AI tool debuts with better genomic predictions and explanations

Artificial intelligence has taken the world by storm. In biology, AI tools called deep neural networks (DNNs) have proven invaluable for predicting the results of genomic experiments. Their usefulness ...
Study Finds

Loose Clothing Can Track Movement More Accurately Than Skin-Mounted Sensors, Study Finds

Loose fabric sensors track movement better than tight-fitting clothes. The finding could transform medical monitoring and ...
Wired

Data Centers Are Driving a US Gas Boom

Data centers have caused the demand for gas-fired power in the US to explode over the past two years, according to new research released Wednesday. More than a third of this new demand, the research ...
The Verge

ChatGPT is using age prediction to restrict what minors see

New safeguards for underage users aim to reduce exposure to sensitive content. New safeguards for underage users aim to reduce exposure to sensitive content. is a news writer focused on creative ...
Yahoo

ICE is using Medicaid data to find out where immigrants live

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A masked U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent knocks on a car window in Minnesota on Jan. 12. A new court ruling allows ...
Reuters

Microsoft rolls out initiative to limit data-center power costs, water use impact

Jan 13 (Reuters) - Microsoft (MSFT.O), opens new tab on Tuesday unveiled an initiative to curb water usage at its U.S. data centers and limit the impact on the general population from any potential ...
Reason

Data Centers Use Lots of Electricity. This Bill Would Let Them Go Off the Grid.

Tech companies are building data centers as quickly as possible to run AI. These facilities are controviersial because they use copious amounts of electricity and might tax an electrical grid that in ...
Yahoo

Should Politicians Be Able to Use Prediction Markets? House Bill Proposes Ban

Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) and 30 of his House of Representatives colleagues, including Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), are making a push to ban government officials from accessing ...
MIT Technology Review

Using unstructured data to fuel enterprise AI success

Organizations have a wealth of unstructured data that most AI models can’t yet read. Preparing and contextualizing this data is essential for moving from AI experiments to measurable results. In ...
Wall Street Journal

Polymarket, Dow Jones Partner to Display Prediction-Markets Data in Dow Jones Content

Polymarket and Dow Jones & Company launched a partnership to provide real-time prediction market data across Dow Jones content, including The Wall Street Journal. Data from Polymarket on betting odds ...
Reuters

Health Rounds: AI uses sleep study data to accurately predict dozens of health issues

Jan 7 (Reuters) - (This is an excerpt of the Health Rounds newsletter, where we present latest medical studies on Tuesdays and Thursdays. To receive the full newsletter in your inbox for free sign up ...
News Medical

AI model can predict a person's disease risk using sleep data

A poor night's sleep portends a bleary-eyed next day, but it could also hint at diseases that will strike years down the road. A new artificial intelligence model developed by Stanford Medicine ...