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A new AI model predicts which short-form videos triggering suicidal thoughts in vulnerable viewers pose higher risk before they reach large audiences, which can improve user safety.

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While generative AI (GenAI) can help define viable objectives for organizational and policy decision-making, the overall quality of those objectives falls short unless humans intervene.

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A new study finds that social media marketing does little to help high-quality firms stand apart from competitors. Instead, it often pushes companies of all quality levels toward similar spending and pricing strategies, blurring the very signals firms hope will differentiate them in digital marketplaces.

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Colin Murray

Colin Murray

BBC, November 16, 2020

After Kamala Harris made history as vice-president elect of the United States, Colin asks if these historic breakthrough moments translate to real progress. Just weeks on from the campaign, Colin also looks at all the latest developments and discusses the influence of social media on the result of Election 2020.

'I See Something Terrible Happening Now': Exponential COVID-19 Growth Worries Experts

'I See Something Terrible Happening Now': Exponential COVID-19 Growth Worries Experts

Fox 47, November 13, 2020

As COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths surge, experts see no sign of the increases slowing down unless there are some major changes. “It took about seven and a half months or so get to the first 100,000 cases in Wisconsin,” said Ajay Sethi, assistant professor in the Department of Population Health Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “It took about 36 days only to get the next 100,000 cases. We’re on track to getting the next 100,000 cases 20 days later.”

It’s Managers, Not Workers, Who Are Losing Jobs To AI And Robots, Study Shows

It’s Managers, Not Workers, Who Are Losing Jobs To AI And Robots, Study Shows

Forbes, November 15, 2020

Managers, not lower-level employees, are seeing their ranks diminished with the onset of artificial intelligence and robots, a new study out of the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School finds. That’s because as AI and robotics expands within a business, managers can oversee a wider breadth of operations.

COVIVD-19 Vaccines Could Depend on the Strength of This Vial

COVIVD-19 Vaccines Could Depend on the Strength of This Vial

The Wall Street Journal, November 13, 2020

Near the back of a Corning Inc. glassmaking plant here, a robot picked up a cage packed with hundreds of tiny vials and plunged it into a salt bath bubbling at more than 500 degrees Fahrenheit. The hot soak for several hours is a key step in fortifying the glass vials from cracks, flakes and breaks that could thwart global efforts to stop the coronavirus.

Covid-19 Vaccines Could Depend on the Strength of This Vial

Covid-19 Vaccines Could Depend on the Strength of This Vial

Tradeticker.news, November 13, 2020

Near the back of a Corning Inc. glassmaking plant here, a robot picked up a cage packed with hundreds of tiny vials and plunged it into a salt bath bubbling at more than 500 degrees Fahrenheit. The hot soak for several hours is a key step in fortifying the glass vials from cracks, flakes and breaks that could thwart global efforts to stop the coronavirus. Drugmakers and health authorities are counting on Corning’s new medical glass container, named Valor, to protect Covid-19 vaccines better than conventional ones, especially during initial months when supplies will be limited and little can afford to be lost.

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