machine learning
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It’s So Great That Apple Cares About macOS Again
There have been… concerns. Ever since the iPhone showed up and started making unfathomable amounts of money, it was easy to get the sense that Apple was maybe leaving the venerable Mac behind. Sure there has been some nice new hardware, and each year Apple dutifully rolls out a new version of its desktop operating…
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Uber Is Trying To Patent An AI System To Identify Erratic Behaviour In Riders
It looks as though Uber has a growing interest in the behaviours of its users. According to a patent application filed by the company this week, Uber is planning to use machine learning to better understand the “state” of a passenger when they request a ride.
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Jordan Peele Uses Machine Learning Tools To Make A Fake Obama Warn Us About ‘F***ed-Up Dystopia’
As America’s descent into national madness continues, some have been sounding warning bells about a possible “fake news apocalypse” – the idea that technology is making it easier than ever to generate disinformation and propaganda and quickly disseminate it to legions of people online, with little checks on the process. Something that’s particularly worrying are…
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Image Manipulation Hack Fools Humans And Machines, Makes Me Think Nothing Is Real Anymore
Computer scientists at Google Brain have devised a technique that tricks neural networks into misidentifying images — a hack that works on humans as well.