Mailchimp wants to optimize your email campaigns using AI — here’s how

Mailchimp wants to optimize your email campaigns using AI — here’s how

Earlier this month, Mailchimp released Content Optimizer, a new product that uses artificial intelligence...

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Who thought political ads featuring Deepfake Putin and Kim trashing the US was a good idea?

Who thought political ads featuring Deepfake Putin and Kim trashing the US was a good idea?

A not-for-profit called RepresentUS , working with creative media agency Mischief @ No Fixed Address...

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This jellyfish robot can outswim its squishy animal cousin

This jellyfish robot can outswim its squishy animal cousin

Jellyfish might not be the fastest swimmers under the sea, but what they lack in speed they more than...

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AI mistakes referee’s bald head for football — hilarity ensued

AI mistakes referee’s bald head for football — hilarity ensued

Top football leagues and teams around the world have TV crews and streaming services at their disposal...

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Samsung’s new phone has a 2.5 mm quantum random number generator for improved security

Samsung’s new phone has a 2.5 mm quantum random number generator for improved security

Samsung partnered with SK Telecom to create the device, which is currently only available in Korea ....

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England and Wales finally get contact-tracing app after months of delays — bit shit, but it’ll do

England and Wales finally get contact-tracing app after months of delays — bit shit, but it’ll do

After months of delays , U-turns , technical issues , and criticism from privacy campaigners, the UK...

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AI finds 250 foreign stars that migrated to our galaxy

AI finds 250 foreign stars that migrated to our galaxy

Astrophysicians have used AI to discover 250 new stars in the Milky Way, which they believe were bor...

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How knowledge distillation compresses neural networks

How knowledge distillation compresses neural networks

If you’ve ever used a neural network to solve a complex problem, you know they can be enormous in si...

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An optimist’s guide to the future: How quantum AI could make Earth a paradise

An optimist’s guide to the future: How quantum AI could make Earth a paradise

It’s hard to believe it now, but just four short years ago articles on quantum computing were a bit...

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FIFA’s new AI tech could stamp out painfully slow offside calls

FIFA’s new AI tech could stamp out painfully slow offside calls

The offside rule is one of the most controversial and complex laws of soccer. Due to the many factor...

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Here’s what’s stopping AI from reaching human-like understanding

Here’s what’s stopping AI from reaching human-like understanding

The short excerpt below from the 1938 film La Femme du Boulanger (The Baker’s Wife) ingeniously dep...

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Watch a drone refuel another aircraft in mid-air for the first time

Watch a drone refuel another aircraft in mid-air for the first time

An unmanned drone has refueled another aircraft during flight for the first time, a milestone that t...

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This COVID-19 newsletter was written by a human

This COVID-19 newsletter was written by a human

Coronavirus in Context is a weekly newsletter where we bring you facts that matter about the COVID-1...

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Sorry former Pentagon expert, but China is nowhere near winning the AI race

Sorry former Pentagon expert, but China is nowhere near winning the AI race

Nicolas Chaillan, the Pentagon’s former Chief Software Officer, is on a whirlwind press tour to drum...

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The first WHO report on AI in healthcare is a mixed bag of horror and delight

The first WHO report on AI in healthcare is a mixed bag of horror and delight

The World Health Organization today issued its first-ever report on the use of artificial intelligence...

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YouTube now lets creators respond to comments with AI-generated smart replies

YouTube now lets creators respond to comments with AI-generated smart replies

Google is making it easier for YouTube creators to engage with their audience and quickly reply to commen...

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Terrifyingly, Facebook wants its AI to be your eyes and ears

Terrifyingly, Facebook wants its AI to be your eyes and ears

Facebook has announced a research project that aims to push the “frontier of first-person perception...

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Watch: Boston Dynamics robots dance to convince us that they’re friendly

Watch: Boston Dynamics robots dance to convince us that they’re friendly

Boston Dynamics robots have attracted a mix of amazement and terror for their diverse range of feats...

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What the hell is an AI factory?

What the hell is an AI factory?

If you follow the news on artificial intelligence, you’ll find two diverging threads. The media and...

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How to protect your machine learning models against adversarial attacks

How to protect your machine learning models against adversarial attacks

Machine learning has become an important component of many applications we use today. And adding machine...

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