Using a multilingual dataset to enhance hateful video detection on YouTube and Bilibili

Credit: Zero Crossing Rate of English YouTube videos. Y-axis: Zero Crossing Indicator, X-axis: Time(sec.) Social media has revolutionized the way information is shared throughout communities, but it can also be…

Wondering what AI actually is? Here are the 7 things it can do for you

Credit: CC0 Public Domain You know we’ve reached peak interest in artificial intelligence (AI) when Oprah Winfrey hosts a television special about it. AI is truly everywhere. And we will…

New algorithm advances graph mining for complex networks

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science professor Nikolaos Sidiropoulos has introduced a breakthrough in graph mining with the development of a new computational…

Researchers develop method enabling LLMs to answer questions more concisely and accurately

Credit: AI-generated image Large language models (LLMs) are machine-learning models designed to understand and generate human language. State-of-the-art LLMs have demonstrated outstanding potential in open-domain question answering (ODQA), where the…

AI is supposed to be Hollywood’s next big thing: What’s taking so long?

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Earlier this year, OpenAI and other artificial intelligence companies wooed Hollywood studios with the futuristic promise of AI tools that they said could help make the…

Combining next-token prediction and video diffusion in computer vision and robotics

Credit: Massachusetts Institute of Technology In the current AI zeitgeist, sequence models have skyrocketed in popularity for their ability to analyze data and predict what to do next. For instance,…

For Deaf people, train travel can be a gamble—AI-powered Auslan avatar can help

Credit: Donald Tong from Pexels For Deaf people, train travel can be a gamble. On an average day, nothing goes wrong: they catch their train to their destination and carry…

AI-driven video analyzer sets new standards in human action detection

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain What if a security camera could not only capture video but understand what’s happening—distinguishing between routine activities and potentially dangerous behavior in real time? That’s the…

New tool helps analyze pilot performance and mental workload in augmented reality

An image of a performer with an AR headset, illustrating the process of capturing and analyzing data related to job-training sessions. Credit: NYU Tandon School of Engineering In the high-stakes…

Low-cost touch sensor shows promise for large-scale robotics applications

Credit: Bhirangi et al. The development of affordable and highly performing sensors can have crucial implications for robotics research, as it could improve perception to help boost robot manipulation and…