Drones plus AI help to spot sick trees and plants in time
Drones fitted with multispectral cameras are scanning forests for beetle attack, and orchards and vineyards for signs of disease before it’s too late
What’s the best way to scare an elephant? Use an AI scarecrow
Elephants cause a lot of damage, but like other smart animals, they're too smart to scare away. An AI scarecrow that adapts its tactics for continuous scaring could be the answer
AI could put a stop to electricity theft and meter misreadings
An algorithm developed to detect electricity theft for companies in Latin America could also uncover billing errors
There is a good case to unleash job-killing AI on the high seas
Life on a container ship can be hellish, so maybe we shouldn't mourn the loss of these roles too much as the first crewless vessels take shape, says Paul Marks
Siri rival can understand the messy nature of our conversations
"Iris" has figured out how humans structure complex conversations – which may pave the way for more natural interactions with our digital personal assistants
Sneaky attacks trick AIs into seeing or hearing what’s not there
Hackers could fool driverless cars into ignoring stop signs by inserting hidden noise into images – and we don’t have a way to stop them yet
Artificially intelligent painters invent new styles of art
Big stylistic shifts in art usually come from genius painters like Picasso – but an AI is being trained to create unconventional pictures of its own
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Robots will be more useful if they are made to lack confidence
Making computers less certain of their abilities might stop them filling Facebook with fake news and make machines safer to be around