For the purpose of propaganda and profit, the Internet is full of various false and misleading messages, which are called "fake news". How to identify fake news and prevent being deceived has always troubled the public. To this end, a British startup has developed an artificial intelligence algorithm to identify fake news and prevent it from spreading further. In recent years, "fake news […]

Cultural relics that have been passed down for hundreds or even thousands of years are constantly being eroded by time. How to better protect cultural relics and pass them down in a more complete way is a major challenge in this field. Today, AI technology has begun to cross the field of cultural relics protection, allowing more cultural relics to continue their lives. China’s national memory - the Forbidden City, was built in the fourth year of Yongle, the reign of Emperor Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty […]

On July 10 (last Friday), Linus Torvalds, the father of Linux and chief engineer of the Linux kernel, merged a Pull Request in the Linux 5.8 version library. The code and documentation of the Linux kernel […]

Recently, the incident in which Professor Fu Xiangdong of the University of California reported Professor Yang Hui of the Shanghai Institute of Neuroscience, Chinese Academy of Sciences, under his real name has become a hot topic in the academic circle. After Fu Xiangdong’s real-name report and Yang Hui’s denial, the incident has come to a sequel. Last week, Professor Fu Xiangdong of the Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine at the University of California, San Diego, reported Professor Yang Hui of the Shanghai Institute of Neuroscience, Chinese Academy of Sciences. […]

The 2020 World Artificial Intelligence Conference Cloud Summit officially kicked off today. At the opening ceremony, four AI singers, Microsoft XiaoIce, Baidu Xiaodu, Xiaomi XiaoAi, and B Station Lingyuan, sang the theme song for this conference. The 2020 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) Cloud Summit opened today in Shanghai. At the opening ceremony, […]

Recently, the Beijing Municipal Housing and Urban-Rural Development Commission issued a notice requiring new public rental housing to establish a facial recognition system. Facial recognition technology has exploded in recent years, penetrating almost every aspect of life, but it has also caused more and more controversy. On July 6, the Beijing Municipal Housing and Urban-Rural Development Commission issued the "Notice on Further Strengthening the Management of the Application of Facial Recognition Technology in Public Rental Housing in the City".

Japanese scholar Kazuhiro Shimura spent ten years creating an application that can identify tuna and give scores through image recognition technology. It has now been put on the market. Most tuna species are huge in size, with the largest being 3.5 meters long and weighing 600-700 kilograms. […]

On June 29, Tesla, which celebrated its 10th anniversary of listing, had a market value of over $200 billion, becoming the world’s most valuable automaker. Musk also ranked 31st on the Forbes Global Rich List with $24.6 billion. His success is inseparable from the training and influence of his mother, Maye Musk. What kind of person is Maye Musk? […]

Technology plays an increasingly important role in ensuring the fairness of exams. With the help of computer vision, neural networks, behavioral analysis and other technologies, cheating can be effectively identified and order in the exam room can be maintained. The Liaoning Provincial Admissions and Examination Office issued a document on July 5, stating that the 2020 Liaoning General College Entrance Examination will use artificial intelligence technology to conduct examinations.

MIT recently issued a notice to permanently remove the famous Tiny Images Dataset because it was accused of racial discrimination and discrimination against women. MIT recently issued an apology statement, announcing that the Tiny Images Dataset will be permanently removed from the Internet.

Friend, anchor, editor, painter... Microsoft XiaoIce has recently added a new tag - musician. After six months of study, the all-rounder XiaoIce officially graduated from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. On June 29, the official Weibo account of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music announced that XiaoIce, the school's first artificial intelligence graduate, had successfully graduated and was awarded the […]

In recent years, various photo editing, beauty, and special effects applications have been well received by users. Recently, Douyin’s latest “transformation comics” special effects have become a hot search. What are the key technologies behind the explosion? Editor: Shen Jing Xiao Xi Content compiled from CSDN and Byte Fan (link attached at the end of the article) Recently, a “transformation comics” special effect on Douyin has become popular again.

Lyft recently released a Level 5 autonomous driving prediction dataset, which contains more than 1,000 hours of driving records. In addition, the company also launched an autonomous driving motion prediction challenge with a prize pool of $30,000. Lyft has released a new dataset. Last July, Ly […]

Erica, the AI robot created by Japanese robot godfather Hiroshi Ishiguro over many years, was selected by Hollywood to play the leading role in the sci-fi blockbuster "B". If the filming is successfully completed, it will become a major innovation in film history. Many Hollywood sci-fi blockbusters have robot characters, such as "I, Robot", "My...

Yesterday morning, Didi’s self-driving car was open to the public in Shanghai for a trial ride. Users can sign up for the experience on the Didi Chuxing App and truly experience the thrill of driverless driving. On June 27, Didi’s self-driving online car-hailing service was officially launched in Jiading District, Shanghai, and friends can take a free trial ride. Users only need to register on the […]

The latest order signed by the Trump administration prohibits the issuance of new H-1B and H-2B visas. The ban takes effect today and will last until the end of the year. What is the reason for this ban? What impact will it have? On June 22, local time, US President Trump signed an executive order, Proclama […]

In recent years, algorithms have played a role in all walks of life, and they are also quietly changing the construction industry. Artificial intelligence algorithms have brought more possibilities to designers, bringing us more amazing and reasonable designs. In the construction industry, there are always some architects who do not follow the usual path and design strange buildings that surprise people. Some architectural shapes […]

From the ban of the basic mathematical software Matlab by Harbin Institute of Technology and Harbin Engineering University, to the recent strict crackdown on piracy of ChemOffice in China, the scientific research path of domestic scholars has become increasingly difficult. Recently, some netizens reported that they had received a lawyer’s letter from ChemOffice, asking them to stop using pirated software. Some high-level […]

At the beginning of 2020, the COVID-19 outbreak in many countries around the world and the work-from-home situation of enterprises have accelerated the development of video conferencing software. Zoom is undoubtedly the most powerful and controversial one among them. Zoom said on Wednesday that it will provide end-to-end acceleration of video calls for all users in the beta version in July. […]

Facebook, which has been plagued by fake reviews and likes, recently sued a company that specializes in posting fake comments and likes. But this is only a small part of Facebook's crackdown on fake reviews in the past year or so. How much influence do comments on e-commerce and social platforms have? At the very least, they can affect personal judgment and lead to the purchase of fake goods; at the worst, they can manipulate public opinion.

Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, Amazon has been in turmoil, and has been repeatedly sued by employees for inadequate safety protection measures. To this end, Amazon has launched an AI distance assistant to remind everyone to keep their distance in real time. Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, Amazon has repeatedly been in the news for negative news, all due to inadequate safety protection measures. […]

The internet celebrity Boston Dynamics dog is now for sale! The price is clearly marked at $74,500 per dog, but it is currently only available to businesses, and can only buy two at a time. Dancing, somersaults, herding sheep, pulling rickshaws... the internet celebrity Boston Dynamics dog Spot, who can do everything and is everywhere, often appears on WeChat Moments. Now, this dog that was once "only far away" […]

What is it like to convert a "mosaic" pixel-level headshot into a high-definition photo? The AI algorithm proposed by Duke University can not only "remove mosaics", but also be as detailed as every wrinkle and every hair. Do you want to try it? In this era of pursuing high-definition image quality, our tolerance for poor image quality is getting lower and lower. […]

As one of the world's top three conferences in the field of computer vision, CVPR attracts many professionals every year. CVPR 2020 has attracted more than 10,000 submissions. Recently, the CVPR 2020 conference was held online, and nearly 30 tutorials have been released. Come and attend the conference online. […]

As major technology companies expressed their views on the racial equality movement, IBM was the first to announce its withdrawal from the facial recognition business. Soon after, Amazon also began to take sides, choosing the former between "political correctness" and profit, and announced that it would suspend the provision of facial recognition tools Rekognition to the police. As early as 2016, Amazon […]

Prosopagnosia is also known as "facial recognition disorder", which is generally manifested as the inability to see other people's faces clearly or the loss of the ability to recognize other people's faces. Recently, Microsoft's AI editor also suffered from prosopagnosia and failed to distinguish between Arabs and Africans. On May 28, Microsoft announced that it would lay off nearly 80 […]

Recently, the "Black Lives Matter" movement has spread to the technology circle, and many technology companies have also made statements on this matter. OpenAI recently announced a decision to invest $1 million to vigorously recruit black members to help achieve racial equality. Recently, the racial equality movement in the United States […]

Since the George Floyd incident, the Black Lives Matter movement for the rights of African Americans in the United States and around the world has intensified, expanding from offline marches to the technology circle. On May 26, 2020, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, […]

V2EX, a well-known technology and creative community, has been attacked by DDoS for three consecutive days. The attack sources come from IPs in more than 200 countries/regions, and the attack has not stopped yet. V2EX has been attacked by DDoS for three consecutive days, and it has not stopped yet. According to V2EX founder Livid […]

Argonne National Laboratory under the U.S. Department of Energy is developing technology to identify and monitor the interaction between birds and solar energy facilities. This project will have a positive impact on bird protection and the planning and layout of solar energy facilities. According to statistics, billions of birds die every year in the world, and nearly one billion of them are killed by collisions. […]