Dating apps are trying to use AI to help people find love. They want to make the process more personal and less tiring. Some apps, like Bumble, are using AI to match people based on their values and goals. Others, like Sitch and Amata, are using AI to create personalized profiles and matches. Even Facebook Dating is getting in on the action with an AI assistant and a...
AI is everywhere in healthcare. It's in the apps we use, the tools nurses rely on, and the systems that help doctors make decisions. But with all this tech, there are big questions to answer. How do we make sure it's fair? How do we keep it safe? And how do we make sure it helps everyone, not just a few? A group called Health Tech for the People (HT4P) is tackling t...
Young calves on dairy farms in California face a big health challenge: Bovine Respiratory Disease, or BRD. It's a serious issue that affects both the calves' well-being and the farm's finances. But what if the weather plays a bigger role in this than we thought? Recent research took a closer look at how short-term weather changes might influence BRD in pre-weaned cal...
Amazon has rolled out a new tool called Multi-Touch Attribution (MTA). This tool helps advertisers see how each part of their marketing plan works together to make sales happen. It's like figuring out which ingredients make a cake rise, but for ads. The MTA tool uses two main things: experiments and smart computer programs. Experiments help see the real effect of ad...
Blockchain technology has grown fast since Bitcoin came out. It's now used in many areas like banking, supply chains, and even the Internet of Things. But with more users, there's a mix of good and bad transactions. This makes it hard to keep trust in the system. Researchers have come up with a smart way to sort out risky transactions. They use machine learning to c...
Credit cards are everywhere these days. People use them to buy stuff online and in stores. But with all these transactions, there's a big problem: fraud. Bad guys are always trying to trick the system. The issue is, fraud cases are rare compared to real deals. So, how do we catch these sneaky frauds? One smart idea is to use computers to help. But first, we need to ...
AI is stepping into the world of crystal prediction. It's not just about guessing if a crystal can be made. It's also about figuring out how to make it and what ingredients are needed. This is a big deal because it could change how we create new materials. A new tool called CSLLM is leading the way. It uses AI to predict if a crystal can be made, how to make it, and...
In the world of computer vision and language processing, there's a big challenge: how to make sure that when a computer tries to match pictures with text, it does so in a trustworthy way. This is called visual-textual retrieval. The problem is that current methods don't always know when they're making a mistake. They just rank things based on how similar they seem, b...
Wildfires are scary. They burn forests, destroy homes, and make the air dirty. In 2018, a big wildfire in California sent smoke to San Francisco. Scientists wanted to know if this smoke made people sick. But how? They can't just ask people to breathe dirty air on purpose. That's not fair or safe. So, they used a clever trick. They looked at hospital records before a...
Predicting network traffic is a big deal. It helps keep things running smoothly. People have used different methods to do this. Some are old-school. Others are newer. One of the newer ones is called TSMixer. It's pretty good. But it has some problems. It struggles with patterns that repeat over time. And it's not great at predicting far into the future. So, what can...