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This AI Researcher Has A Warning For Those Of Us Using Autonomous Agents To Shop

By Tamilla Triantoro and The Conversation

AI shopping agents are here finding big deals and posing real security risks.

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Health

Blood Tests Are Far From Perfect — But Machine Learning Could Change That

By Brody H. Foy and The Conversation

One of the most common blood tests in the world, CBC tests are run billions of times each year to diagnose conditions and monitor patients’ health.

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Fueling The Future

Why Utilities Are Struggling To Meet AI Data Centers’ Need For Electricity

By Anurag Srivastava and The Conversation

Across the U.S. and worldwide, energy demand is soaring as data centers work to support the wide and growing use of artificial intelligence.

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Tech

What is Salt Typhoon? A Security Expert On The Chinese Cyberattack

By Richard Forno and The Conversation

What the public needs to know about the “Salt Typhoon” hack.

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AI In Art

What The Emerging AI Aesthetic In Film Says About Us

By Holly Willis and The Conversation

The unusual output of artists using AI for video has a message — but it may be one that we don’t exactly control.

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Our Sci-Fi Lives

83 Years Ago, One Sci-Fi Writer’s Prediction Of A Coming Content Crisis Eerily Resonates Today

By Roger J. Kreuz and The Conversation

Imagine an endless library that contained every possible permutation of letters. The truth is out there, but can you find it?

Health

How Good Is AI At Detecting Human Emotions? Too Good.

By Leo Paas, Ho Seok Ahn, Sanghyub John Lee and The Conversation

Identifying specific emotions has significant implications for everything from marketing to education and health care.

People often contract schistosomiasis through water contaminated with infected snails and feces.
Health

This Forgotten Parasite Is More Common Than You Think — Can AI Help Detect It?

By Trirupa Chakraborty, Aniruddh Sarkar, Jishnu Das and The Conversation

Blood samples of patients infected with a parasitic worm that causes schistosomiasis contain hidden information that marks different stages of the disease.

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Science

Scientists Need To Figure This Out Before Nuclear Fusion Becomes A Reliable Energy Source

By Sophie Blondel and The Conversation

Fusion energy has the potential to be an effective clean energy source — but we’re not there yet.

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Gaming

The Most Surprising RPG of the Year May Have Just Disrupted The Global Economy

By Shaoyu Yuan, Jun Xiang and The Conversation

China’s gaming blockbuster is doing so much more than just breaking gaming records.