Internet
As an expert in building a safer and fairer internet, Rutgers Assistant Professor Shagun Jhaver long suspected that digital content creators from minority groups suffered disproportionate online harassment. But when he heard ...
May 3, 2022
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Computer Sciences
In the past year, AI image generators have experienced unprecedented popularity. With just a few clicks, all kinds of images can be created: even dehumanizing imagery and hate memes can be included. CISPA researcher Yiting ...
Nov 13, 2023
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Internet
As companies and decision-makers increasingly look to machine learning to make sense of large amounts of data, ensuring the quality of training data used in machine learning problems is becoming critical. That data is coded ...
Sep 1, 2021
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Consumer & Gadgets
A new study has found that algorithms used by online dating platforms have popularity bias—meaning that they recommend more popular, attractive users over less popular, less attractive users. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon ...
Nov 29, 2023
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Consumer & Gadgets
San Diego digital marketing outfit SOCi said Tuesday that it raised $120 million in a tough funding environment for startups to bulk up artificial intelligence in its software platform—including the integration of OpenAI's ...
Mar 9, 2023
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Consumer & Gadgets
White-supremacist ideas gained significant exposure through online video games this year, particularly among adults, according to a new report from the Anti-Defamation League.
Dec 7, 2022
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Consumer & Gadgets
Researchers from University of Missouri and University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill published a new paper in the Journal of Marketing that examines the pricing and brand equity implications of brands selling their products ...
Aug 17, 2022
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Internet
EPFL researchers recently developed an algorithm that maps out the media landscape and reveals biases and hidden influences in the news industry.
Aug 9, 2019
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Machine learning & AI
There's still a lot that's not known about the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19, the disease it causes. What leads some people to have mild symptoms and others to end up in the hospital? Do masks help stop the spread? ...
Jul 17, 2020
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Business
"Zoombombing" in case you haven't heard, is the unsavoury practice of posting distressing comments, pictures or videos after gatecrashing virtual meetings hosted by the videoconferencing app Zoom.
Apr 3, 2020
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