Lights, camera, algorithm: Why Indian cinema is awash with AI

The world's biggest film industry has a new breakout star – artificial intelligence. Indian cinema is embracing AI more ...
Times Union

ByteDance’s agreement to sell TikTok puts app’s algorithm in the spotlight – a social media expert explains how the ‘For You’ page works and what’s to come

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Kelley Cotter, Penn State (THE CONVERSATION) Chinese tech giant ByteDance has signed ...
IEEE

Multi-Modal Self-Supervised Learning Algorithm-Based Product Recommendation

Abstract: With the rise of e-commerce, personalized recommendation algorithms have received much attention in recent years. Meanwhile, multimodal recommendation algorithms have become the next ...
TechCrunch

OK, what’s going on with LinkedIn’s algo?

One day in November, a product strategist we’ll call Michelle (not her real name), logged into her LinkedIn account and switched her gender to male. She also changed her name to Michael, she told ...
IEEE

Automated Configuration of Evolutionary Algorithms via Deep Reinforcement Learning for Constrained Multiobjective Optimization

Abstract: Learning to optimize and automated algorithm design are attracting increasing attention, but it is still in its infancy in constrained multiobjective optimization evolutionary algorithms ...
The New York Times

The BBC Is in Trouble, and It Keeps Making Things Worse

Ms. Marr is a British journalist and a former media editor of The Wall Street Journal. She wrote from London. The first week of the month was supposed to be a good one for the BBC. On Thursday, Nov. 6 ...
Government Technology

What Is Synthetic Data, and How Is Government Using It?

As AI becomes more common and decisions more data-driven, a new(ish) form of information is on the rise: synthetic data. And some proponents say it promises more privacy and other vital benefits. Data ...
IEEE

Online Reinforcement Learning Algorithm Design for Adaptive Optimal Consensus Control Under Interval Excitation

Abstract: This article proposes online data-based reinforcement learning (RL) algorithm for adaptive output consensus control of heterogeneous multiagent systems (MASs) with unknown dynamics. First, ...