Computer Science

AI Predicts Asymptomatic Carriers of COVID-19

Machine learning identifies superspreaders and ranks source of infection among a moving crowd. One of COVID-19’s nastiest tricks is the way it can infect someone and not cause any symptoms. This allows the virus to proliferate under the radar of contact tracers. But new artificial intelligence could help track down these silent carriers.

Study Provides First Real-World Evidence of COVID-19 Contact Tracing App Effectiveness

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Chess Engine Sacrifices Mastery to Mimic Human Play

When it comes to chess, computers seem to have nothing left to prove. Since IBM’s Deep Blue defeated world chess champion Garry Kasparov in 1997, advances in artificial intelligence have made chess-playing computers more and more formidable. No human has beaten a computer in a chess tournament in 15 years.