Amazon enlists AI to summarize customer reviews & save shoppers time

Amazon is hoping to make buying easier by employing artificial intelligence to collate reviews and deliver a single summary, in order to save online shoppers time. It's also very optimistic that the function will be unbiased and immune to bots.

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Plant-based filter removes up to 99.9% of microplastics from water

Researchers may have found an effective, green way to remove microplastics from our water using readily available plant materials. Their device was found to capture up to 99.9% of a wide variety of microplastics known to pose a health risk to humans.

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Landmark transplanted pig kidney still functioning after a month

In another encouraging step toward relieving transplant organ shortages, surgeons at NYU Langone Health have kept a genetically engineered pig kidney alive and fully functioning inside a brain-dead patient for over a month for the first time.

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Real-life inspiration for Dracula cried tears of blood, letters suggest

Researchers have examined three letters penned by Vlad III, the ruthless real-life Romanian prince considered to be the inspiration for the fictional Dracula, and found evidence of his overall health, including that he may have cried tears of blood.

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TIOBE Index News (August 2023): Programming Language Julia Makes a Strong Showing

Explore the programming language Julia, which is suited to machine learning applications, and other details of the most popular languages today. Image: ryzhi/Adobe Stock The August 2023 TIOBE Programming Community…

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Tech Takes Diverse Approaches to Sustainability Including Net Zero Carbon by 2030

Image: blacksalmon/Adobe Stock Parse away, but dire climate news on the potential of the world to breach a 1.5c temperature increase threshold by 2027. Such here-and-now consequences of global warming…

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Gartner: Generative AI Will Bring “Transformational Benefit” in the Next 2-5 Years

Image: Smart Future/Adobe Stock Generative AI has landed on Gartner’s coveted Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies for 2023, the firm announced Wednesday. The firm said generative AI will bring “transformational…

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