Artificial intelligence (AI), such as machine learning with neural networks, opens up new possibilities in many areas such as science, technology and medicine, but also raises questions of ethics. Do the benefits or risks outweigh the risks?
Previously, people had to manually train the algorithm by feeding it as many examples
Vegetation fires are increasingly frequent and intense across the globe, and Germany is no exception. This alarming trend is fueled by prolonged dry periods, a consequence of the climate crisis. The Global Fire Monitoring Center (GFMC), under the leadership of Johann Georg Goldammer, not only monitors fire events; it also serves as a critical bridge between science, policy, and practice, delivering essential knowledge where it is urgently needed. Through concrete, on-site assistance, the GFMC plays a crucial role in saving lives and securing a sustainable future in the face of growing fire risks.
We train local populations to use fire responsibly,“ explains Amissah.
Artificial intelligence (AI), such as machine learning with neural networks, opens up new possibilities in many areas such as science, technology and medicine, but also raises questions of ethics. Do the benefits or risks outweigh the risks?
Previously, people had to manually train the algorithm by feeding it as many examples
Researchers develop user-friendly software system to optimize biological systems
experimentally-labeled data generated in the lab that are not always high enough to train
A team of scientists discovered that people carry hazardous compounds from cigarette smoke into non-smoking environments.
a more confined or less well-ventilated space such as a motor vehicle, a bar, a train
Bernhard Schölkopf, Director of the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, receives the 2019 Körber prize, among other successes for his contributions to developing support-vector machines and causal inference.
plan to better network leading European locations, set up joint programmes and train
In her essay, Max Planck Director Ayelet Shachar describes how governments in western countries are increasingly attempting to control access to their territories far beyond the actual national borders and monitor the mobility of their own citizens. These efforts have been massively intensified with the spread of the corona pandemic. The legal expert warns that this must change as soon as the virus is defeated.
enforcement agents to set up checkpoints on highways, at ferry terminals, or on trains
Is it possible to understand the brain? Science is still far from answering this question. However, since researchers have started training artificial intelligence on neurobiological analyses, it seems at least possible to reconstruct the cellular structure of a brain. New artificial neural networks developed by the Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology and Google AI can now even recognize and classify nerve cells independently based on their appearance.
intelligence learns to recognize nerve cells by their appearance Neurobiologists train
Tobias Herrmann is a millennial, and in his lifetime has never experienced borders within the European Union. Now, 25 years after the Schengen Agreement came into force, the corona pandemic and the refugee crisis are causing European states to close their borders. Cause for a personal reflection on the freedom of travel that is such a precious commodity, and on what the “United States of Europe” means.
Croatia and Bosnia – I travelled to Zagreb, spent a day in Budapest, took a night train
While conducting research in the Saudi Arabian desert, scientists from the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology uncovered significant evidence of early human settlement in the region. Over 1,400 images carved in the rock show people hunting with dogs. The researchers believe they are at least 8,000 to 9,000 years old.
Another possibility is that they kept leashes on young dogs who they wanted to train
