Monthly Archives: September 2022

Twitter says Elon Musk’s own data scientists did not back up bots claims

Enlarge (credit: Thomas Trutschel/Getty Images) Twitter has said Elon Musk’s own data scientists did not support his claim that the number of fake accounts on the social media platform is “wildly higher” than the company’s estimates, as the parties prepare to go to trial in October. The Tesla chief executive is attempting to pull out…

Western forests, snowpack, and wildfires appear trapped in vicious climate cycle

Enlarge / On the last day of summer, fall colors contrast with the burnt landscape of the Cameron Peak Fire on Sept. 21, 2021, in Larimer County, Colorado. (credit: RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images) When Stephanie Kampf visited one of her wildfire test plots near Colorado’s Joe Wright Reservoir in June of…

Potentially harmful respiratory disease may be on the rise in children, warns CDC

Emergency departments could see more cases ofenterovirus D68. Pavel Danilyuk on Pexels As the northern hemisphere heads into cold and flu season, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warns healthcare providers to prepare for a possible increase in cases of another respiratory infection called enterovirus D68 (EV-D68). It is classified as a non-polio…

Femtosense raises capital to power the AI inside of consumer electronics

Large AI systems like OpenAI’s GPT-3 might grab headlines, but the practical limitations of power consumption and cost — not capabilities — often determine where AI is deployed. For the most part, highly capable systems are relegated to the cloud because they’re too complex to run on edge devices with weaker hardware and limited connectivity….

Invisible AI raises $15M to stick worker-monitoring cameras in factories

The rise of so-called “smart factory” technologies is leading to a race to modernize manufacturing plant and warehouse floors. Old equipment is being replaced by newer, more advanced machinery as manufacturers look to keep pace with the competition — and wrestle with high turnover rates. According to a survey by Plex Systems, 50% of manufacturers…