Content scoring tools work, but only for the first gate in Google’s pipeline

Google’s first-stage retrieval still runs on word matching, not AI magic. Here’s how to use content scoring tools accordingly ...
news10nbc

First Alert Weather In-Depth: A different way to measure winter’s severity

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – There are several ways to measure the severity of a winter season. The News10NBC First Alert meteorologists often consider the average temperature, wind chill values, or total ...
The New York Times

China Nears First Investment Decline in 3 Decades After Sharp Monthly Drop

A broad measure of investment fell more than 10 percent in November, continuing a recent reversal and signaling the depth of China’s property crisis. By Daisuke Wakabayashi Daisuke Wakabayashi, the ...
WFLA News Channel 8

Meet the nation’s first search and rescue otter

MARTIN COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — A small, furry creature is making a “splash” in the law enforcement community. First responders have long teamed up with dogs in search and rescue operations, but now an ...
Wired

AI’s Next Frontier? An Algorithm for Consciousness

As a journalist who covers AI, I hear from countless people who seem utterly convinced that ChatGPT, Claude, or some other chatbot has achieved “sentience.” Or “consciousness.” Or—my personal favorite ...
EurekAlert!

A lightweight and rapid bidirectional search algorithm

Researchers at the University of Kent, UK, introduced LiteRBS (Lightweight and Rapid Bidirectional Search), a novel grid-based pathfinding algorithm designed for efficient and scalable navigation in ...
CNN

TikTok’s algorithm will be overseen by Oracle in the US after the sale is completed

The White House has answered what had been one of the major outstanding questions regarding its pending deal to transfer TikTok’s US operations to a majority American ownership group: Under the ...
Bloomberg L.P.

TikTok Algorithm That Keeps Us Scrolling Remains at Heart of a Deal

It’s also why TikTok was threatened with a ban in the first place, as lawmakers worry that China could abuse that algorithm to push unfavorable or divisive narratives on Americans without their ...
news10nbc

In-depth look at First Amendment after firings over comments on murder of Charlie Kirk

WASHINGTON – Attorney General Pam Bondi is facing criticism after her comments calling for a crackdown on hate speech following the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. “There’s free ...
Baltimore Ravens

Observations From Ravens' First Depth Chart

Rookie wide receiver LaJohntay Wester officially won the punt returner job. Head Coach John Harbaugh didn't promise the sixth-round pick after he had an 87-yard touchdown return in his first preseason ...
Yardbarker

Five Takeaways From The Packers First Depth Chart

The Green Bay Packers have released their first depth chart of the season. Of course, there are a lot of things to digest, camp battles that were won and lost. Ultimately, this depth chart is like the ...