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Microsoft's AI Research Draws Controversy Over Possible Disinformation Use

Microsoft's AI could enable its popular chatbot to comment on news, but critics see a tool for spreading disinformation



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Trump CTO Addresses AI, Facial Recognition, Immigration, Tech Infrastructure, and More

Michael Kratsios, the fourth U.S. Chief Technology Officer, explains administration policies at the Fall Conference of the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence



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Harvard's UrchinBot Is One of the Weirdest Looking Robots We've Ever Seen

The unique body and locomotion strategies of echinoderms inspired this robot that emulates a juvenile sea urchin




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China Says Its Mars Landing Technology Is Ready for 2020

Spacecraft propulsion systems are ready for China’s daring touchdown attempt on the red planet




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The Blogger Behind "AI Weirdness" Thinks Today's AI Is Dumb and Dangerous

Janelle Shane talks about the absurdity, perils, and limits of AI



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Andrey Markov & Claude Shannon Counted Letters to Build the First Language-Generation Models

Shannon's said: “OCRO HLI RGWR NMIELWIS”



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Quadruped Robots Can Climb Ladders Now

This robot dog can scale ladders that a real dog would struggle with




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Video Friday: Invasion of the Mini Cheetah Robots

Your weekly selection of awesome robot videos




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Why People Demanded Privacy to Confide in the World’s First Chatbot

In 1966, the Eliza program couldn’t say much—but it was enough



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Bipedal Robot Cassie Cal Learns to Juggle

Cassie may not have any arms to work with, but that doesn’t keep it from juggling a ball on its head




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Cerebras Unveils First Installation of Its AI Supercomputer at Argonne National Labs

Argonne will use the CS-1 to help discover cancer therapies and understand colliding blackholes




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Caltech and JPL Firing Quadrotors Out of Cannons

The fastest, safest, and most exciting way to launch a quadrotor may be ballistically




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Predicting the Future with AI and Sound, Starting With Robots in Space

Bosch SoundSee combines deep learning with mobile microphone arrays to identify problems on the ISS before they happen



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AI and the Future of Work: The Economic Impacts of Artificial Intelligence

Experts discuss technological inequality and the “reskilling” problem at an MIT conference



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Video Friday: Robotic Endoscope Travels Through the Colon

Your weekly selection of awesome robot videos




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In 2016, Microsoft’s Racist Chatbot Revealed the Dangers of Online Conversation

The bot learned language from people on Twitter—but it also learned values



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SnotBot Drone Swoops Over Blowholes to Track Whale Health

The SnotBot project uses drones, data, and deep learning to tell us about the health of whales and the oceans




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Help Rescuers Find Missing Persons With Drones and Computer Vision

A new contest aims to help first responders leverage computer vision algorithms and drone imagery during a search




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How Boston Dynamics Is Redefining Robot Agility

An exclusive look at the world’s most dynamic robots




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Robot Gift Guide 2019

Over a dozen robots that we promise will make fantastic holiday gifts




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For Centuries, People Dreamed of a Machine That Could Produce Language. Then OpenAI Made One

OpenAI’s GPT-2 program churns out natural language that’s remarkably coherent—and that’s a problem



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Skydio 2 Review: This Is the Drone You Want to Fly

Flying this $999 obstacle-dodging drone is a magical experience




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AI and the Future of Work: The Prospects for Tomorrow’s Jobs

MIT conference considers companies that have implemented job-friendly AI



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Japanese Researchers Teaching Robots to Repair Themselves

Whether for maintenance or augmentation, robots that can use tools on themselves are more independent and capable




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Video Friday: This Robot Refuses to Fall Down Even if You Hit, Shove It

Your weekly selection of awesome robot videos




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Map: Confirmed coronavirus cases, worldwide

More than 3.9 million people have been sickened and more than 270,000 killed by the coronavirus around the world. This map is updated daily.





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13 Going on 30 Was Almost, Uh, Not Very Good

A YouTube search unearths deleted scenes shot with a different cast.





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Boba Fett Might Just Jetpack in to Meet Baby Yoda on The Mandalorian Season 2

Temuera Morrison is appearing on the next season of the show.




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Laura Linney Shading Lesser Actresses Won Late Night This Week

Not every actor is Linney-caliber.



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Dead to Me Recap: Hot Rats

What’s going to get Jen first: the discovery of what’s happening in her garage, or the guilt over what she hasn’t told her BFF?




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Tekashi 6ix9ine Is a Black Hole

We can’t stop him because we must know what happens next; our curiosity is his source of power.






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The Eddy Recap: Sad Songs Say So Much

“Amira” invites us to two very different Eddy celebrations, each with Farid at their center.




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Golden Globes Suspend Foreign Language Film Eligibility Rules As Well

In response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.





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Dead to Me Recap: Sense of Occasion

What feels like a victory to Jen doesn’t carry the same sense of relief for Judy.




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Siegfried & Roy Magician Roy Horn Dead at 75 Due to COVID-19 Complications

“Today, the world has lost one of the greats of magic, but I have lost my best friend,” Siegfried Fischbacher said in a statement.




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Tyra Banks Admits Some America’s Next Top Model Moments Were Over the Line

Hindsight is 20/20, even if you’re smizing.




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Dead to Me Recap: Mercury in Retrograde

After finding common ground, Jen and Judy split up to spend time with new friends who could end up being something more.




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The Eddy Recap: The Low End

An overlooked member of The Eddy band steps into the spotlight for a bittersweet—mostly bitter—story about his troubled past and uncertain future.




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The Best Video Games of the Year (So Far)

Whether they feature office bumbling, demon slaying, or parcel delivering, these games couldn’t have come at a better time.




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Little Richard, Chief Architect of Rock, Dead at 87

His cause of death is unknown.




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CoronaVirus in Jharkhand: बोकारो में कोरोना संक्रमण का एक और मामला, राज्य में कुल संक्रमितों की संख्या 14 हुई 

झारखंड के बोकारो जिले में चंद्रपुरा प्रखंड के तेलो गांव में कोरोना वायरस संक्रमण के एक और मामले की पुष्टि हुई है




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बोकारो में मिले कोरोना वायरस के दो नए मरीज, झारखंड में 19 लोग Covid-19 की चपेट में

झारखंड में कोरोना वायरस महामारी से संक्रमित होने वाले मरीजों की कुल संख्या बढ़कर 19 हो गई है




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Coronavirus in Jharkhand: कोरोना के संक्रमण में आया दो दिन का बच्चा, रिम्स के आइसोलेशन वार्ड में भर्ती

रांची प्रशासन ने कहा कि सदर अस्पताल के कर्मचारी जिन्होंने महिला को अटेंड किया था उनका अब परीक्षण किया जाएगा।




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Coronavirus: झारखंड के सीएम हेमंत सोरेन ने साधा केंद्र पर निशाना, बोले- देश में कोरोना पैदल चलकर नहीं हवाई जहाज से आया

झारखंड के मुख्यमंत्री हेमंत सोरेन ने देश में लॉकडाउन लगाने के मामले में केंद्र सरकार पर निशाना साधा है। उन्होंने कहा कि लॉकडाउन लगाने से पहले केंद्र ने राज्यों को भरोसे में नहीं लिया और उनसे कोई बातचीत नहीं की।




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PromisePay changes gear

Fast-growing Melbourne payments company PromisePay is ramping its growth plans in the global platform economy.