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Digitalizing Everyday Objects with Portable Light

Researchers from MIT, UC Berkeley, and Aarhus University develop "PortaChrome," a portable light system that can change the color and texture of everyday objects, allowing users to display health stats, entertainment, and fashion designs with reprogrammable surfaces. This innovation uses UV and RGB LEDs to quickly alter objects' colors, making it more convenient and environmentally friendly tha...

Boosting Regression with k-NN Weak Learners

Implementing AdaBoost regression from scratch using k-nearest neighbors instead of decision trees, following the AdaBoost. R2 algorithm. The author delves into the intricacies of the weighted median, contributing a new approach to AdaBoost regression.

Gov.UK's AI Chatbot: A Mixed Bag for Business Users

Government launches GPT-4o chatbot to assist with regulations on Gov.UK website, warns of potential 'hallucination' issue. Users can expect varied results as the AI technology undergoes testing by 15,000 businesses before wider release.

Unveiling the Roots of Systemic Racism

W. E. B. Du Bois' legacy on systemic racism research at MIT continues with the ICSR Data Hub, providing vital criminal justice datasets for analysis and solutions. Computational technologies uncover racial bias in American society, offering hope for a more equitable future.

Revolutionizing Contracts with GraphRAG

Summary: Introducing a new GraphRAG approach for efficient commercial contract data extraction and Q&A agent building. Focus on targeted information extraction and knowledge graph organization enhances accuracy and performance, making it suitable for handling complex legal questions.

Unleashing the Power of Dynamic Execution

Dynamic execution in AI tasks can optimize performance by distinguishing between Hard and Easy problems. By identifying and addressing the complexity of data points, accuracy can be maintained while saving computational resources.

AI Translating Dutch Books to English

VBK, the largest Dutch publisher, to trial AI for translating books into English, acquired by Simon & Schuster. AI to assist in translation of commercial fiction, Vanessa van Hofwegen confirms.