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machine learning

By Exploring Virtual Worlds, AI Learns in New Ways

By Allison Whitten
June 24, 2022
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Intelligent beings learn by interacting with the world. Artificial intelligence researchers have adopted a similar strategy to teach their virtual agents new tricks.

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neural networks

Researchers Gain New Understanding From Simple AI

By Mordechai Rorvig
April 14, 2022
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Language processing programs are notoriously hard to interpret, but smaller versions can provide important insights into how they work.

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mathematical physics

Deep Learning Poised to ‘Blow Up’ Famed Fluid Equations

By Jordana Cepelewicz
April 12, 2022
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For centuries, mathematicians have tried to prove that Euler’s fluid equations can produce nonsensical answers. A new approach to machine learning has researchers betting that “blowup” is near.

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neural networks

Will Transformers Take Over Artificial Intelligence?

By Stephen Ornes
March 10, 2022
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A simple algorithm that revolutionizes how neural networks approach language is now taking on image classification as well. It may not stop there.

neural networks

AI Overcomes Stumbling Block on Brain-Inspired Hardware

By Allison Whitten
February 17, 2022
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Algorithms that use the brain’s communication signal can now work on analog neuromorphic chips, which closely mimic our energy-efficient brains.

artificial intelligence

Computer Scientists Prove Why Bigger Neural Networks Do Better

By Mordechai Rorvig
February 10, 2022
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Two researchers show that for neural networks to be able to remember better, they need far more parameters than previously thought.

quantum physics

Quantum Complexity Tamed by Machine Learning

By Charlie Wood
February 7, 2022
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If only scientists understood exactly how electrons act in molecules, they’d be able to predict the behavior of everything from experimental drugs to high-temperature superconductors. Following decades of physics-based insights, artificial intelligence systems are taking the next leap.

neural networks

Researchers Build AI That Builds AI

By Anil Ananthaswamy
January 25, 2022
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By using hypernetworks, researchers can now preemptively fine-tune artificial neural networks, saving some of the time and expense of training.

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astrophysics

Any Single Galaxy Reveals the Composition of an Entire Universe

By Charlie Wood
January 20, 2022
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In computer simulations of possible universes, researchers have discovered that a neural network can infer the amount of matter in a whole universe by studying just one of its galaxies.


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