Google’s multitasking neural net can juggle eight things at once
Deep-learning systems can struggle to handle more than one task, but a fresh approach by Google Brain could turn neural networks into jacks of all trades
Your home’s online gadgets could be hacked by ultrasound
Devices can now communicate with each other via ultrasound, as the Internet of Things reaches the next level – but experts warn of security risks
Google’s neural networks invent their own encryption
Using machine learning, computers have come up with codes that let them send secret messages to each other – but they’re still a long way off humans
Greater equality in science will take more than Ada Lovelace Day
Ada Lovelace has become a figurehead of efforts to tackle gender bias in science and technology, but this will take more than role models, says Shannon Palus