SHIPT’S ALGORITHM SQUEEZED GIG WORKERS. THEY FOUGHT BACK When their pay suddenly dropped, delivery drivers audited their employer
N EARLY 2020, gig workers for the app-based delivery company Shipt noticed something strange about their paychecks. The company, which had been acquired by Target in 2017 for US $550 million, offered same-day delivery from local stores. Those deliveries were made by Shipt…
U.S. and EU Announce Plans to Develop AI Standards
The two will have to navigate thorny differences of opinion on issues like data governance, however In late January, civil servants in the United States and European Union promised that the two would join forces and support development of AI models in…
Using AI to Make Better AI
New approach brings faster, AI-optimized AI within reach for image recognition and other applications Since 2017, AI researchers have been using AI neural networks to help design better and faster AI neural networks. Applying AI in pursuit of better AI has, to date,…
MIT researchers develop an AI model that can detect future lung cancer risk
Deep-learning model takes a personalized approach to assessing each patient’s risk of lung cancer based on CT scans. Alex Ouyang | Abdul Latif Jameel Clinic for Machine Learning in Health Publication Date: January 20, 2023 The name Sybil has its origins in…
AI and Machine Learning Salaries Drop
But average U.S. tech salaries climbed nearly 7 percent in 2021 Overall, 2021 was a good year for tech professionals in the United States, with the average salary up 6.9 percent to US $104,566, according to online recruitment firm Dice. Dice…
The Meeting of the Minds That Launched AI
There’s more to this group photo from a 1956 AI workshop than you’d think The Dartmouth Summer Research Project on Artificial Intelligence, held from 18 June through 17 August of 1956, is widely considered the event that kicked off AI as…
Why Are Large AI Models Being Red Teamed? Intelligent systems demand more than just repurposed cybersecurity tools
In February, OpenAI announced the arrival of Sora, a stunning “text-to-video” tool. Simply enter a prompt, and Sora generates a realistic video within seconds. But it wasn’t immediately available to the public. Some of the delay is because OpenAI reportedly has a set of…
New AI System Predicts Seizures With Near-Perfect Accuracy
A novel AI design can accurately predict seizures up to one hour before they occur, with 99.6 accuracy For the roughly 50 million people worldwide with epilepsy, the exchange of electrical signals between cells in their brain can sometimes go haywire…
New hope for early pancreatic cancer intervention via AI-based risk prediction
MIT CSAIL researchers develop advanced machine-learning models that outperform current methods in detecting pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Rachel Gordon | MIT CSAIL Publication Date: January 18, 2024 The first documented case of pancreatic cancer dates back to the 18th century. Since then, researchers…
Can AI Stop People From Believing Fake News?
Machine learning algorithms provide a way to detect misinformation based on writing style and how articles are shared Machine learning algorithms provide a way to detect misinformation based on writing style and how articles are shared. On topics as varied…