Researchers strengthen defenses against denial-of-service attack
Scientists have developed a better way to recognize a common internet attack, improving detection by 90 percent compared to current methods.
Aug 3, 2023
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Security
News tagged with false positives
Machine learning & AI
AI could halve time reading breast cancer scans, study suggests
Artificial intelligence could help almost halve the workload of radiologists when it comes to searching routine scans for signs of breast cancer, a large Swedish study suggested on Wednesday.
Aug 2, 2023
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Business
Study finds workplace machine learning improves accuracy, but also increases human workload
New research from ESMT Berlin shows that utilizing machine-learning in the workplace always improves the accuracy of human decision-making, however, often it can also cause humans to exert more cognitive efforts when making ...
May 11, 2023
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Engineering
LiDAR technology could improve safety features in vehicles
As of 2022, 17 car manufacturers have announced plans to use or are currently using LiDAR sensors across 21 different models. However, there are a few things that need to be solved before this technology can be used widespread.
Jan 26, 2023
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Automotive
AI network detects drunkenness by evaluating infrared images of human faces with 93% accuracy
A convolutional neural network can evaluate thermal infrared images of human faces and determine with 93% accuracy whether the person is drunk.
Oct 28, 2022
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Internet
Cleaning up social media with machine learning
Adult, or pornographic, content spam is a growing problem on social media. New research in the International Journal of Business Intelligence and Data Mining discusses how such content might be quickly detected and removed ...
Sep 7, 2022
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Automotive
US cars mandated to spot drunk drivers—and stop them
Breath-sniffing sensors and finger-scanning detectors are central to a landmark US safety mandate to fight drunk driving that is spurring tough questions about what technology can be trusted to do.
Nov 18, 2021
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Machine learning & AI
How AI could alert firefighters of imminent danger
Firefighting is a race against time. Exactly how much time? For firefighters, that part is often unclear. Building fires can turn from bad to deadly in an instant, and the warning signs are frequently difficult to discern ...
Jun 1, 2021
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Machine learning & AI
Taking down human traffickers through online ads
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and McGill University have adapted an algorithm first developed to spot anomalies in data, like typos in patient information at hospitals or errant figures in accounting, to identify ...
Apr 23, 2021
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Consumer & Gadgets
Why do smoke alarms keep going off even when there's no smoke?
Editor's note: MVS Chandrashekhar is a professor of electrical engineering at the University of South Carolina. In this interview, he explains how smoke detectors work and why they sometimes sound an alarm for what seems ...
Jan 8, 2021
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