Artificial Intelligence
🛥 Self-propelled boat ready to cross the Atlantic
This year it is 400 years since Mayflower set off for the new world, the United States. As a tribute, IBM is now launching, together with non-profit ProMare, a robotic AI vessel that will take shipping into the future.The research vessel, called the Mayflower...
🐟 AI tools should save whales from colliding with ships
Collisions with ships kill many whales every year, but the AI program Whale Safe should be able to reduce the number of dead and injured whales by simple means. The idea is that the program should be able to figure out where there are whales at the moment so that the...
🔎 Microsoft tools reveal deepfakes
Deepfakes are fake videos, photos and audio files that are very difficult to distinguish from the real goods. Of course, they can make the problem of misinformation worse than it already is. But Microsoft has built a tool to help us sift the chaff from the...
🔭 AI detects Alzheimer’s
By listening to how a person speaks, artificial intelligence can diagnose Alzheimer’s.Alzheimer’s affects millions of people around the world every year. The disease damages brain function and is difficult to detect at an early stage.By comparing the...
