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Machine learning & AI
AI models adjust personality test answers to appear more likable, study finds
Most major large language models (LLMs) can quickly tell when they are being given a personality test and will tweak their responses to provide more socially desirable results—a finding with implications for any study using ...
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Consumer & Gadgets
Study reveals AI chatbots can detect race, but racial bias reduces response empathy
With the cover of anonymity and the company of strangers, the appeal of the digital world is growing as a place to seek out mental health support. This phenomenon is buoyed by the fact that more than 150 million people in ...
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Low-cost polymer boosts high-density data storage performance and sustainability
A new material for high density data storage can be erased and recycled in a more efficient and sustainable way, providing a potential alternative to hard disk drives, solid-state drives and flash memory in the future.
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Training solar panels to dance with the wind: AI-driven solution enhances resilience
Solar power is currently the fastest growing energy sector worldwide. Solar photovoltaic power plants convert sunlight into electricity and their vast potential for producing clean, renewable energy make solar power a cornerstone ...
16 hours ago
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Helping machine learning models identify objects in any pose
A new visual recognition approach improved a machine learning technique's ability to both identify an object and how it is oriented in space, according to a study presented in October at the European Conference on Computer ...
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Machine learning & AI
When algorithms decide for you: A warning about automation and the loss of freedom
Today, we often hear that artificial intelligence will be able to solve almost all of our problems. Medicine will be personalized, government procedures will be streamlined, and we'll always get it right when we have to choose ...
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Engineering
New virtual reality–tested system shows promise in aiding navigation of people with blindness or low vision
A new study offers hope for people who are blind or have low vision (pBLV) through an innovative navigation system that was tested using virtual reality. The system, which combines vibrational and sound feedback, aims to ...
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Business
Hybrid machine learning model predicts financial market volatility with increased accuracy
With volatility so closely tied to investment risk and returns, it's no wonder that a statistical method that captured time-varying volatility was deemed worthy of a Nobel Prize. Since its creation, many financial institutions ...
22 hours ago
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Internet
ChatGPT search opens to all users in challenge to Google
OpenAI on Monday said it is making ChatGPT-powered internet search available to all users, escalating its threat to Google's dominance.
22 hours ago
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Energy & Green Tech
Harnessing spin: New electrocatalysts could transform hydrogen production efficiency
Electrocatalytic water splitting, a process that entails breaking down water into hydrogen and oxygen, is a promising approach to produce clean hydrogen for fuel cells, which could in turn be used to power large electric ...
Electronics & Semiconductors
Wearable energy harvester achieves 280 times efficiency boost
A team led by Prof. Jang Kyung-In from the Department of Robotics and Mechatronics Engineering (DGIST) has developed a three-dimensional stretchable piezoelectric energy harvester that can harvest electrical energy using ...
Dec 16, 2024
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Robotics
Zero-shot strategy enables robots to traverse complex environments without extra sensors or rough terrain training
Two roboticists from the University of Leeds and University College London have developed a framework that enables robots to traverse complex terrain without extra sensors or prior rough terrain training. Joseph Humphreys ...
Engineering
Porous electrode design could boost all-solid-state battery performance and lifespan
Batteries have become an integral component of modern technology. Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) can be found virtually everywhere, from handheld electronic devices and electric vehicles to the large power banks used in renewable ...
Dec 16, 2024
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Engineering
Floating drones with water-skimming teeth can capture microplastics
In recent years, microplastics have garnered significant attention due to their detection in tap and bottled water, as well as in rivers, lakes, and oceans.
Dec 16, 2024
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Engineering
Scientists develop 3D concrete printing method that captures carbon dioxide
Scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a 3D concrete printing method that captures carbon, demonstrating a new pathway to reduce the environmental impact of the construction ...
Dec 16, 2024
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Hi Tech & Innovation
Breaking barriers: Study uses AI to interpret American Sign Language in real-time
Sign language serves as a sophisticated means of communication vital to individuals who are deaf or hard-of-hearing, relying on hand movements, facial expressions, and body language to convey nuanced meaning. American Sign ...
Dec 16, 2024
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Theorists propose new approach to electroluminescent cooling that works like inverted solar photovoltaic cells
In a study appearing in PRX Energy, researchers propose a way to improve the performance of electroluminescent cooling by using multilayer semiconductors. The approach, called a multijunction configuration, is already used ...
Dec 16, 2024
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