Earbud chirps may one day detect infections

EarHealth, a new earbud system that uses artificial intelligence, may one day detect ear infections and other ear-related ailments.

Cory Nealon-Buffalo • futurity
Aug. 4, 2022 ~4 min

Americans tend not to know about AI in journalism

Today, AI machines designed to perform the communicator role are generating journalism independent of humans.

Sara Diedrich-Iowa • futurity
Aug. 4, 2022 ~6 min


AI scours brain data to spot mental illness patterns

An AI program that scours through brain imaging data may make it possible to spot conditions like Alzheimer's in time to treat and perhaps prevent them.

Noelle Toumey Reetz-Georgia State • futurity
July 25, 2022 ~5 min

Machine learning predicts gut microbe communities

A new computer model accurately predicts the behavior of millions of gut microbe communities from hundreds of experiments.

Kate McAlpine-Michigan • futurity
July 8, 2022 ~7 min

Robot learns to see water and pour it into a glass

Robots have a hard time seeing water because it's clear. A new method fixes that problem. Researchers taught the robot to pour water into a glass, too.

Camden Flath-Futurity • futurity
July 6, 2022 ~5 min

Is artificial intelligence good or bad for climate change?

"AI affects the climate in many ways, both positive and negative, and most of these effects are poorly quantified."

Katherine Gombay-McGill • futurity
June 29, 2022 ~5 min

Software edits images via human ‘mind control’

"We can make a computer edit images entirely based on thoughts generated by human subjects. The computer has absolutely no prior information..."

Maria Hornbek-Copenhagen • futurity
June 28, 2022 ~6 min

Machine learning could find new uses for old drugs

Developing and approving new prescription medications can be costly and time-consuming. A new use of machine learning could partially change that.

Barbara Schindo-Penn State • futurity
June 28, 2022 ~5 min


Internet data produce a racist, sexist robot

The internet is notoriously full of inaccurate and overtly biased content. A robot trained on that data ends up racist and sexist, report researchers.

Jill Rosen-Johns Hopkins • futurity
June 21, 2022 ~6 min

Internet data produce a racist, sexist robot

The internet is notoriously full of inaccurate and overtly biased content. A robot trained on that data ends up racist and sexist, report researchers.

Jill Rosen-Johns Hopkins • futurity
June 21, 2022 ~6 min

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