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Mar 4, 2021

Soft robot reaches the deepest part of the ocean

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A self-powered robot inspired by a fish can survive the extreme pressures at the bottom of the ocean’s deepest trench, thanks to its soft body and distributed electronic system — and might enable exploration of the uncharted ocean. How robots made from soft materials can withstand high pressures.

Mar 4, 2021

Dr Gil Alterovitz PhD, Director, National Artificial Intelligence Inst

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Healthcare AI Research And Development Supporting 9+ Million U.S. Veterans, Their Families, And Caregivers — Dr. Gil Alterovitz, Ph.D., Director, National Artificial Intelligence Institute — U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.


Dr. Gil Alterovitz, Ph.D. is Director, National Artificial Intelligence Institute (NAII) at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), where he focuses on…

Mar 4, 2021

US Unprepared for AI Competition with China, Commission Finds

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, security

The National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence’s recent report is a “wake-up call” in part because of one country: China.


Retaining the current dwindling edge will take White House leadership and a substantial investment, according to the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence.

Mar 4, 2021

Deepak Chopra made a digital clone of himself to live forever. And he’s not alone

Posted by in categories: life extension, robotics/AI

I spoke with Digital Deepak and then talked to the real one: Here’s a preview of how celebrities could AI themselves.

Mar 3, 2021

Money is pouring in to A.I.-assisted drug discovery, while fewer AI startups are getting VC backing

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, economics, robotics/AI

The money committed to companies and projects in this area increased to $13.8 billion, more than 4.5 times that invested in 2019, according to the Artificial Intelligence Index, an annual report produced under the auspices of Stanford University’s Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI).


Those are a few of the insights from this year’s AI Index report, which shows adoption of the pandemic did nothing to dent adoption of the technology.

Mar 3, 2021

We first need to understand how the brain works if we want true AI

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“We’ll never have true AI without first understanding the brain”


Neuroscientist and tech entrepreneur Jeff Hawkins claims he knows how intelligence works and he wants every AI lab in the world to read his book.

Mar 3, 2021

Are We Facing the Next, Very Rapid Stage of Evolution, via AI?

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, singularity

No, the Singularity won’t happen. The Second Law of Thermodynamics eviscerates any technology we might invent.

Mar 3, 2021

Cambridge Quantum Announces Largest Ever Natural Language Processing Implementation on a Quantum Computer

Posted by in categories: quantum physics, robotics/AI

Separate experiments, each of over 100 sentences, provide a strong proof of concept that Quantum Natural Language Processing is within reach.

Mar 3, 2021

CrownBio and JSR Life Sciences Partner with Cambridge Quantum Computing to Leverage Quantum Machine Learning for Novel Cancer Treatment Biomarker Discovery

Posted by in categories: genetics, quantum physics, robotics/AI

Crown Bioscience (CrownBio), JSR Life Sciences and Cambridge Quantum Computing (CQC) today announced a partnership agreement to explore the application of quantum technology to drive the identification of multi-gene biomarker discovery for oncology drug discovery.

Mar 3, 2021

Azure Percept helps Microsoft users make the most of edge AI

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Edge computing allows an increasing number of standalone mobile devices to perform tasks such as image recognition, response to voice commands and textual translation, without access to the cloud. During its 2021 Ignite digital conference, Microsoft revealed its new edge technology platform, Azure Percept.