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Love sloths? A little space can make a big difference

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by Katya Poltorak
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AI is helping pathologists find harmful lesions the eye can’t see

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by Cesareo Contreras
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Helping to restore an icon to New England marshes and dinner plates

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by Cyrus Moulton
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This device aims to detect a pressure injury before it becomes deadly

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by Hannah Morse
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The researchers using AI to avert another Deepwater Horizon oil spill

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by Peter Rubinstein
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Researchers open up a can of worms to study how brains work

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by Tanner Stening
Denise Garcia, a Northeastern University professor, speaks to an audience on the university’s London campus during a presentation on global AI diplomacy and the risks of insufficient regulation of AI weaponry.

Expert wants to move AI governance from principles to practice

by Jonathan Chadwick
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Boston’s rats are talking. Scientists are listening with AI

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by Katya Poltorak
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These Northeastern professors are ‘sculpting’ radio waves

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by Cesareo Contreras
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AI turns bodycam footage into text. Can it keep the speakers straight?

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by Katya Poltorak
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Oakland students think up tech solutions to combat illegal dumping

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by Peter Rubinstein
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Can scientists build a lie detector for AI chatbots?

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by Cesareo Contreras