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News media must reinvent their watchdog role, says researcher
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News media must reinvent their watchdog role, says researcher

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Big Tech companies such as Amazon, Apple, Alphabet, Meta, and Microsoft have deeply embedded themselves into every aspect of...

What is reinforcement learning? An AI researcher explains a key method of teaching machines
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What is reinforcement learning? An AI researcher explains a key method of teaching machines

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Understanding intelligence and creating intelligent machines are grand scientific challenges of our times. The ability to learn from experience...

Fashion and tech now intertwined, researcher argues
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Fashion and tech now intertwined, researcher argues

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Fashion is found on runways, shop windows and the accounts of social media influencers. Until recently, Varun Grover, Distinguished...

Apple’s missteps highlight risks of AI producing automated headlines, researcher says
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Apple’s missteps highlight risks of AI producing automated headlines, researcher says

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain “Luigi Mangione shoots himself,” read the BBC News headline. Except Mangione, the man charged with murdering UnitedHealthcare chief executive...

Georgetown researcher arrest escalates Trump speech crackdown, scholars say | Civil Rights News
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Georgetown researcher arrest escalates Trump speech crackdown, scholars say | Civil Rights News

Washington, DC – Nader Hashemi, a professor of Middle East and Islamic politics at Georgetown University, has been a vocal critic of efforts...

Researcher develops a security-focused large language model to defend against malware
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Researcher develops a security-focused large language model to defend against malware

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Security was top of mind when Dr. Marcus Botacin, assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering,...

Researcher works to strengthen Haiti’s earthquake resilience
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Researcher works to strengthen Haiti’s earthquake resilience

Marc-Ansy Laguerre presenting his research. Credit: Rice University. Over the past two decades, Haiti has endured the devastation of two catastrophic earthquakes—first in...

Think you can cheat with AI? Researcher creates watermarks to detect AI-generated writing
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Think you can cheat with AI? Researcher creates watermarks to detect AI-generated writing

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Artificial intelligence is putting instructors and employers in an awkward position when it comes to accepting written work, leaving...

Google Gemini adds its personal AI researcher to your iPhone – if you have the right subscription
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Google Gemini adds its personal AI researcher to your iPhone – if you have the right subscription

Google Gemini has added its Deep Research AI model to iPhones Deep Research searches the web, compiles, and reports back to Gemini Advanced...