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In China, electric cars accounted for almost half of all car sales last year. Source…
This post is cowritten with Dr. Mikkel Hansen from Qbtech. The assessment and diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD) has traditionally relied on clinical observations and behavioral evaluations. While these methods are valuable, the process can be complex and time-intensive. Qbtech, founded in 2002 in Stockholm, Sweden, enhances ADHD diagnosis by integrating objective measurements…
dLocal, Uruguay’s first unicorn, has established itself as a pioneer in cross-border payments since its founding in 2016. Today, the company operates in over 40 emerging countries, connecting more than two billion consumers with global technology leaders. Operating at this scale requires strict and consistent compliance processes. Each month, thousands of merchant ecommerce websites are…
This post is co-written by Thomas Capelle and Ray Strickland from Weights & Biases (W&B). Generative artificial intelligence (AI) adoption is accelerating across enterprises, evolving from simple foundation model interactions to sophisticated agentic workflows. As organizations transition from proof-of-concepts to production deployments, they require robust tools for development, evaluation, and monitoring of AI applications at…
Building intelligent agents to handle complex, real-world tasks can be daunting. Additionally, rather than relying solely on large, pre-trained foundation models, organizations often need to fine-tune and customize smaller, more specialized models to outperform them for their specific use cases. The AWS AI League provides an innovative program to help enterprises overcome the challenges of building…
This year saw new AI models, transformative products and new breakthroughs in science and robotics. Source link
Some users of popular chatbots are generating bikini deepfakes using photos of fully clothed women as their source material. Most of these fake images appear to be generated without the consent of the women in the photos. Some of these same users are also offering advice to others on how to use the generative AI…
James GallagherHealth and science correspondent Getty Images Flu should always be taken seriously. It is a virus that kills thousands of people every winter and puts intense strain on hospitals. However, I can’t remember a flu season that has played out quite like this. There have been claims it is both a “superflu” and “unprecedented”…
Put your math hats on for a minute, and let’s take a look at what this beef from mid-October was about. It’s a perfect example of what’s wrong with AI right now. Bubeck was excited that GPT-5 seemed to have somehow solved a number of puzzles known as Erdős problems. Paul Erdős, one of the…
Fake adverts for weight loss drugs by a company pretending to be health and beauty retailer Boots have been removed from TikTok after the firm complained. The adverts for prescription-only weight loss drugs appeared to show smiling healthcare professionals from the British retailer – but in reality they were made with AI. It is illegal…
Lynette HorsburghNorth West Cancer Research UK handout Sophie Claxton says it was a huge shock being told she had cancer A student who thought she had flu has described being “shell-shocked” when she was told she had cancer. Sophie Claxton, from Burnley, Lancashire, was 16 and in her first year at college when her mother…