Psychology
AI can measure our cultural history. But is it accurate?
Art and literature hint at past people’s psyches. Now computers can identify patterns in those cognitive fossils, but human expertise remains crucial.
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More brainlike computers could change AI for the better
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- Space
How to build an internet on Mars
Future Red Planet inhabitants will need new ways to connect, including improved relay networks and an offshoot internet.
- Artificial Intelligence
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- Health & Medicine
50 years ago, X-rays provided an unprecedented look inside the brain
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- Artificial Intelligence
How artificial intelligence sharpens blurry thermal vision images
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- Computing
Huijia Lin proved that a master tool of cryptography is possible
Cryptographer Huijia Lin showed that the long-sought “indistinguishability obfuscation” is secure from data attacks.
- Neuroscience
An AI can decode speech from brain activity with surprising accuracy
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- Computing
The world’s fastest supercomputer just broke the exascale barrier
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