Artificial intelligence : Science World Report

Nov 17, 2014 06:22 PM EST

Artificial Intelligence Can Create Its Own Magic Tricks

There may be a new way to create magic tricks--by using artificial intelligence. Scientists have taught a computer to create magic tricks.

Sep 23, 2014 10:58 AM EDT

New Artificial Intelligence Program Mimics How a Child Learns

Artificial intelligence (AI) is continuing to improve by leaps and bounds. Now, scientists have turned their efforts to creating an AI program that can learn to solve problems in many different areas. How does it manage this feat? It mimics certain aspects of how a child learns.

Jan 31, 2014 10:40 PM EST

Computing With Silicon Neurons: Scientists Use Artificial Nerve Cells

Scientists in Germany are using artificial nerve cells to classify different types of data. These silicon 'neurons' could recognize handwritten numbers, or distinguish plant species based on their flowers.

Jan 31, 2014 09:47 PM EST

What Does Google Want With DeepMind? Here Are Three Clues

All eyes turned to London this week, as Google announced its latest acquisition in the form of DeepMind, a company that specialises in artificial intelligence technologies.

Jan 09, 2014 05:32 PM EST

IBM to Invest $1 Billion to Bring Artificial Intelligence Supercomputer System Watson to Market

IBM said it will invest more than $1 billion to establish a new business unit for Watson, as the tech giant hopes to get more revenue from the supercomputer system that beat humans on the television quiz show "Jeopardy".

Nov 28, 2013 11:58 PM EST

To Create a Super-Intelligent Machine, Start With an Equation

Intelligence is a very difficult concept and, until recently, no one has succeeded in giving it a satisfactory formal definition.

Nov 14, 2013 06:45 PM EST

Machine Learning Branches Out With Graphical Model

An algorithm that extends an artificial-intelligence technique to new tasks could aid in analysis of flight delays and social networks.

Sep 09, 2013 06:53 PM EDT

Artificial-Intelligence Research Revives Its Old Ambitions

A new interdisciplinary research center at MIT, funded by the National Science Foundation, aims at nothing less than unraveling the mystery of intelligence.

Aug 06, 2013 09:28 PM EDT

Ask the Experts: Will Robots Take Over the World?

Robots can do a lot for us: they can explore space or cut our toenails. But do advances in robotics and artificial intelligence hold hidden threats? Three leaders in their fields answer questions about our relationships with robots.

May 30, 2013 02:47 PM EDT

How Computers Can Learn Better

With a recently released programming framework, researchers show that a new machine-learning algorithm outperforms its predecessors.

Jan 30, 2013 10:28 AM EST

Researchers Find Secret Behind Biological Modularity; Artificial Intelligence Gets a Boost

Artificial intelligence may be getting a boost; researchers simulated 25,000 generations of evolution and discovered why biological networks are usually organized as modules.

Feb 13, 2012 04:29 PM EST

Rapid Procedure for the Exploration of Chemical Compound Space Unites Quantum Chemistry With Artificial Intelligence

By combining quantum chemistry with artificial intelligence (Machine Learning), researchers at the Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics at the University of California, Los Angeles achieved a scientific breakthrough expected to aid in exploring chemical compound space, i.e. the virtual space p...