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Researchers say software can spot untruths 70% of the time

Daily Mail - Science & tech

There are certain clues that will expose someone when they are lying right to your face – but how do you spot a liar in emails or the'About Me' section of a dating profile? Researchers have developed an algorithm that can spot a deceiver 70 percent of time just by analyzing their word use, structure and context. This computerized lie detector was designed by feeding it emails with both lies and truthful statements until it learned patterns linked to deception. Researchers have developed an algorithm that takes the guessing out by telling users when someone is lying through analyzing word use, structure and context. While comparing the truths and the lies in the sample emails, the City University of London discovered that those who are being deceitful less likely to use personal pronounces – such as'I', 'me', mine' – and will use more adjectives instead, reports The Telegraph.


Comcast X1 deal will make Netflix binges easier

USATODAY - Tech Top Stories

On Tuesday, Comcast and Netflix announced that the streaming service will be available directly through the X1 service. Comcast X1 customers already can get hundreds of channels, along with about 85,000 TV shows and movies via Xfinity On Demand. Soon they will get one more channel with a very large library of its own: Netflix. The nation's largest pay TV provider is working with Netflix to bring the streaming service to Comcast's X1 TV platform, making it easier for customers to watch Orange is the New Black and other streaming TV series. The deal is surprising because the two companies have been at odds in the past over issues such as data caps, delivery speeds and net neutrality.


Amazing analysis of the Brexit with machine learning

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For more than 30 years, Gibbs has advised on and developed product and service marketing for many businesses and he has consulted, lectured, and authored numerous articles and books. So the UK has just given itself a national headache. Whether you think the Brexit was the right decision or a dangerous and unmitigated screw-up (as I do), the consequences of the referendum will be non-trivial and take years to complete. But the mechanics of the UK exiting the European Union aside, the question of how people now feel about the Brexit is interesting. Are they awash in jubilation or has buyer's remorse set in? An intriguing post by MonkeyLearn attempts to answer this question by analyzing tweets and, as a bonus, provides tools that you might well find useful for similar exercises.


Hey, Robots, You Can Do the Filing

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To some, this sounds like the beginning of humanity's end: Scientists race to create innovative robots while researchers build out artificial-intelligence platforms and complex algorithms that many fear could soon make our jobs obsolete. But some experts believe our forthcoming high-tech offspring could actually be a golden ticket for the good life. Just imagine island hopping in Croatia while a robot, equipped with image-recognition software and natural language-processing abilities, fills in for you at the office -- with periodic check-ins through your pair of virtual reality glasses. Sure, we might be getting ahead of ourselves here, though experts predict that high-tech gains across corporate America will make seemingly mundane jobs more interesting, while enriching our near future and making some jobs safer by getting into dangerous spots that humans just shouldn't be entering. A wave of technological advancement that let many of us do things faster -- and more safely -- with fewer workers assisted in these gains, and Sprague says this kind of productivity surge is "the economic factor that has the potential to lead to improved living standards for an economy."


Google's AI looks deep into your eyes to diagnose disease

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Every week, Moorfields Eye Hospital in London performs 3,000 optical coherence tomography scans to diagnose vision problems. The scans, which use scattered light to create high-resolution 3-D images of the retina, produce large quantities of data. Analyzing that data is a slow process. Understanding the images requires trained and experienced human eyes to identify problems specific to each case, leaving little or no time to identify broader, population-wide trends that could make early detection easier. That's just the kind of task that artificial intelligence can be used to tackle, though.


Top 10 emerging technologies from the World Economic Forum

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The World Economic Forum has put together a list of the top 10 emerging technologies that will change our lives. The list includes nanosensors that will circulate through the human body, a battery that will be able to power an entire town and socially aware artificial intelligence that will track our finances and health. These are not far-flung visions, according to the forum. They are technologies that are on the cusp of having a meaningful impact. "Horizon scanning for emerging technologies is crucial to staying abreast of developments that can radically transform our world, enabling timely expert analysis in preparation for these disruptors," said Bernard Meyerson, chairman of the World Economic Forum council that compiled the list of the top 10 emerging technologies in 2016.


Google's DeepMind parners with NHS: All the better to see you with

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Google's partnered with the NHS' Moorfields eye-hospital in London to apply its DeepMind AI to help identify eye diseases earlier. Google's machine learning division could help curb the number of people suffering from sight loss in the UK, but it's not the first time DeepMind has been applied to healthcare; an app called Hark, acquired by Google, has been working on a pre-warning system for NHS staff to alert them to patients at risk of deterioration or death as the result of kidney failure.


Google AI has solved the '100 hat riddle,' used in job interviews

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A pair of riddles used during job interviews for Google and Goldman Sachs may have many applicants perplexed, but it's no problem for artificial intelligence. Google's deep neural network was put through the tests of the'hats riddle' and the'switch riddle' both which require complex-problem solving to determine the fates of hypothetical prisoners. The answers to these riddles are based upon coordinated strategy, and the researchers say the AI's ability to master such tasks reveals a step in the direction of collaborative systems. The prisoners can see the hats of the people lined up in from of them, but they cannot look at the hats behind them, or at their own. The executioner asks the last prisoner to state the colour of his hat.


Are Robots Really Bad For Humans?

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As of today the connection between the robots and us is very limited. However, the advent of robots in the human life is becoming rather beneficial as the artificial intelligence is progressing. While the connection between the robots and humans is very limited, and as the technology advances, the role of robots in our lives is increasing as the technology advances. A noticeable change that happens to occur with the rise of robots is the loss of jobs. The technology has always been replacing people in the monotonous jobs with advanced machinery – robots. Nevertheless, an average person needs a healthcare, retirement plans and vacations -- robots don't.


From AI to the Internet of Things: Publicis picks 90 startups for mentoring and funding

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At the Viva Technology conference, held in Paris, France, June 30 to July 2, 2016, Publicis Groupe announced its pick of the 90 most innovative startups that will receive funding and mentoring as part of the Publicis90 global initiative. The 90 winning projects reflect the major current trends in technology, including virtual reality, the Internet of Things and data security. The top three winning projects include Israeli startup Emerald Medical Applications, which specializes in dermatology, using the latest image recognition technology to make skin cancer detection quicker and easier. Another Israeli startup, Wiseye, specializes in retail and the Internet of Things. The company has developed a platform that gives retail industry professionals customer behavior insights based on data from several sources.