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AI Advances Video Analysis for eCommerce
AI Advances Video Analysis for eCommerce
June 05, 2024  |  artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence (AI) is cutting through the noise in online videos, helping shoppers quickly find the information they need. Researchers at MIT and IBM have...

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MIT Engineers Aim to Advance Household Robots With AI Integration
MIT Engineers Aim to Advance Household Robots With AI Integration
April 08, 2024  |  artificial intelligence

Thanks to advancements in artificial intelligence, household robots are getting smarter and could soon evolve far beyond their current roles as mostly self-guided vacuum cleaners....

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MIT Says AI Development Should Help the Workplace, Not Control It
MIT Says AI Development Should Help the Workplace, Not Control It
December 13, 2023  |  artificial intelligence

Since technical automations first started scaling across 18th century textile industries, innovations have created jobs. Typically, the substitution of machines, like 19th century agricultural harvesters...

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Shutterstock Assists OpenAI in Training for AI Models
Shutterstock Assists OpenAI in Training for AI Models
July 11, 2023  |  artificial intelligence

 Shutterstock and OpenAI have agreed to stick together for another six years. The expanded partnership, announced Tuesday (July 11), will help Shutterstock “solidify its position as a leading provider...

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OpenAI Takes Aim at ‘Hallucinations’ as More Businesses Integrate AI
OpenAI Takes Aim at ‘Hallucinations’ as More Businesses Integrate AI
June 01, 2023  |  artificial intelligence

Humanity has always tended to over-trust the computer. Simply put, we have a long history of misplaced, often naïve faith in next-big-thing technologies. This should...

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Boston Fed, MIT Study Paints Path Forward for Digital Dollar
Boston Fed, MIT Study Paints Path Forward for Digital Dollar
December 22, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

A U.S. digital dollar is possible, and researchers have built the framework to prove it. That’s according to a multi-year project from the Federal Reserve...

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Visa, MIT Reports: Card-Present Fraud Rising as In-Store Shopping Returns
Visa, MIT Reports: Card-Present Fraud Rising as In-Store Shopping Returns
October 06, 2022  |  Cybersecurity

As consumers have returned to shopping in physical stores, scammers have stepped up their use of card-present threats.  For example, between June and November 2021,...

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Do CBDCs Need Blockchain? Growing Number of Central Banks Say No
Do CBDCs Need Blockchain? Growing Number of Central Banks Say No
April 13, 2022  |  CBDC

There has been a widespread assumption that central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) would be built on blockchain — or at least the distributed-ledger technology (DLT)...

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Web3 Expands Creator Access, Improves Competition
Web3 Expands Creator Access, Improves Competition
March 16, 2022  |  Technology

For many years, Google, Meta, Amazon and other Big Tech companies have been the dominant players of Web 2.0, the traditional way we use the...

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