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AZoAI educates and informs a worldwide audience of researchers, engineers and scientists with the latest industry news, information and insights from the artificial intelligence and machine learning industries. https://www.azoai.com/about

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AZoAI @azoai.bsky.social · 17d

By combining AI-driven reverse engineering with eco-friendly solvents, scientists are redefining the future of perovskite solar cells, delivering affordable, low-carbon energy for global deployment. www.azoai.com/news/2025092...

AI Powers Breakthrough In Sustainable Solar Cells, Slashing Costs And Emissions

Korean researchers have unveiled an AI-powered roadmap for sustainable perovskite solar cells that halves production costs and cuts climate impact by over 80%. Their bio-based process replaces toxic s...

AZoAI @azoai.bsky.social · 17d

As AI agents increasingly handle sensitive data, cybersecurity needs a complete redesign. Multifactor is stepping up with open-source solutions to stop hackers from exploiting AI’s weakest links. www.azoai.com/news/2025092...

Startup Reinvents Cybersecurity To Stop AI Agents From Being Hacked

Researchers highlight how AI adoption introduces new security vulnerabilities, with Hertz Fellow Vivek Nair’s startup Multifactor developing cryptographic solutions to safeguard both businesses and co...

AZoAI @azoai.bsky.social · 17d

A breakthrough AI framework that isolates diseased leaf regions is setting new standards for plant disease assessment, helping farmers cut costs, reduce pesticide use, and protect global food security. www.azoai.com/news/2025092... #plantdisease

New AI Framework LLRL Accurately Detects Plant Disease Severity for Smarter Farming

Researchers at Guizhou University have developed LLRL, a deep learning framework that targets lesion regions directly, boosting the accuracy of plant disease severity assessment across apple, potato, ...

AZoAI @azoai.bsky.social · 17d

A new study shows how pairing effective retrieval methods with fine-tuned AI models can transform the way professionals query building codes, replacing tedious manual searches with smarter, more accurate compliance tools. www.azoai.com/news/2025092...

Fine-Tuned AI Models and Smart Retrieval Power Next-Generation QA Systems for Building Codes

A new study shows how pairing effective retrieval methods with fine-tuned AI models can transform the way professionals query building codes, replacing tedious manual searches with smarter, more accur...

AZoAI @azoai.bsky.social · 18d

Breaking from logic-bound predecessors, LLMs are reshaping the foundations of AI with human-like cognition, deep reasoning, and adaptive intelligence that could transform decision-making in complex real-world environments. www.azoai.com/news/2025091...

Large Language Models Redefine Intelligence With Human-Like Thinking

This study by Zhidong Cao, Xiangyu Zhang, and Daniel Dajun Zeng systematically examines the technical, cognitive, and reasoning attributes of Large language models (LLMs). It positions LLMs as a novel...

AZoAI @azoai.bsky.social · 18d

By turning complex legal debates into searchable transcripts, this courtroom AI could revolutionize how lawyers, scholars, and the public navigate justice. www.azoai.com/news/2025091...

AI Tool Transforms UK Supreme Court Hearings Into Searchable Transcripts

Researchers at the University of Surrey created a Artificial intelligence system that transcribes UK Supreme Court hearings with greater accuracy and links spoken arguments directly to written judgmen...

AZoAI @azoai.bsky.social · 18d

Acting less like a database and more like a student, ChatGPT puzzled through Plato’s 2,400-year-old challenge with unexpected creativity, raising new questions about how AI can support mathematical learning. www.azoai.com/news/2025091...

ChatGPT Surprises Researchers By Improvising Plato’s Ancient Math Puzzle

In a study published in the International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, researchers found that ChatGPT tackled Plato’s ancient “doubling the square” puzzle not by recall...

AZoAI @azoai.bsky.social · 18d

From fake W-2s to AI-powered impersonation calls, scammers are turning everyday taxpayers into unwitting fraudsters, forcing the IRS to fight back with an Avengers-style task force. www.azoai.com/news/2025092...

IRS Battles Social Media Tax Scams As AI Voice Cloning Fuels Fraud Epidemic

Social media platforms, especially TikTok, are fueling a new wave of tax scams in 2025, from fake credits to AI-powered voice cloning. The IRS has launched CASST, a special task force, to combat these...

AZoAI @azoai.bsky.social · 18d

A new UW study finds Community Notes on X significantly curb engagement with misinformation, yet their effectiveness depends on speed, scale, and whether other platforms adopt similar transparency measures. www.azoai.com/news/2025092...

Community Notes on X Significantly Reduce Spread of Misinformation

A University of Washington-led study shows that Community Notes on X reduce virality by cutting reposts by 46% and likes by 44%. The findings suggest the feature slows misinformation spread, but speed...

AZoAI @azoai.bsky.social · 18d

A breakthrough AI model trained on unlabeled seismic data promises to revolutionize earthquake monitoring, turning everyday fiber-optic cables into a dense, global seismic intelligence network. www.azoai.com/news/2025092...

Distributed Acoustic Sensing Transforms Earthquake Monitoring With AI

Scientists have unveiled DASFormer, a self-supervised AI model that transforms fiber-optic cables into powerful earthquake monitoring tools. By learning from unlabeled seismic data, it detects earthqu...

AZoAI @azoai.bsky.social · 28d

A new study unveils how training neural networks directly with light on photonic chips could slash energy use and speed up AI, paving the way for smarter on-device systems. www.azoai.com/news/2025091...

Light-Trained Physical Neural Networks Promise Faster Greener AI

Researchers from Politecnico di Milano and international partners developed an in-situ training method for physical neural networks using light-based photonic chips, eliminating the need for digital m...

AZoAI @azoai.bsky.social · 28d

A breakthrough light-based chip could revolutionize AI by cutting energy demands while preserving high performance, paving the way for faster and greener computing systems. www.azoai.com/news/2025091...

New Optical Chip Slashes AI Energy Use With Light-Powered Computing

Researchers at University of Florida have created a silicon chip that uses laser light and microscopic Fresnel lenses to perform convolution operations, a power-intensive step in AI. This optical appr...

AZoAI @azoai.bsky.social · 28d

A Bochum team has taught AI to decode evolution by guiding neural networks with phylogenetic trees, unlocking more biologically meaningful insights from complex data. www.azoai.com/news/2025091...

AI Learns Evolution’s Logic With Quartet-Based Neural Network

Researchers at Ruhr University Bochum developed a quartet-based deep learning method that embeds phylogenetic tree structures into neural networks. Tested on bacterial 16S rRNA data, it enables AI to ...

AZoAI @azoai.bsky.social · 28d

A new gold-standard dataset reveals how hard it is to get accurate emissions data from company reports, even for AI, raising questions about the reliability of automated climate accountability tools. www.azoai.com/news/2025091...

AI Can Read Emissions Reports But Can You Trust What It Says?

Researchers created a gold-standard dataset to benchmark AI systems that extract greenhouse gas emissions data from corporate sustainability reports. The study reveals widespread data quality issues, ...

AZoAI @azoai.bsky.social · 28d

A breakthrough in activation sparsity could enable AI to move from supercomputers to smartphones, making real-time intelligence possible on drones, sensors, and devices without requiring the cloud. www.azoai.com/news/2025091...

New AI Technique Powers Smarter, Offline Systems Without the Cloud

Kennesaw State University researcher Bobin Deng is developing an AI method that enables powerful models to run directly on personal devices without internet access. By using activation sparsity to pre...

AZoAI @azoai.bsky.social · 28d

While AI streamers offer round-the-clock promotion at low cost, only those with human-like interaction come close to matching the persuasive power of real livestream hosts. www.azoai.com/news/2025091...

Why Human Hosts Still Outsell AI Streamers in Online Shopping

AI-powered digital streamers are gaining traction in e-commerce livestreams, but they currently underperform compared to human hosts. Real-time interaction and human-like behavior significantly enhanc...

AZoAI @azoai.bsky.social · Sep 10

By simulating how AI can map systems, steal files, and craft ransom notes on its own, researchers warn that cheap, automated ransomware could soon outpace current defenses, making early preparation essential. www.azoai.com/news/2025091...

Researchers Warn: AI Could Automate Every Stage of Ransomware

Researchers at NYU Tandon have developed "Ransomware 3.0," a proof-of-concept showing how criminals could use large language models to autonomously execute ransomware attacks. The AI system carried ou...

AZoAI @azoai.bsky.social · Sep 10

By combining AI with satellite images, researchers discovered that the Serengeti’s iconic migration may be far smaller than once thought, reshaping our understanding of this natural spectacle and raising urgent questions for conservation. www.azoai.com/news/2025091... #Wildebeest

AI And Satellites Reveal Wildebeest Migration Numbers Are Far Lower Than Believed

For the first time, scientists have used AI and satellite imagery to count the Great Wildebeest Migration, finding fewer than 600,000 animals, less than half the long-standing estimate of 1.3 million....

AZoAI @azoai.bsky.social · Sep 10

By bringing thousands of previously hidden quakes into focus, AI is providing scientists & city planners with a clearer picture of Campi Flegrei’s underground risks, thereby helping to protect the half a million residents living atop this restless volcano. www.azoai.com/news/2025091...

AI Uncovers Hidden Earthquakes And Faults Beneath Italy’s Campi Flegrei Volcano

An AI-powered seismic analysis system has uncovered four times as many earthquakes in Italy’s Campi Flegrei as earlier tools, revealing hidden faults beneath the densely populated volcanic region. The...

AZoAI @azoai.bsky.social · Sep 10

Sandia’s new brain-inspired AI can spot attacks and faults across the grid faster than humans, keeping the lights on and critical systems safe, from hospitals to solar farms, even under extreme conditions. www.azoai.com/news/2025091...

AI Shields Power Grid From Cyber And Physical Threats With Low-Cost Devices

Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have developed a brain-inspired autoencoder AI that detects both physical disruptions and cyberattacks on the power grid in real time. The system runs on in...

AZoAI @azoai.bsky.social · Sep 10

By mimicking human decision-making, this lean AI tool helps astronomers catch rare stellar explosions faster and with greater accuracy, freeing up valuable time to probe the deepest mysteries of the Universe. www.azoai.com/news/2025091...

AI Assistant Spots Supernovae With Precision And Slashes Astronomers’ Workload

A new AI-powered Virtual Research Assistant has cut astronomers’ daily workload by 85% by automatically filtering millions of sky alerts and identifying genuine supernova signals. In its first year, i...

AZoAI @azoai.bsky.social · Sep 10

A cutting-edge AI model, powered by drone imaging, provides farmers with a faster and more reliable way to pinpoint high-yield wheat varieties, paving the way for climate-resilient crops and enhanced global food security. www.azoai.com/news/2025090...

AI And Drone Imaging Predict Wheat Yields With Unmatched Accuracy

This study developed a transformer-based AI model using UAV multispectral and RGB imaging to predict wheat yields with unprecedented accuracy. The approach allows non-destructive, cost-effective, and ...

AZoAI @azoai.bsky.social · Sep 3

Equipped with AI and advanced imaging tools, aerial robots from the University of Minnesota offer a game-changing solution to track and analyze wildfire smoke, with far-reaching implications for air quality forecasting and disaster mitigation. www.azoai.com/news/2025090...

AI-Guided Drones Track Wildfire Smoke to Improve Air Quality Predictions

University of Minnesota researchers have developed AI-powered aerial robots that track wildfire smoke plumes in 3D, enabling real-time, high-resolution data collection. This innovation could vastly im...

AZoAI @azoai.bsky.social · Sep 3

A breakthrough AI model called AMP-Diffusion has generated thousands of synthetic antimicrobial peptides, with two proving as effective as approved antibiotics in mouse models, offering a scalable, low-toxicity path to combat antibiotic resistance. www.azoai.com/news/2025090...

AI Designs New Antibiotics That Rival FDA Drugs and Fight Superbugs

Researchers at Penn and Duke developed AMP-Diffusion, a generative AI tool that designed 50,000 novel antimicrobial peptides. Two lead candidates successfully treated infections in mice, performing on...

AZoAI @azoai.bsky.social · Sep 2

By combining surrogate datasets with noise calibration, UC Riverside researchers show how AI models can provably “forget” sensitive data, offering a breakthrough in privacy, compliance, and the responsible future of machine learning. www.azoai.com/news/2025090...

UC Riverside Scientists Develop Certified Unlearning Method To Erase Data From AI Models Without Retraining

UC Riverside researchers have created a certified unlearning method that removes sensitive or copyrighted data from AI models without needing access to the original training data. Their framework uses...