Artificial Intelligence
Are You Better Than a Machine at Spotting a Deepfake?
New research shows that detecting digital fakes generated by machine learning might be a job best done with humans still in the loop.
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Artificial Intelligence
Humans Find AI-Generated Faces More Trustworthy Than the Real Thing
Viewers struggle to distinguish images of sophisticated machine-generated faces from actual humans
Neuroscience
Lego Robot with an Organic ‘Brain’ Learns to Navigate a Maze
The neuromorphic computing device solved the puzzle by working like an animal brain would
Artificial Intelligence
How AI Could Prevent the Development of New Illicit Drugs
The DarkNPS algorithm has predicted the formulas of millions of potential drugs
Biotech
A Portable MRI Makes Imaging More Democratic
An open-source approach downsizes today’s clunking behemoths with permanent magnets and deep-learning algorithms
Robotics
Evolution Gym Sculpts Novel Robot Bodies and Brains
The virtual robots look weird, but they get the job done
Artificial Intelligence
Why We Forgive Humans More Readily Than Machines
When things go wrong, flexible moral intuitions cause us to judge computers more severely
Artificial Intelligence
AI Generates Hypotheses Human Scientists Have Not Thought Of
Machine-learning algorithms can guide humans toward new experiments and theories
Artificial Intelligence
‘Small Data’ Are Also Crucial for Machine Learning
The most promising AI approach you’ve never heard of doesn’t need to go big
Quantum Physics
AI Designs Quantum Physics Experiments beyond What Any Human Has Conceived
Originally built to speed up calculations, a machine-learning system is now making shocking progress at the frontiers of experimental quantum physics
Artificial Intelligence
What Is Machine Learning, and How Does It Work? Here’s a Short Video Primer
Deep learning, neural networks, imitation games—what does any of this have to do with teaching computers to “learn”?
Behavior
Apple’s New Child Safety Technology Might Harm More Kids Than It Helps
Features designed to guard against sexual abuse carry the potential for unintended consequences
Artificial Intelligence
The Computer Scientist Training AI to Think with Analogies
Melanie Mitchell says digital minds will never truly be like ours until they can make analogies
Computing
The Question Medical AI Can’t Answer
It’s unable to tell us why it came to a particular decision—and that’s crucial information
Computing
AI Creates False Documents That Fake Out Hackers
The algorithm hides sensitive information in a sea of decoys
Computing
Artificial Intelligence Develops an Ear for Birdsong
Machine-learning algorithms can quickly process thousands of hours of natural soundscapes
Biotech
AI System Can Sniff Out Disease as Well as Dogs Do
Researchers are training algorithms to emulate trained dogs’ ability to detect cancer and other diseases, perhaps including COVID-19
Computing
How to Make Artificial Intelligence More Democratic
A new type of learning model uses far less data than conventional AIs, allowing researchers with limited resources to contribute
Computing
Will Artificial Intelligence Ever Live Up to Its Hype?
Replication problems plague the field of AI, and the goal of general intelligence remains as elusive as ever
Policy
Health Care AI Systems Are Biased
We need more diverse data to avoid perpetuating inequality in medicine
