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Mozilla buys Fakespot, a startup that identifies fake reviews, to bring shopping tools to Firefox

TechCrunch

Mozilla announced today that it has acquired Fakespot , a startup that offers a website and browser extension that helps users identify fake or unreliable reviews. Fakespot’s offerings can be used to spot fake reviews listed on various online marketplaces including Amazon, Yelp, TripAdvisor and more.

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King County enlists AI to reduce drug overdose deaths

CIO

In past years, reporting fatal drug overdoses has largely been a paper- and human-driven process in King County, which shares the information with state and federal agencies. Seattle, the county seat, reported nearly 600 drug overdose deaths in 2022, an increase of 72% from the previous year.

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AES enlists AI to boost its sustainable energy business

CIO

based company, which claims to be the top-ranked supplier of renewable energy sales to corporations, turned to machine learning to help forecast renewable asset output, while establishing an automation framework for streamlining the company’s operations in servicing the renewable energy market. To achieve that, the Arlington, Va.-based

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Colorado AI legislation further complicates compliance equation

CIO

The legislation requires companies that conduct business in Colorado to disclose to the state’s attorney general “any known or reasonably foreseeable risk of algorithmic discrimination, within 90 days after the discovery or receipt of a credible report.” Governor Polis appreciates the leadership of Sen.

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Why you should care about debugging machine learning models

O'Reilly Media - Data

For all the excitement about machine learning (ML), there are serious impediments to its widespread adoption. Model debugging is an emergent discipline focused on finding and fixing problems in ML systems. We’ll review methods for debugging below. Currency amounts reported in Taiwan dollars.

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Innovative data integration in 2024: Pioneering the future of data integration

CIO

Of late, innovative data integration tools are revolutionising how organisations approach data management, unlocking new opportunities for growth, efficiency, and strategic decision-making by leveraging technical advancements in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Natural Language Processing.

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Machine Learning for Fraud Detection in Streaming Services

Netflix Tech

Data analysis and machine learning techniques are great candidates to help secure large-scale streaming platforms. Streaming Platforms Commercial streaming platforms shown in Figure 1 mainly rely on Digital Rights Management (DRM) systems. a browser) is normally matched with a certain DRM system (e.g.,