Algorithm that performs as accurately as dermatologists
A study has now been presented that boosts the evidence for using AI solutions in skin cancer diagnostics. With an algorithm they devised themselves, scientists show the capacity of technology to perform at the same level as dermatologists in assessi.....»»
Researchers develop algorithm to map words to colors across languages
No language has words for all the blues of a wind-churned sea or the greens and golds of a wildflower meadow in late summer. Globally, different languages have divvied up the world of color using their own set of labels, from just a few to dozens......»»
Artificial intelligence may be set to reveal climate-change tipping points
Researchers are developing artificial intelligence that could assess climate change tipping points. The deep learning algorithm could act as an early warning system against runaway climate change......»»
Flippa raises $11M to match online asset and business buyers, sellers
Flippa uses a proprietary business valuation tool and algorithm to match online business owners to qualified buyers. Flippa, an online marketplace to buy and sell online businesses and digital assets, announced its first venture-backed roun.....»»
Former Theranos lab worker details concerns about company"s ability to conduct blood tests
Erika Cheung, a former Theranos lab worker turned whistleblower, testified Wednesday during the trial of founder Elizabeth Holmes about how she grew increasingly uncomfortable about the startup's ability to accurately conduct blood tests on patients......»»
The FDA should regulate Instagram’s algorithm as a drug
Instagram’s unwillingness to do what is right is a clarion call for regulation: The FDA must assert its codified right to regulate the algorithm powering the drug of Instagram. Daniel Liss Contributor.....»»
New 3D-printed sensor can detect glyphosate in beverages
A newly developed, low-cost sensor can detect and accurately measure the amount of the widely used and controversial herbicide, glyphosate, in droplets of liquid in a laboratory test......»»
Algorithm finds personalized sound zones in cars for driver, passengers
Creating an individualized listening experience for each passenger has been an ambition for the auto industry for decades. The acoustically changing nature of the car cabin has hampered making such personalized sound zones (PSZs) a reality......»»
AI-Powered Tech Put a 65-Year-Old in Jail For Almost a Year Despite "Insufficient Evidence"
"ShotSpotter" is an AI-powered tool that claims it can detect the sound of gunshots. To install it can cost up to $95,000 per square mile — every year — reports the Associated Press. There's just one problem. "The algorithm that analyzes.....»»
Apple"s NeuralHash Algorithm Has Been Reverse-Engineered
An anonymous reader writes: Apple's NeuralHash algorithm (PDF) -- the one it's using for client-side scanning on the iPhone -- has been reverse-engineered. Turns out it was already in iOS 14.3, and someone noticed: Early tests show that it can t.....»»
Facebook Shut Down German Research on Instagram Algorithm, Researchers Say
Researchers at AlgorithmWatch say they were forced to abandon their research project monitoring the Instagram algorithm after legal threats from Facebook. From a report: The Berlin-based project went public with the conflict in a post published Frida.....»»
New algorithm can help improve cellular materials design
New research published in Scientific Reports has revealed that a simple but robust algorithm can help engineers to improve the design of cellular materials that are used in a variety of diverse applications ranging from defense, bio-medical to smart.....»»
Predicting the spread of wildfires through computer simulations
Computer simulations can predict the spread of wildfires through sections of a real forest using a realistic yet computationally efficient new method to model the combustion of individual trees. The model, which accurately captures wildfire behavior.....»»
Twitter algorithm prefers slimmer, younger, light-skinned faces
A Twitter-sponsored competition to discover bias in its image algorithm finds precisely that......»»
A Drug Addiction Risk Algorithm and Its Grim Toll on Chronic Pain Sufferers
A sweeping AI has become central to how the US handles the opioid crisis. It may only be making the crisis worse......»»
Locations of Riemann zeros accurately measured
The Riemann hypothesis raised in 1859 is one of the six unsolved Millennium problems, and its proof greatly facilitate the understanding of the distribution laws of prime numbers. For a long time, there has been a growing academic focus on the non-tr.....»»
The Pain Was Unbearable. So Why Did Doctors Turn Her Away?
A sweeping drug addiction risk algorithm has become central to how the US handles the opioid crisis. It may only be making the crisis worse......»»
Twitter Algorithm Prefers Slimmer, Younger, Light-Skinned Faces
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the BBC: A Twitter image-cropping algorithm prefers to show faces that are slimmer, younger and with lighter skin, a researcher has found. Bogdan Kulynyc won $3,500 in a Twitter-organized contest to find biase.....»»
Twitter"s image crop algorithm prefers younger, lighter, more feminine faces, study finds
The study, from Bogan Kulynych (via The Guardian), tested artificially generated human faces on Twitter's image crop algorithm. The artificial faces could be subtly altered for different features indicating skin tone, age, or weight while controlling.....»»
Machine learning plus insights from genetic research shows the workings of cells
We combined a machine learning algorithm with knowledge gleaned from hundreds of biological experiments to develop a technique that allows biomedical researchers to figure out the functions of the proteins that turn genes on and off in cells, called.....»»
How social norms influence consumer behavior
Researchers from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, HEC Montréal, and University of New South Wales, UNSW Sydney published a new paper in the Journal of Marketing that performs a meta-analysis of extant research on social norms to establish severa.....»»