Auto-updating websites when facts change
Many companies put millions of dollars towards content moderation and curbing fake news. But what about the old news and misinformation that is still out there?
Mar 30, 2021
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Internet
Misinformation fears after Facebook blacks out news in Australia
Facebook's news blackout in Australia has raised fears misinformation could come to dominate the platform in the country, with fake news and conspiracy theories left untouched while credible sources have been cut off.
Feb 18, 2021
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Machine learning & AI
AI teachers must be effective and communicate well to be accepted, new study finds
The increase in online education has allowed a new type of teacher to emerge—an artificial one. But just how accepting students are of an artificial instructor remains to be seen.
Oct 30, 2020
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Computer Sciences
Less scatterbrained scatterplots for data science
Scatterplots. You might not know them by name, but if you spend more than 10 minutes online you'll find them everywhere. They're popular in news articles, in the data science community, and, perhaps most crucially, for internet ...
Oct 8, 2020
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Computer Sciences
Politically extreme sources publish more COVID-19 news than scientifically-grounded outlets, study finds
In an initial study conducted at the University of Notre Dame, researchers found that least-biased news sources and scientific-based news sources published less than a quarter of all stories currently available about COVID-19. ...
Jun 30, 2020
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Machine learning & AI
By 'reading' books and news articles, machines can be taught 'right' from 'wrong'
Is it OK to kill time? Machines used to find this question difficult to answer, but a new study reveals that Artificial Intelligence can be programmed to judge 'right' from 'wrong'.
May 20, 2020
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Internet
Google mulls licensing deals with news media: industry sources
Google is in discussions on deals to pay media organizations for content, a move aimed at blunting criticism that it unfairly profits from copyrighted news, according to people familiar with the talks.
Feb 14, 2020
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Internet
How to make online recommendations work better
Researchers from Erasmus University published a new paper in the Journal of Marketing that explores online recommendations and their effectiveness, providing marketers with tools to maximize this important engagement tool.
Oct 3, 2019
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Machine learning & AI
An approach to enhance question answering (QA) models
Identifying the correct answer to a question often entails gathering large amounts of information and understanding complex ideas. In a recent study, a team of researchers at New York University (NYU) and Facebook AI Research ...
Business
Automated text analysis: The next frontier of marketing innovation
Researchers from University of Pennsylvania, Northwestern University, University of Maryland, Columbia University, and Emory University published a new article in the Journal of Marketing that provides an overview of automated ...
Sep 4, 2019
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