Richard Yonck
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Seattle, WA, United States
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University of Washington researchers develop smaller, cheaper form of LiDAR technology
Devices that move and operate in physical space need sensors to read their environment. One such sensing technology, LiDAR, has many potential applications, but is often too large or too… Read More → Read More
University of Washington team detects atomic ‘breathing’ for quantum computing breakthrough
Most of us don’t think of atoms as having their own unique vibrations, but they do. In fact, it’s a feature so fundamental to nature’s building blocks that a team… Read More → Read More
Generative AI hackathon in Seattle encourages entrepreneurs to tinker with ‘magic wand’
Generative AI is taking the tech world by storm and has already developed to the point that a full stack ecosystem exists, allowing for the rapid prototyping and development of… Read More → Read More
Allen Institute for AI creating an open generative AI language model ‘by scientists, for scientists’
You can’t read the news today without seeing a story about the latest advances in artificial intelligence, particularly in the nascent area of generative AI and large language models (LLMs).… Read More → Read More
AI2 researchers release new multimodal approach to boost AI capabilities using images and audio
Our world is a nuanced and complex place, best experienced through the mixed modalities of our senses. Given this, AI researchers have also started applying multimodal strategies to create in-context… Read More → Read More
Researchers find new upcycling technique to transform plastics into fuel
Each year, more than 390 million metric tons of plastics are produced globally, yet close to half are single-use varieties that can be economically challenging to recycle. Now, recent research… Read More → Read More
AI2 researchers win ‘Test-of-Time’ award that honors long-lasting influence for AI-related papers
The fields of artificial intelligence and computational linguistics have seen tremendous advances in recent decades. Because of this, once novel-approaches frequently are quickly superseded by newer innovations. For this reason,… Read More → Read More
New AI model shows how machines can learn from vision, language and sound together
Most of us have watched television with the sound turned off at one time or another. While it’s usually possible to follow the story at least to some degree… → Read More
Researchers develop reactor that refines waste carbon into chemicals while generating hydrogen
In a world faced with dual concerns about climate change and growing energy needs, developing renewable replacements for fossil fuels has been a long-sought… → Read More
AI2 releases demo of question-answering model it claims outperforms GPT-3
From the beginning of the digital age, we’ve looked to our computers for answers. Nowhere is this so evident as in the computer science discipline known as question answering, or QA. → Read More
Teaching artificial intelligence right from wrong: New tool from AI2 aims to model ethical judgments
During the past two decades, machine ethics has gone from being a curiosity to a field of immense importance. Much of the work is based on the idea that as… → Read More
Q&A with Amazon Alexa chief Rohit Prasad on the future of ambient computing
When Amazon’s first Alexa-enabled smart speaker debuted in 2014, it was something of a novelty: A voice-activated natural language processing interface that could perform a number of simple tasks. → Read More
Researchers create ‘Shadow Figment’ cybersecurity decoy tech that lure attackers into a fake world
Over the past several years, hackers have increasingly targeted the physical systems we rely on to run our society. Electrical utilities, food processing plants… → Read More
Researchers develop new way to help machine-generated language systems reduce toxic language
A young child’s ability to acquire language is nothing short of astonishing. But occasionally a toddler will pick up an inappropriate word… → Read More
Can machine learning help save the whales? How PNW researchers use tech tools to monitor orcas
Being an orca isn’t easy. Despite a lack of natural predators, these amazing mammals face many serious threats – most of them brought about by their human… → Read More
Why ‘deepfake geography’ presents significant risks — and how researchers are detecting it
“Seeing is believing.” It’s an aphorism that used to be a lot more true than it is today, now that computers can easily produce all manner of fake images and… → Read More
Vulcan and Tableau team up to protect the planet with EarthRanger data analysis project
Every year between three and four percent of Africa’s estimated 350,000 elephants die at the hands of ivory poachers. While these numbers are down significantly… → Read More
Vulcan and Tableau team up to protect the planet with EarthRanger data analysis project
Every year between three and four percent of Africa’s estimated 350,000 elephants die at the hands of ivory poachers. While these numbers are down significantly… → Read More
Cure the common code: OpenMRS aims to improve medical record systems in developing countries
Consider the difficulties many of us face when we need medical procedures, tests or referrals. Now imagine you lived in a developing country where these challenges can be significantly greater. → Read More
The curse of neural toxicity: AI2 and UW researchers help computers watch their language
In 2011, shortly after IBM’s Watson defeated Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter to become the reigning "Jeopardy" champion, the researchers behind the supercomputer… → Read More