Machine learning & AI
Starting next year, the Home Office plans to use AI-driven facial age estimation to assess the age of asylum seekers. At the UK border, deciding whether someone is 17 or 19 is a consequential judgment. Get it wrong one way, ...
Jun 8, 2026
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Consumer & Gadgets
Researchers have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) system that evaluates the visual appeal of literary and artistic product designs by mimicking how people naturally direct their attention across an image, a step ...
Jul 2, 2026
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Machine learning & AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) can identify people by the way they walk. The technology focuses on how a person's joints move, rather than on body shape alone, and could improve long-distance identity verification for security ...
Jul 7, 2026
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Machine learning & AI
Young people in low- and middle-income countries appear generally more optimistic about how AI can enhance their work prospects and social lives than their Western peers, according to our new survey of people in 10 countries ...
Jul 7, 2026
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Engineering
When a building inspector takes a photo of a cracked wall, a leaking pipe or a faulty ceiling panel, that image carries almost no information about where exactly it was taken. There's no GPS signal indoors, and manually recording ...
Jun 23, 2026
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Machine learning & AI
Cate Blanchett brought Hollywood star power to Brussels on Tuesday as she launched a free tool to give people the right to decide how their image can be used by AI firms.
Jun 23, 2026
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Machine learning & AI
A new development in data science has given one popular machine learning tool an improved sense of place, enabling it to make more accurate predictions based on data linked to locations. Researchers from the University of ...
Jun 29, 2026
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Machine learning & AI
A 16-year-old footballer twists his knee midtackle. He's diagnosed with an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tear. Before seeing his physical therapist or asking his doctor questions, he goes to TikTok and searches for "ACL ...
Jun 29, 2026
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Machine learning & AI
Anthropic will soon begin restoring access globally to its most powerful AI models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, after the U.S. government lifted a restriction on where they could be released, the company said Tuesday.
Jul 1, 2026
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Consumer & Gadgets
Manufacturers have traditionally relied on sales figures to understand where they stand with consumers, but by the time those numbers arrive, consumers' buying decisions have already been made. A study co-authored by UC Riverside ...
Jun 24, 2026
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