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Computer searches web 24/7 to analyze images and teach itself common sense

Posted: 20 Nov 2013 08:19 AM PST

A computer program called the Never Ending Image Learner (NEIL) is running 24 hours a day searching the Internet for images, doing its best to understand them on its own and, as it builds a growing visual database, gathering common sense on a massive scale.

Hashtag health

Posted: 19 Nov 2013 06:33 AM PST

A social media–monitoring program could help physicians and health officials learn when and where severe outbreaks are occurring in real time. The researchers demonstrated that this technique might allow officials to more quickly and efficiently direct resources to outbreak zones and better contain the spread of the disease.