Q&A: Algorithm achieves near end-to-end genome assembly without ultra-long DNA sequencing

Haoyu Cheng, Ph.D., assistant professor of biomedical informatics and data science at Yale School of Medicine, has developed a new algorithm capable of building complete human genomes using standard ...

How Ricursive Intelligence raised $335M at a $4B valuation in 4 months

The reason why this nascent startup had VCs lining up is the founders.They are so famed in the AI world, everyone tried to hire them.
AHA/ASA Journals

Multistage Electrocardiographic Profiling for Mental Stress-Induced Myocardial Ischemia in Women: A Prospective, Age-Matched Cohort Study in China

BACKGROUND: Mental stress-induced myocardial ischemia is often clinically silent and associated with increased cardiovascular risk, particularly in women. Conventional ECG-based detection is limited, ...

Meta launches AI algorithm personalization feature for Threads

The feature, called "Dear Algo," lets Threads users personalize what content they see by publicly posting an AI prompt.
techtimes

Instagram Reels: 'Build Your 2026 Algorithm' Now Live in Regions Using English as Default Language

Meta has now rolled out the "Build Your 2026 Algorithm" feature for Instagram Reels to allow users use it to personalize their feeds. Instagram Reels 'Build Your 2026 Algorithm' Now Live After a test ...
CNET

Brain-Inspired Algorithms Could Dramatically Cut AI Energy Use

One major issue facing artificial intelligence is the interaction between a computer's memory and its processing capabilities. When an algorithm is in operation, data flows rapidly between these two ...
The Verge

Spotify’s Prompted Playlists use AI to control your algorithm

With its playlist chatbot, Spotify says you could ‘curate your next Discover Weekly, exactly the way you want it.’ With its playlist chatbot, Spotify says you could ‘curate your next Discover Weekly ...
Science Daily

How personalized algorithms trick your brain into wrong answers

Personalized algorithms may quietly sabotage how people learn, nudging them into narrow tunnels of information even when they start with zero prior knowledge. In the study, participants using ...
Wired

Game Theory Explains How Algorithms Can Drive Up Prices

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine a town with two widget merchants. Customers prefer cheaper widgets, so the merchants must compete to set the lowest price.
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Uber and DoorDash now disclose when algorithms set prices. There's still one big question.

New Yorkers got a little more visibility this week into when apps like Uber and DoorDash use algorithms to set prices. The state's Algorithmic Pricing Disclosure Act took effect on Monday. Under the ...
Business Insider

Uber and DoorDash now disclose when algorithms set prices. There's still one big question.

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IEEE

Grating Lobe Suppression for Distributed Space-based Coherent Aperture Radar Using an Improved Subtraction-average-based Optimizer Algorithm

Abstract: The distributed space-based coherent aperture radar (DSCAR) leverages the collaborative operation of multiple satellite-borne radars to transcend the power-aperture product limitations ...