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Arizona pizza place uses new method to battle coronavirus: robots
Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Robots can't feel love, but they also can't get sick. A pizza place in Arizona is testing a new form of social distancing amid the coronavirus outbreak: Instead of sending people out on deliveries, the restaurant has been using robots.
'Anti COVID-19' drone seen hovering over Manhattan park urges pedestrians to keep six feet apart
Governor Andrew Cuomo has repeatedly scolded New Yorkers for not practicing social distancing amid the coronavirus pandemic and now an anonymous citizen has offered their services to enforce the policy. A drone was spotted flying over the East River Park in Manhattan that chastised pedestrians for walking in groups along a path. Dubbed'the Anti-COVID-19 Volunteer Drone Task Force', the unmanned aerial vehicle told groups to stay at least six-feet apart in order to'reduce the death toll and save lives.' However, it is illegal to fly drones in certain parts of the city and the Federal Aviation Administration told DailyMail.com it is'looking into the drone flight to determine if it was compliant with Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR).' WATCH: A drone was seen flying over a Manhattan park on Saturday, urging pedestrians to "maintain social distancing." A drone was spotted flying over the East River Park in Manhattan that chastised pedestrians for walking in groups along a path.
How to teach your iPhone's Face ID to recognize you even if you're wearing a surgical mask
Apple's Face ID does not recognize users wearing a surgical mask, forcing them to type in their passcode or remove the protective gear to unlock the smartphone. Researchers have now shared a hack that trains the technology to accept your face with or without a mask. The video tutorial shows a user folding a brand-new mask in half, laying it on one side of their face and going through the process of setting up the biometric system. Users can either'Reset Face ID' or choose to make their masked face an'Alternate Appearance.' Researchers have now shared a trick that train the technology, which involves snapping pictures of your face with just half of it covered by a mask. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has recommended that Americans consider wearing masks to limit the spread of the coronavirus that is sweeping the nation.
How AI Is Helping in the Fight Against COVID-19
Artificial intelligence technologies such as machine learning, natural-language processing, computer vision, and deep learning can help track and identify the novel coronavirus. On Dec. 31, BlueDot, a Toronto-based company that uses artificial intelligence to track the spread of infectious diseases, alerted its customers about a cluster of unusual pneumonia cases in Wuhan, China. Nine days later, the World Health Organization confirmed the discovery of a novel coronavirus, later named COVID-19, in Wuhan. Today, COVID-19 is a pandemic that has spread to 180 countries, claimed more than 50,000 lives, and triggered a near-global lockdown. And for the moment, the best solution to contain the spread of the virus is to improve personal hygiene and exercise social distancing.
Scientists develop AI that can turn brain activity into text
Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. Are we moving a bit closer to the day when machines can read our minds? Scientists have developed a system using artificial intelligence that can turn brain activity into text. At the moment, it works on neural patterns interpreted when someone speaks aloud, but there is hope among researchers that it could eventually be used for patients who are unable to speak or type. "We are not there yet but we think this could be the basis of a speech prosthesis," Joseph Makin, co-author of the research from the University of California, San Francisco, told The Guardian.
Realizing the Promise of Artificial Intelligence in Pathology
Digital pathology specialist Proscia has been working hard to change the current pathology narrative. The Philadelphia, PA-based company has made several moves to accomplish this goal and its most recent move is a collaboration with the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). Proscia builds software and has a platform for imaging workflow management that allows a pathologist in the lab to take digitized images of the glass slides the tissue biopsy sites on and move these images through workflows. The company uses its computational AI-based applications to find patterns in the imaging and transform that information into something meaningful for the pathologist. However, Proscia doesn't have a laboratory and that's where UCSF comes in, said Nathan Buchbinder, the firm's co-founder and Chief Product Officer.
Capitalism's mirror stage: artificial intelligence and the quantified worker – Phoebe Moore
As AI enters the workplace, we need to reflect upon the criteria by which human work is evaluated and human subjectivity depicted. Control panels are the obvious place to run operations centrally. The control rooms of Star Trek's fantastical Enterprise (and the hub of the actual Project Cybersyn under Chile's radical president Salvador Allende) in the 1960s and 70s were however operated by humans with relatively primitive technologies. Today, much of the work of the people we imagined in these rooms--the bouffanted women in silver A-line dresses and men in blue boiler suits pushing buttons to operate the manoeuvres of galactical imperialism--is done by computers. But what will happen when the proverbial windows looking out to the galaxies only display a cadre of robots and the control panels' blinking lights are the only reflective glimmer?
Bespoken.io Debuts Test Robot for Voice AI Hardware and Software - Voicebot.ai
Bespoken.io has developed a Test Robot that performs analog tests on voice-based hardware and software, mimicking human testing. The new robot extends Bespoken's voice testing beyond voice apps in a way that's necessary as voice technology companies and their ideas proliferate. Bespoken is best known for its virtual diagnostic tool, which is used by thousands of developers on most voice platforms to test, troubleshoot, and monitor voice apps for problems. The Test Robot goes beyond that function and into the realm of hardware by essentially recreating the way humans talk to voice apps, as can be seen in the test video at the top. The device can handle voice apps built on custom voice platforms as well as existing ones like those created by Amazon, Google, Apple, and Samsung.
QuantaVerse announces new enhancements to financial crime platform
QuantaVerse, an AI financial crime platform provider has announced that the company has added new enhancements to its AI Financial Crime Platform. The FinTech, with the new capabilities, is expecting to help QuantaVerse customers reduce overall AML compliance costs by automating time-consuming investigative tasks and perform financial crime detection more accurately and at an accelerated pace. "We are continually innovating and rolling out new features and improvements to meet the needs of our customers. Specifically, these new capabilities reinforce our commitment to helping customers significantly cut AML costs while remaining effective in identifying financial crime risk," said David McLaughlin, CEO and Founder of QuantaVerse. The QuantaVerse AI Financial Crime Platform was purpose-built by a team raised in data science, finance and law enforcement. Its focus is using artificial intelligence, machine learning, and data analytics to find and combat financial crime.
Homeschool Buyers Co-op is set to revolutionize homeschooling with artificial intelligence
Homeschooling is set to be revolutionized by artificial intelligence, as US homeschoolers are offered use of the world's leading AI learning engine for the first time. Families can now access a low-cost AI teaching assistant that automatically grades, plans work and personalizes learning for children. The world's largest buying club for homeschoolers, Homeschool Buyers Co-op, has announced a new premium curriculum collection, Virtua. Teaming up with British AI pioneers CENTURY Tech, they have developed the program's cornerstone curriculum Virtua School – a bespoke AI-powered learning platform for US homeschoolers. Having worked with thousands of families and schools across the world, CENTURY has used its educational expertise to develop a new AI platform tailored specifically to the needs of homeschooling families.