Last year, Meta allowed thousands of paid ads containing sexually explicit imagery on social media platforms, including Facebook and Instagram ​Last year, Meta allowed thousands of paid ads containing sexually explicit imagery on social media platforms, including Facebook and Instagram Last year, Meta allowed thousands of paid ads containing sexually explicit imagery on social media platforms, …

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The microscope cost less than £50 to build using an open-source design and a common 3D printer ​The microscope cost less than £50 to build using an open-source design and a common 3D printer The microscope cost less than £50 to build using an open-source design and a common 3D printer 

A tiny quantum “refrigerator” can ensure that a quantum computer’s calculations start off error-free – without requiring oversight or even new hardware ​A tiny quantum “refrigerator” can ensure that a quantum computer’s calculations start off error-free – without requiring oversight or even new hardware A tiny quantum “refrigerator” can ensure that a quantum computer’s calculations start …

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We need to stop ignoring young people’s firsthand experience with artificial intelligence. They are already at the sharp end of its development, says Mhairi Aitken ​We need to stop ignoring young people’s firsthand experience with artificial intelligence. They are already at the sharp end of its development, says Mhairi Aitken We need to stop ignoring young …

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Done right, with real-world evidence to back up the claims and persuade doctors to adopt it, artificial intelligence has the power to enhance clinical outcomes ​Done right, with real-world evidence to back up the claims and persuade doctors to adopt it, artificial intelligence has the power to enhance clinical outcomes Done right, with real-world evidence to …

A healthy dose of AI can improve medical care and save lives Read More »

Adding just a little medical misinformation to an AI model’s training data increases the chances that chatbots will spew harmful false content about vaccines and other topics ​Adding just a little medical misinformation to an AI model’s training data increases the chances that chatbots will spew harmful false content about vaccines and other topics Adding just …

Vaccine misinformation can easily poison AI – but there’s a fix Read More »

Social media companies have long struggled with moderating the behaviour of billions of users, and now it seems they are finally giving up policing their platforms in favour of a crowdsourced approach – but will it work? ​Social media companies have long struggled with moderating the behaviour of billions of users, and now it seems …

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Whether AI can assist in cancer detection has been subject to much debate, but now a real-world test with almost 200 radiologists shows that the technology can improve success rates ​Whether AI can assist in cancer detection has been subject to much debate, but now a real-world test with almost 200 radiologists shows that the …

AI helps radiologists spot breast cancer in real-world tests Read More »

Throat vibrations made by people who find it difficult to speak, such as after a stroke, can be analysed by AI and used to create sentences ​Throat vibrations made by people who find it difficult to speak, such as after a stroke, can be analysed by AI and used to create sentences Throat vibrations made by …

AI uses throat vibrations to work out what someone is trying to say Read More »

A quantum sensor based on a protein from bioluminescent jellyfish can be made by the body itself and it may be able to help us track how cells form or detect disease at an early stage ​A quantum sensor based on a protein from bioluminescent jellyfish can be made by the body itself and it …

Glowing biological quantum sensor could track how cells form Read More »