How AI is helping us monitor and support vulnerable ecosystems

A recent study from Oregon State University estimated that more than 3,500 animal species are at risk of extinction because ...
IEEE

Performance of Classification Algorithms Under Class Imbalance: Simulation and Real-World Evidence

Abstract: Class imbalance is a persistent challenge in machine learning, particularly in high-stakes applications such as medical diagnostics, bioinformatics, and fraud detection, where the minority ...
New Scientist

Kids as young as 4 innately use sorting algorithms to solve problems

Children as young as 4 years old are capable of finding efficient solutions to complex problems, such as independently inventing sorting algorithms developed by computer scientists. The scientists ...
Engadget

The US version of TikTok might still use the Chinese algorithm

A potential TikTok deal emerged Monday between the US and China, two days before the Trump administration's latest sell or be banned deadline. Now, attention is shifting to the app's Chinese algorithm ...
The New York Times

Medicare Will Require Prior Approval for Certain Procedures

A pilot program in six states will use a tactic employed by private insurers that has been heavily criticized for delaying and denying medical care. By Reed Abelson and Teddy Rosenbluth Like millions ...
Computer Weekly

ICO investigates lawfulness of algorithms used in immigration enforcement

The Home Office could be banned from unlawfully using computer algorithms to recommend whether migrants should be deported. Privacy International has filed a ...
Wired

Encryption Made for Police and Military Radios May Be Easily Cracked

Two years ago, researchers in the Netherlands discovered an intentional backdoor in an encryption algorithm baked into radios used by critical infrastructure–as well as police, intelligence agencies, ...
Healio

Real-world dermatology dataset reveals flaws of some AI diagnostic algorithms

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . AI algorithms to diagnose skin cancer had lower sensitivity and specificity when tested on a multimodal, ...
Post-Bulletin

With almost 100 algorithms in use, Mayo Clinic aims to build AI 'into the fabric of Mayo'

ROCHESTER — At Mayo Clinic's annual AI Summit in downtown Rochester, a group of physicians and scientists discussed how generative artificial intelligence is being used at Mayo Clinic — and how it's ...
The Conversation

Astronomy has a major data problem – simulating realistic images of the sky can help train algorithms

John Peterson does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...
Kaleido Scope

Understanding social media algorithms: 101 for parents

But the real question is: connected to what? Parker Woodroof, Ph.D., a social media expert and associate professor of marketing at the Collat School of Business at the University of Alabama at ...