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Play Pictionary against computers to help AI learn common sense

Feb. 5, 2019

A new game from the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence hopes to enlighten the algorithms.

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NYT: Why Do We Hurt Robots?

Jan. 23, 2019

Why do people lash out at robots, particularly those that are built to resemble humans? It’s a global phenomenon.

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FAA digs deeper into drone traffic management

Jan. 23, 2019

The Federal Aviation Administration announced new awards to three of the 10 drone integration pilot projects for development of technologies to further integrate drones into the national airspace.

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PhD student’s work could map caves on moon and Mars

Jan. 8, 2019

Andrew Kramer is working on his PhD at the College of Engineering and Applied Science under Assistant Professor Christoffer Heckman.

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CU Engineers want drones to go subterranean to save lives after earthquakes

Jan. 8, 2019

CU Boulder engineering professor Sean Humbert is leading a team in a national competition, the Subterranean Challenge. The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency gifted the university a $4.5 million grant to fund Humbert's team.

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Artificial intelligence turns brain activity into speech

Jan. 3, 2019

Three research teams recently made progress in turning data from electrodes surgically placed on the brain into computer-generated speech. Using computational models known as neural networks, they reconstructed words and sentences that were, in some cases, intelligible to human listeners.

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Monteleoni quoted in Wired on artificial intelligence in 2019

Jan. 2, 2019

CU Boulder Professor Claire Monteleoni uses smart simulations to help predict and mitigate extreme climate events.

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Artificial intelligence helps predict volcanic eruptions

Dec. 12, 2018

Satellites are providing torrents of data about the world’s active volcanoes, but researchers have struggled to turn them into a global prediction of volcanic risks.

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A.I. as Talent Scout: Unorthodox Hires, and Maybe Lower Pay

Dec. 7, 2018

The power of such technology will be immediately apparent to any employer scrambling to fill jobs in a tight labor market — not least positions for data scientists, whom companies like Google, Facebook and Amazon are competing to attract.

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Research here could speedup clinical trials around Type 1 diabetes

Dec. 6, 2018

Researchers at CU Boulder have developed virtual clinical trials for an artificial pancreas that could significantly improve treatments for those with Type 1 diabetes by tailoring medical devices and speeding up trials.

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