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Research highlights: Mosquito-tally Accurate- AI Predicts Malaria Transmission with 98% Precision

In order to speed up malaria research, a new AI technology can forecast the ages of mosquitoes with 98% accuracy. According to a recent study published in BMC Bioinformatics, using machine learning approaches to determine the age of mosquitoes from various populations could speed up malaria research turnaround times and enhance surveillance efforts.

Scientists can forecast a mosquito's ability to transmit malaria by knowing how old it is. Still, the researchers claim that the current methods for doing so are expensive, labor-intensive, and frequently subject to human error.

The World Health Organization estimates that in 2021, there will be 247 million cases of malaria worldwide, with 95 percent of those cases occurring in Africa. Researchers believe the elimination of malaria depends on the use of cutting-edge methods to manage mosquitoes and stop the disease's spread.

Industry news: Feeling the AI- Emotion Detection Takes Center Stage in 2023

One of the key uses of machine learning in 2023 will be EMOTIONAL AI or technology that can recognize and respond to human emotions. For instance, the tools being developed by Hume AI, which was formed by Alan Cowen, a former Google researcher, can gauge emotions from vocal, facial, and verbal expressions.

The MIT Media Lab spinoff Affectiva, which created the SoundNet neural network, an algorithm that analyzes emotions such as anger from audio samples in less than 1.2 seconds, was recently bought by the Swedish business Smart Eyes. Zoom IQ, a new function that will soon give customers real-time measurement of emotions and engagement during a virtual conference, is being introduced by the video platform, Zoom.

Policy and regulation: Shining a Light on the Algorithms of AI

Artificial intelligence (AI), formerly a technology only found in science fiction and fantasy, is now present in practically every sector of the economy. In its most basic form, AI uses computer processing power, customized algorithms, and massive datasets to perceive and combine information in order to make judgments. The technology has countless uses.

Although AI significantly impacts a number of delicate industries, including housing, law enforcement, education, and social services, many of the algorithms used to guide automated decision-making systems are proprietary. Because of this, the general public and regulators need to gain more knowledge of how these systems operate and how data is utilized to guide choices. These technologies' "black box" architecture makes it difficult for regulators to prevent algorithmic prejudice, discrimination, and inaccuracy, even if protecting a developer's proprietary algorithms encourages innovation and increases revenue.

AI and society: AI- The Great Enabler and Disabler of Human Potential

AI may reduce the human capacity for making difficult decisions.

AI, which was designed to free humans, restricts our options. AI has been quite effective at making it possible to manipulate and measure people. Our lives won't become better if we abdicate our duty to exercise personal vigilance because "AI does it better," avoid thinking outside the box because AI thinks it's unwise, or refrain from acting independently because AI thinks it's dangerous.