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Robots and AI Are Working Together to Bring You Better Medicines, Shampoo and More

December 19, 2024

Products you use every day are carefully formulated in a lab. Experts at NIST are now working to revolutionize how those products are made.

Brad Sutliff wears safety glasses as he stands in the lab in front of a computer monitor.

From Trash to Cash: How AI and Machine Learning Can Help Make Recycling Less Expensive for Local Governments

May 3, 2024

Bradley Sutliff

Can AI help us recycle better? A NIST researcher is working to make that happen.

Melinda Kleczynski poses sitting at her desk, with a monitor showing data and graphs behind her.

From Diamonds in Your Computer to Safer Medications, NIST Researchers Look at What’s Next for 2024 and Beyond

December 18, 2023

Our up-and-coming researchers look ahead to 2024 and beyond — and tell us how their work will impact the world.

In front of a laptop computer, a hand holds a cell phone that has a conversation with generative AI on the phone screen.

Minimizing Harms and Maximizing the Potential of Generative AI

November 8, 2023

Elham Tabassi

As generative AI tools like ChatGPT become more commonly used, we must think carefully about the impact on people and society.

NIST researcher Justyna Zwolak reads a book about Ada Lovelace to her young daughter

Ada Lovelace: The World’s First Computer Programmer Who Predicted Artificial Intelligence

March 14, 2023

Justyna Zwolak

During Women’s History Month, I am remembering Ada Lovelace’s contributions and thinking about the impact she had on me as a scientist and mathematician.

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Brain-Inspired Computing Can Help Us Create Faster, More Energy-Efficient Devices — If We Win the Race

March 10, 2023

Advait Madhavan

The most energy-efficient device in the world is your brain, and NIST researchers are using the brain as an inspiration to create the next generation of computer circuits.

Apostol Vassilev poses for a photo with a computer monitor in the background.

Powerful AI Is Already Here: To Use It Responsibly, We Need to Mitigate Bias

February 9, 2023

Apostol Vassilev

As the power of AI grows, businesses, governments and the public will have to manage AI’s impact on society.

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Cruising Toward Self-Driving Cars: Standards and Testing Will Help Keep Autonomous Vehicles Moving Safely on the Road

January 17, 2023

Edward Griffor

NIST and its partners in government and industry are working toward replicating the vital aspects of human driving and building a supporting infrastructure.

John Kitching leans over a table in the lab, using tweezers to point to part of a chip-scale device in a clear plastic box.

NIST’s Researchers Look Ahead to High-Tech Trends in 2023 and Beyond

December 22, 2022

They study topics that impact all of us, from indoor air quality to cybersecurity.

Illustration has "TLP" on a computer screen linked to a robot arm, a human brain, gears and other symbols.

Teaching Computers to Read ‘Industry Lingo’ — Technical vs. Natural Language Processing

October 21, 2022

Michael Sharp

People generally are very good at learning and translating context and intent. Computers, however, are not.

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A.I. for Smarter Factories: The World of Industrial Artificial Intelligence

August 28, 2020

Michael Sharp

As the digital age moves forward, it’s becoming impossible to avoid interacting with artificial intelligence (AI) systems. Computer assistants and AIs perform an ever-growing range of tasks that are broadly intended to improve our quality of life. This extends to industry as well. But first, what do

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Ebb and Flow: Creating Quantum Dots Automatically With AI

May 27, 2020

Justyna Zwolak

Even though research on artificial intelligence (AI) goes back to the 1960s , it wasn't until the past decade that AI really became an integral part of our lives. From automatically recognizing faces in our photo library to predicting traffic congestion and finding the fastest routes to our

A Life in Public Service: A Q&A With NIST's Donna Dodson

May 6, 2020

After 33 years in public service, NIST Fellow Donna Dodson retired from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on May 8, 2020. Over her career, she has played a critical leadership role in a number of areas related to cybersecurity, including artificial intelligence, the internet

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How Robots Could Teach Us to Trust AI

April 16, 2020

Jason Hattrick-Simpers

The influence of artificial intelligence (AI) is everywhere in our lives. It helps us pick movies to stream, recommends old friends to reconnect with, and autocompletes our most pressing questions in search engines. Modern AIs are powerful machines, ingesting reams of data and outputting useful

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Trustworthy AI: A Q&A With NIST's Chuck Romine

January 9, 2020

Artificial Intelligence (AI) promises to grow the economy and improve our lives, but with these benefits, it also brings new risks that society is grappling with. How can we be sure this new technology is not just innovative and helpful, but also trustworthy, unbiased, and resilient in the face of

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The Next Big Health Care Merger: Biomedical Imaging and Artificial Intelligence

May 21, 2018

Denis Bergeron, Michael Garris

Two worlds just collided at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Gaithersburg, Maryland. On May 16, 2018, experts from the medical imaging and artificial intelligence communities gathered for a two-day workshop on the high-tech future of medical decision-making. Their vision

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