Man sues Patent Office for AI slur
Robot rights
A computer scientist who created an artificial intelligence system capable of generating original inventions is suing the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) over its decision earlier this year to reject two patent applications which list the algorithmic system, known as DABUS, as the inventor.
Cyborgs coming real soon now
“It's intelligence, but not as we know it, Captain”
Boffins claim they've come up a material that could merge human brains with electronics.
AI solving coronavirus drug issues
Finding needles in haystacks
Researchers have come up with a new way to design synthetic routes to drugs now being tested in some COVID-19 clinical trials, using artificial intelligence (AI) software.
Boffins create AI with light
And the light shineth in the darkness of ignorance and the darkness comprehendeth it not
Boffins have emerged from their smoke filled labs claiming that have achieved a breakthrough in the development of artificial intelligence by using light instead of electricity to perform computations.
Nvidia builds the fastest AI supercomputer in higher education
In Florida
Nvidia and the University of Florida have teamed up to build the world’s fastest artificial intelligence based supercomputer in higher education.
AI learns to sing in multiple languages
Technically the death of modern music
Researchers at Zhejiang University and Microsoft claim they've developed an AI system -- DeepSinger -- that can generate singing voices in multiple languages by training on data from music websites.
Boffins use AI to make your writing more polite
Apparently emails are too rude
Boffins at Carnegie Mellon University have devised a technique that's designed to automatically make written communication more polite.
Three in five Brits fear autonomous AI
It will steal your breath
A survey of 2,000 UK adults by Fountech.ai has revealed peoples' top doubts about artificial intelligence (AI).
Intel focusing on AI
Part of data centre cunning plan
Chipzilla has been lifting the lid on its several AI devices for the data centre market including the third generation of its Xeon Scalable CPU, a new Stratix FPGA with a dedicated AI engine, new Optane persistent memory and NAND SSDs.
AI can’t do art
Humans think they are rubbish
A new scientific study on the impact of AI on the workforce by European tech research institute has found that humans don’t like AI artwork and robots were pants at portraits.