links

A collection of interesting links that made me go, WTF?
Dec
10

Link: Netflix says Netflix Japan passed 10M+ subscribers in H1 2024 and has doubled its subscriber base in the past four years thanks to Japanese-language programming (Sam Nussey/Reuters)

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Dec
10

Link: The number of stillbirths and neonatal deaths at a Malawi clinic has fallen by 82% after starting an AI-supported program in 2021 for regular fetal observation (Caroline Kimeu/The Guardian)

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Dec
10

Link: A randomized study at a corporate lab employing more than 1,000 researchers: teams using AI discovered 44% more new materials than teams with standard workflows (Davide Castelvecchi/Nature)

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Dec
10

Link: A study involving 747,604 women finds those who paid extra for AI-enhanced mammograms were 21% more likely to have breast cancer detected than those who didn't (Margherita Bassi/Gizmodo)

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Dec
10

Link: Researchers: Meta let 25 Facebook Pages run 4,100+ ads attacking Romania's pro-EU candidate and promoting far-right figures, with 199M+ views since August 2024 (Daniel Zuidijk/Bloomberg)

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