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New high-tech microscope using AI successfully detects malaria in returning travelers

August 10, 2023 // 0 Comments

By Deborah Pirchner, Frontiers science writer Image: Shutterstock.com Malaria is an infectious disease claiming more than half a million lives each year. Because traditional [...]

Machine learning helps researchers identify hit songs with 97% accuracy

June 20, 2023 // 0 Comments

By Deborah Pirchner, Frontiers science writer Image: Shutterstock.com Predicting hit songs is notoriously difficult. Researchers have now applied machine learning (ML) to [...]

Science for all with compatible AI

June 8, 2023 // 0 Comments

Watch Mirjam Eckert, chief publishing officer at Frontiers, introduce the publisher and demystify its machine learning tool. With thanks to the Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute. [...]

New walking robot design could revolutionize how we build things in space

October 14, 2022 // 0 Comments

By Suzanna Burgelman, Frontiers science writer Image: Shutterstock.com Researchers have designed a state-of-the-art walking robot that could revolutionize large construction [...]

Sharing a laugh: Scientists teach a robot when to have a sense of humor

September 15, 2022 // 0 Comments

By Peter Rejcek, science writer ERICA being trained on how to have a sense of humor. Image: Inoue et al No one can really agree on what makes each of us laugh, so designing [...]

Why is Covid-19 more severe in some patients? Using AI, we found a likely answer

September 17, 2021 // 0 Comments

By Dr Emmanuelle Logette, EPFL Blue Brain Project Dr Emmanuelle Logette of the EPFL Blue Brain Project Why does Covid-19 present itself more severe in some patients but not [...]

Machine learning and knowledge engineering uncovers significant role of elevated blood glucose in severe Covid-19

July 28, 2021 // 0 Comments

By Colm Gorey, Frontiers’ Science Communications Manager A digital reconstruction of SARS-CoV-2 primary infection in the lungs. Image: Blue Brain Project/EPFL [...]

Finding magnetic eruptions in space, with an AI assistant

September 22, 2020 // 0 Comments

A study by NASA presents the first machine learning algorithm to help scientists detect magnetic eruptions: Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences [...]

Artificial Intelligence to help meet global demand for high-quality, objective peer-review in publishing

July 1, 2020 // 0 Comments

In an industry first, we are delighted to announce our Artificial Intelligence Review Assistant (AIRA) platform is available to support editors, reviewers and authors evaluate the quality of manuscripts and help meet global demand for high-quality, objective peer-review in publishing. [...]

The moral machine

May 20, 2020 // 0 Comments

Machines can be taught ‘right’ from ‘wrong’ to analyze the development of moral values over time: Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence [...]

Who’s a bot and who’s not

April 22, 2020 // 0 Comments

Behavioral differences between bots and humans could inform new algorithms for bot detection: Frontiers in Physics [...]

Artificial intelligence to enable fast-track review of COVID-19 research proposals

April 17, 2020 // 0 Comments

An Artificial Intelligence (AI) tool to help funders identify specialists to peer-review proposals for emergency COVID-19 research has been developed. It aims to help fast-track the allocation of funding, and in turn, accelerate the scientific response to the virus. [...]

Crop-boosting AI can benefit many fields

October 16, 2019 // 1 Comment

Machine learning algorithms developed to select high-yield food crops could be applied to 'hyperspectral analysis' in other disciplines, from astronomy to espionage; Frontiers in Plant Science [...]

Artificial intelligence enables recognizing and assessing a violinist’s bow movements

July 29, 2019 // 0 Comments

A system developed by David Dalmazzo and Rafael Ramírez, members of the Music Technology Group, allows violin students to benefit from real-time accurate information about their movements when playing the instrument; Frontiers in Psychology [...]

Magnets can help AI get closer to the efficiency of the human brain

May 31, 2019 // 0 Comments

New brain-like networks could help robots approach human-like efficiency at object recognition tasks; Frontiers in Neuroscience [...]

New method uses AI to screen for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder

March 8, 2019 // 0 Comments

Scientists have developed a new AI tool that can screen children for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder quickly and affordably: Frontiers in Neurology [...]

Computer hardware designed for 3D games could hold the key to replicating human brain

January 14, 2019 // 2 Comments

The group used graphics processing units (GPUs) to run their brain simulation software, which is already powering drones that think like insects and could help pinpoint the disease in the human brain; Frontiers in Neuroscience [...]

Artificial intelligence can predict your personality — simply by tracking your eyes

January 7, 2019 // 0 Comments

A study has shown for the first time that computers can predict individuals’ personality traits from their eye movements while engaged in everyday tasks; Frontiers in Human Neuroscience [...]

AI World Cup: Infant-trained simulated robots win ‘RoboCup’

August 24, 2018 // 0 Comments

Image of robot arm holding a football (soccer ball). Football-playing robots trained to walk using real infant walking paths scored more goals and won more games than robots trained to walk in straight lines, circles or squares: Frontiers in Neurorobotics

Simulated robots trained on infant walking paths won more football (soccer) games than those trained on less varied geometric paths: Frontiers in Neurorobotics [...]

Artificial intelligence tricked by optical illusion, just like humans

April 26, 2018 // 0 Comments

Frontiers in Psychology: AI tricked by optical illusion, just like humans

A study using deep neural networks suggests that predictive coding theory is the basis of illusory motion: Frontiers in Psychology [...]

Google Glass app helps autistic children with social interactions

September 22, 2017 // 0 Comments

Wearable technology described in Frontiers in Robotics and AI can recognize conversational prompts and provide the user with suitable responses. [...]

The automation of art: A legal conundrum

May 2, 2017 // 0 Comments

The rise of automated art opens new creative avenues, coupled with new problems for copyright protection.

A study in Frontiers in Digital Humanities shows how the rise of automated art opens new creative avenues, coupled with new problems for copyright protection. [...]

160-million Papers and Counting: The World’s Information Deluge

March 6, 2017 // 2 Comments

Academic output has exploded over the last 100 years but how can the most relevant research be found? — by Melissa Cochrane In 2009, it’s estimated there were at [...]

Open Access may help enlighten society on the social value of robotics and AI

June 11, 2015 // 3 Comments

There is some debate about Robotics and Artificial Intelligence (AI) between those who believe that it would enable our digital technology to address concrete societal problems, and those who want to limit it based on ignorance and fear. [...]