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Computers that calculate with light could make superfast AI

Computers that calculate with light could make superfast AI

19 March 2018

Optical computing has been a buzzword since the 1960s. But now a few start-ups are making real-world progress by using light to produce algorithms
A researcher pointing at seismograph readings recorded from a massive quake near Sumatra's in 2005.

Earthquake AI makes it easier to predict devastation of strikes

16 March 2018

A new computer system can identify seismic activity with twice the accuracy of the current best algorithms and is nearly as good as human experts
Robot with four legs

8 hilarious ways AI has outsmarted us to get the job done

15 March 2018

Artificial intelligence does the funniest things. A new crowd-sourced list tells the times when AI did the unexpected

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