Into the metaverse: How conversational AI will build its experiential foundation
Innovations like the metaverse would not be achievable without conversational AI, and open source platforms are making it possible.Read More
A US Rail Strike Was Averted—but the Crisis Is Far From Over
A preliminary agreement prevented a total shutdown, but many supply chains still face delays and disruption caused by staff shortages.
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Digs Up Organic Molecules on Mars
These are tantalizing hints that microbes might have lived on Mars billions of years ago, but scientists need to study the rocks back on Earth to be sure.
Monkeypox Cases in the US Are Falling. No One Knows Why
Are the vaccines working, are people changing their social behavior, is the virus burning itself out—and how will we know?
Satellite Data Shows How Russia Has Destroyed Ukrainian Grain
The Russian blockade and bombardments are cutting off thousands of tons of grain, threatening the food supply in countries that rely on wheat exports.
Bose’s QuietComfort Earbuds II Boast the Best Noise-Canceling
Just as Apple announces its new AirPods, here comes the granddaddy of ANC to show everyone how it’s really done.
A molecular optimization framework to identify promising organic radicals for aqueous redox flow batteries
Recent advancements in the development of machine learning and optimization techniques have opened new and exciting possibilities for identifying suitable molecular designs, compounds, and chemical candidates for different applications. Optimization techniques, some of which are based on machine learning algorithms, are powerful tools that can be used to select optimal solutions for a given problem …
Sharing a laugh: Scientists teach a robot when to have a sense of humor
Since at least the time of inquiring minds like Plato, philosophers and scientists have puzzled over the question “What’s so funny?” The Greeks attributed the source of humor to feeling superior at the expense of others. German psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud believed humor was a way to release pent-up energy. U.S. comedian Robin Williams tapped his …
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Layer-Wise Data-Free CNN Compression
We present an efficient method for compressing a trained neural network without using any data. Our data-free method requires 14x-450x fewer FLOPs than comparable state-of-the-art methods. We break the problem of data-free network compression into a number of independent layer-wise compressions. We show how to efficiently generate layer-wise training data, and how to precondition the …
RGB-X Classification for Electronics Sorting
Effectively disassembling and recovering materials from waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) is a critical step in moving global supply chains from carbon-intensive, mined materials to recycled and renewable ones. Conventional recycling processes rely on shredding and sorting waste streams, but for WEEE, which is comprised of numerous dissimilar materials, we explore targeted disassembly of …