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How can artificial intelligence manage emotional conversations?
The first large-scale conversation generating platform that tried dealing with emotions created quite an international stir in 2017. Tsinghua’s Emotional Chatting Machine (ECM) received global news coverage by claiming to be able to identify and engage with both implicit and explicit emotions th...
A step forward for photonic chips
A new technique uses light to help print pure nanocrystals, opening the door to the photonic chips and super high-resolution virtual reality goggles.
Plotting a course for realistic and equitable decarbonization
Unless new policies are introduced aimed at 59 countries in which carbon dioxide emissions are surging, there is likely to be an increase in average global temperatures of 2.5°C, say researchers.
Pollution can worsen cognitive decline – but plant-based diets may help
Research is increasingly showing an association between air pollution and cognitive decline. So, how can we reduce the risks of ubiquitous dirty air on our brain? A new study has found that a plant-based diet may mitigate the detrimental impacts of fine particulate pollution (PM2.5) on cognitive ...
Self-taught AI detects disorders from head scans
This intuitive AI can sort through scans to diagnose stroke, brain haemorrhage, brain tumors and skull fractures.