For millennia, we surpassed the other intelligent species with which we share our planet--dolphins, porpoises, orangutans, and the like--in almost all skills, bar swimming and tree-climbing. In recent years, though, our species has created new forms of intelligence, able to outperform us in other ways. One of the most famous of these artificial intelligences (AIs) is AlphaGo, developed by Deepmind. In just a few years, it has learned to play the 4,000-year-old strategy game, Go, beating two of the world's strongest players. Other software developed by Deepmind has learned to play classic eight-bit video games, notably Breakout, in which players must use a bat to hit a ball at a wall, knocking bricks out of it.

It could be the start of a Steven Spielberg sci-fi film: A boy walks into a shimmering, aluminum garden pavilion surrounded by lush palms and succulent-lined footpaths. There's a massive crater in the ceiling, open to the blue sky, and the boy cranes his neck backward to gaze at the heavens as puffy white clouds sail past. NASA's 19 earth science satellites, which are quietly circling the planet, seem to be communicating with visitors of the pavilion, their combined "voices" creating a cacophonous concert that now echoes inside the domed chamber. This is the West Coast debut of NASA Orbit Pavilion, on view at the Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens in San Marino through Feb. 27. The structure, in the shape of a giant seashell, houses a sound installation that tracks the movement of the International Space Station and NASA's satellites as they make 90-minute trips around the Earth.

For millennia, we surpassed the other intelligent species with which we share our planet -- dolphins, porpoises, orangutans, and the like -- in almost all skills, bar swimming and tree-climbing. In recent years, though, our species has created new forms of intelligence, able to outperform us in other ways. One of the most famous of these artificial intelligences (AIs) is AlphaGo, developed by Deepmind. In just a few years, it has learned to play the 4,000-year-old strategy game, Go, beating two of the world's strongest players. Other software developed by Deepmind has learned to play classic eight-bit video games, notably Breakout, in which players must use a bat to hit a ball at a wall, knocking bricks out of it.

AT&T and NASA are working to develop drone traffic management system It's hoped that this solution would reduce the threat of cyberattacks Firm says it would allow agencies to monitor drones in national airspace It's hoped that this solution would reduce the threat of cyberattacks AT&T has revealed a new plan to monitor every drone in the United States. The firm is collaborating with NASA to develop an Unmanned Aircraft System Traffic Management solution, which it hopes would reduce the threat of cyberattacks. Snapchat confidentially files for IPO that could value it at... Smart lights and fitness trackers are a'substantial safety... Could YOU survive the suicide circle? Math puzzle solved by... How do you spot a space killer? Snapchat confidentially files for IPO that could value it at... Smart lights and fitness trackers are a'substantial safety... Could YOU survive the suicide circle?

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Elon Musk's AI firm joins forces with Microsoft to develop a'cloud brain' OpenAI will run large-scale experiments on Microsoft's Azure service Microsoft will collaborate with company on creating new tools OpenAI will run large-scale experiments on Microsoft's Azure service OpenAI will use Azure for its experiments in deep learning and AI, and Microsoft will collaborate with the company on advancing research and creating new tools and technologies. Electric vehicles safety crackdown: New rules will force... Impressive footage shows cockatoos... Watch the US Army's real-life PHASER GUN in action: Weapon... Electric vehicles safety crackdown: New rules will force... Impressive footage shows cockatoos... Watch the US Army's real-life PHASER GUN in action: Weapon... ELON MUSK'S AI FIRM: HOW DOES OPENAI WORK? DGX-1 was designed with the sole purpose of deep learning, which will help AI researchers train other systems much faster with more data. To understand the speed of this supercomputer, a conventional computer's computations take 250 hours compared to the 10 hours on the DGX-1 Man discovers wife is cheating on him following her with drone Mob storm police station and lynch suspected paedophile Victoria Fritz hides her baby bump moments before giving birth Ivanka Trump gives glimpse of her father's $100m penthouse Protestor at an anti-Trump rally at Ohio State gets slammed 100 special police agents protect suspected paedophile from mob Chili's manager snatches veteran's free meal after complaint Is this the creepy moment the corpse of a girl OPENS her eyes? Ivanka Trump gives glimpse of her father's $100m penthouse Is this the creepy moment the corpse of a girl OPENS her eyes?

The Obama administration may be headed for the exits, but it continues to focus on the impact of artificial intelligence on the economy and the nation at large. Artificial intelligence (AI) is an umbrella term for a group of technologies--including machine learning--that enable computers to learn new skills and capabilities based on the data they are exposed to, among other factors. The just-released report, titled "Preparing for the Future of Artificial Intelligence," does not downplay potential job lossdue to the advent of ever-smarter computers, but still posits that the technology will open up new career opportunities for those versed in it or who have higher-level skills. It also holds that public policy, especially re-training programs, can mitigate the negative impact of increasing automation by preparing displaced workers for other jobs. Prepared for the White House by the National Science and Technology Council's Subcommittee on Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence, the report reiterates the conventional wisdom that AI-fueled automation will take over more jobs that could not be automated in the past.

The day before the election, as millions of Americans were feeling confident that the vast majority of the country shared their opinions, a pair of researchers at the University of Southern California Information Sciences Institute published a paper that looked closely at something many of us ignored: the provenance of political tweets. Where do they come from? How many are, in reality, made by humans? And if not, who is designing these crude straw-bots? Analyzing Twitter during three televised debates, they discovered that 20% of all political tweets were made by bots.

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UNITED NATIONS – U.N. member states on Tuesday condemned widespread human rights violations in North Korea and expressed concerns that funds needed to ease the dire humanitarian crisis are spent on Pyongyang's missile and nuclear arms programs. A resolution drafted by Japan and the European Union was adopted by a consensus vote in the General Assembly's committee on humanitarian affairs. Following the vote, diplomats from China, Pyongyang's ally, Russia, Syria, Iran and Cuba took the floor to state they were disassociating themselves from the outcome. The full General Assembly is expected to vote on the measure next month. North Korea has conducted two nuclear tests this year and test-fired a series of missiles, even as 18 million North Koreans out of a total population of 25 million are facing food shortages, Japan's ambassador said. "The authorities of the DPRK (North Korea), without regard to the plight of their own citizens, divert their limited resources to develop weapons of mass destruction," said Ambassador Koro Bessho.