Rare whale caught on film for first time
Australian researchers Thursday revealed they had filmed a pod of extremely rare Shepherd's beaked whales for the first time ever.
Plants & Animals
Feb 23, 2012
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News tagged with deep blue
Game over? New AI challenge to human smarts (Update)
Every two years or so, computer speed and memory capacity doubles—a head-spinning pace that experts say could see machines become smarter than humans within decades.
Computer Sciences
Mar 8, 2016
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AlphaZero just wants to play
Artificial intelligence is continually hyped up, but disappears from view again just as quickly. Roger Wattenhofer explains why that might soon change.
Computer Sciences
Feb 23, 2018
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Know when to fold 'em: Researchers solve heads-up limit hold 'em poker
For over a half-century, games have been test beds for new ideas in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the resulting successes have marked significant milestones - Deep Blue defeated Kasparov in chess and Watson defeated Jennings ...
Computer Sciences
Jan 8, 2015
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Audit calls NASA's goal to reduce Artemis rocket costs 'highly unrealistic,' threat to deep space exploration
NASA's goal to reduce the costs of the powerful Space Launch System rocket for its Artemis program by 50% was called "highly unrealistic" and a threat to its deep space exploration plans, according to a report by NASA's Office ...
Space Exploration
Oct 13, 2023
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The supremely intelligent rat-cyborg
When Deep Blue battled the reigning human chess champion the world held its breath. Who was smarter … man or machine? A human victory would confirm the superiority of human intelligence, while a victory for Deep Blue would ...
Hi Tech & Innovation
Mar 7, 2016
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IBM's 'Jeopardy!' champ ventures to new worlds
IBM Watson initially won fame as the artificially intelligent computer system that won $1 million for whipping former "Jeopardy!" champs Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter on the televised game show in 2011.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Mar 13, 2015
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Temperature-dependent adaptations of whale shark vision
Researchers in Japan led by the RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Kobe and Osaka Metropolitan University, Osaka, have discovered that whale shark vision has uniquely temperature-dependent adaptations unseen in ...
Giant tooth of ancient marine reptile discovered in Alps
The fossils of three ichthyosaurs—giant marine reptiles that patrolled primordial oceans—have been discovered high up in the Swiss Alps, and include the largest ever tooth found for the species, a study said Thursday.
Evolution
May 1, 2022
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Where does AlphaGo go?
On March 15, 2016, Lee Sodol, an 18-time world champion of the ancient Chinese board game Go, was defeated by AlphaGo, a computer program. The event is one of the most historic in the field of artificial intelligence since ...
Computer Sciences
Aug 26, 2016
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