Using Machine Learning to Identify Fake News

In what feels like the 25th hour, researchers at UC Davis have recently developed a new machine learning based tool to verify multimedia rumors online. Tech Xplore brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “Using machine learning for cross-lingual and cross-platform rumor verification.” Their paper proposes cross-lingual and cross-platform features for rumor verification,…

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Image Editing with AI

A new artificial intelligence (AI)-based image editing tool uses neural networks to differentiate between objects and the background with enhanced precision. This interesting information came to us from digit.com in their article, “MIT’s Semantic Soft Segmentation tool uses AI for accurately replacing the background of any image.” Image editors work with and often against, object…

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Machine Learning Works on Predictions

A new machine-learning tool from an artificial intelligence (AI) startup used 30,000 Wikipedia entries to create a model that allowed it to identify the characteristics that make a scientist noteworthy enough for encyclopedic inclusion. It mined the academic search-engine Semantic Scholar to identify 200,000 scholars in a variety of fields. To complete the process, it…

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Copyright Issues Should Be Consistent

In copyright law there is a common misconception that fair use is relied upon solely by consumers. The reality is that everyone – movie studios, publishers, etc. – uses fair use. This interesting information on copyright came to us from Above the Law in their article, “Fair Use For Me, But Not For Thee.” Advocates for strong intellectual…

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Document Management Success

When running a business, multi-tasking is an understatement. Managing the paperwork, documents, and data for an organization is very important but often falls lower on the to-do list. Content is valuable. More and more content is digital-based and protecting it while providing quick access is the challenge. Business Matters Magazine brought this interesting information to our attention in their…

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Data Storage Challenges

There is a lot of discussion and references to swamps in the news lately, but they aren’t talking about data. DATAVERSITY.net brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “Data Lake vs. Data Swamp: Leveraging Enterprise Data.” Data lakes and data swamps are different and the difference lies in how data is curated. A data…

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Social Media’s Latest Challenge

“Bots” is the new word being thrown about as social media wages war against artificial intelligence (AI). This came to us from the Wall Street Journal in their article, “Bots vs. Trolls: How AI Could Clean Up Social Media.” AI has been referred to as a cure-all remedy, able to fix all the problems that…

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Cyber Risk Management

When it comes to cybersecurity, organizations face a future in which it’s best to prepare for worst-case scenarios. Unfortunately, it’s often difficult to convince the decision makers of this fact. It’s much easier for organizations to acknowledge the overall value of cyber risk management than to be specific in terms of organizational goals, budgets, and…

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Artificial Intelligence and the Retail Experience

Remember when the Internet was new and things like chat windows were considered advanced? Now cars can drive themselves, watches can track calories, and artificial intelligence (AI) can predict potential health risks and consumer behavior. YourStory.com brought this interesting topic to our attention in their article, “The impact of Artificial Intelligence on digital marketing.” AI, for…

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