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A young Duke professor won $250,000 for her algorithms that could find symptoms of heart disease when they start

Wed, 05/01/2024 - 17:47

Amanda Randles, who has long brown hair and is wearing a flower-patterned white shirt, leaning against a beige wall in front of windows — Amanda Randles, a professor of biomedical sciences at Duke University, won the Association for Computing Machinery's $250,000 Prize in Computing.
Daniel Turbert Photography

Science, health, machine-learning, cardiology, Cancer, algorithms, heart-disease

What happens if TikTok is sold without the algorithm that drives the 'For You' page? It might not be so bad.

Fri, 04/26/2024 - 05:04

One of the best parts of TikTok could be erased if it gets sold. But maybe that wouldn't be so bad.

Rebecca Zisser/BI

Tech, tiktok-ban, tiktok, Bytedance, threads, algorithms, viral-tiktoks

Our AI future is about to make one basic resource insanely valuable

Tue, 04/02/2024 - 05:22

Tech Insider : Economy

A nuclear explosion on a computer screen — The algorithms that undergird our digital lives are increasingly making questionable decisions that enrich the powerful and wreck the lives of average people.
Claire Merchlinsky for BI

Tech, economy, Discourse, AI, AI, chat-gpt, stock-market

A 17-year-old took home $250,000 for his award-winning discovery in computer 'brains' that could make AI smarter and safer

Fri, 03/15/2024 - 15:27

Achyuta Rajaram, wearing a blazer and button-up shirt stands in front of his poster for the Regeneron Science Talent Search — Achyuta Rajaram took first prize at the Regeneron Science Talent Search for his project on computer vision models.
Chris Ayers/Society for Science

Science, algorithms, machine-learning, computer-vision, science-fairs

Amazon used an algorithm to secretly prompt rival sites to raise prices, FTC alleges in antitrust lawsuit

Thu, 11/02/2023 - 14:31

An Amazon worker moves boxes on Amazon Prime Day on July 11, 2023 in the East Village of New York City. Amazon holds the annual two-day event, where it offers shopping deals to Prime customers, in the middle of the summer. Amazon Prime Day has brought an estimated 10 billion dollars to the company in each of the last 3 years, as customers look to take advantage of discounts and quick shipping.

Tech Insider, Retail, amazon, FTC, federal-trade-commission, antitrust-lawsuits, algorithms

Jim Simons' RenTech first bet on Tesla a decade ago - and the fund once held a stake in Elon Musk's automaker worth $12 billion today

Mon, 03/06/2023 - 07:39

jim simons renaissance — Jim Simons.
AP Images / Jason Decrow

Markets, MI Exclusive, Stocks, Jim Simons, Renaissance Technologies, RenTech, tesla

Writing your résumé with AI makes it easier to find a job, a study finds. But this edge could vanish once everybody's doing it.

Wed, 03/01/2023 - 05:05

Tech Insider : Economy

A woman sitting on the floor is using a laptop and a dog is sitting beside her on a couch — Elena Katkova/Getty Images

economy, Careers, finding a job, AI, algorithms, Resumes, Resume

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