTopicTypeNews

College Admissions: Should AI Apply?

Universities are wrestling with the implications of applicants leaning on chatbots for essay help

5 min read
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Artificial IntelligenceTopicTypeNews

OpenAI’s Moonshot: Solving the AI Alignment Problem

The ChatGPT maker imagines superintelligent AI without existential risks

12 min read
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Artificial IntelligenceTopicMagazineSeptember 2023TypeInterview

Why Today’s Chatbots Are Weird, Argumentative, and Wrong

Janelle Shane on AI’s giraffe addiction and other odd behaviors

3 min read

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Artificial IntelligenceTopicTypeComputingNews

This AI Can Tell What You’re Typing Based on the Sound

Could keyboard clicks reveal your passwords?

3 min read
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Artificial IntelligenceTopicTypeComputingNews

IBM’S AI Chip May Find Use in Generative AI

The new chip is 14 times as energy efficient at speech recognition as conventional chips

3 min read
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Artificial IntelligenceTopicTypeNews

China’s AI-Tocracy Quells Protests and Boosts AI Innovation

Local police forces’ use of facial recognition is driving an AI tech rush

4 min read
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BiomedicalTopicArtificial IntelligenceTypeNews

Neurotech Overhears Songs from Listeners’ Brainwaves

Researchers reconstruct heard sounds—and probe how people perceive music

4 min read
Artificial IntelligenceTopicAugust 2023MagazineTypeFeatureComputing

The AI Apocalypse: A Scorecard

How worried are top AI experts about the threat posed by large language models like GPT-4?

2 min read
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