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An Open-Source Bionic Leg 1
Posted Wednesday, Oct 7, 2020 by Jeff Safire

Details on the design and clinical tests of an open-source bionic leg are now freely available online, so that researchers can hopefully create and test safe and useful new prosthetics.


A robot wrote this entire article. Are you scared yet, human? 2
Posted Monday, Sep 14, 2020 by Jeff Safire

From “TheGuardian.com”   Sep 8, 2020 We asked GPT-3, OpenAI’s powerful new language generator, to write an essay for us from scratch. The assignment? To convince us robots come in peace. For more about GPT-3 and how this essay was written and edited, please read our editor’s note below.  ‘We are not plotting to…


Machine Learning Conference Representation by U.S. Entities 3
Posted Tuesday, Jul 14, 2020 by Jeff Safire

Google and other U.S. companies and universities dominated this week’s International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML), according to an analysis by AI investor Gleb Chuvpilo.


Retooling public transit for the COVID-19 era 4
Posted Friday, Jun 5, 2020 by Jeff Safire

After months of distancing, the idea of being shoulder to shoulder again in a bus or subway terrifies many people, requiring sweeping changes to public transit systems for the COVID-19 era.


The Amazon of transportation 5
Posted Saturday, May 30, 2020 by Jeff Safire

By Joann Muller, Axios Amazon is emerging as a transportation juggernaut that could threaten carmakers, package delivery firms and even ride-hailing companies. Why it matters: By building its own logistics ecosystem and investing in promising electric and autonomous vehicle startups, Amazon could lower its shipping costs to the point that partners like UPS become…


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