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From NBC: The Algorithm That Will Keep You Buying On Cyber Monday
Amazon’s item-to-item collaborative filtering algorithm is responsible for recommending products by tailoring those recommendations to individual users. In other words, it’s the reason you might keep clicking and buying on Cyber Monday.
From NBC: How Spell-Check Algorithms Detect Typos
In most of our modern-day communications, we have a built-in copy-editor: the spell checker. This handy little system lets us write with a bit more abandon, knowing our typos will be caught. And that spell-check safety net is powered by algorithms.
From NBC: Why Netflix’s Algorithm is So Bing-Worthy
When Netflix recommends a show or movie that recommendation is backed by a slew of machine-learning capabilities. It’s all done in an effort to make you love the choice so much you won’t go outside all weekend. About 25,000 views.
From NBC: How Algorithms Choose Your Valentine on Match, OK Cupid and Tinder
Every dating app uses a slightly different algorithm to match users for life or the just the night. Whichever app you prefer, remember that your true love might very well be the algorithm. About 10,000 views.
From NBC: How Algorithms Are Driving Us Into The Future
Self-driving cars are powered, in part, by machine-learning algorithms that improve with every test-mile driven. They also use tons of hardware like cameras, radar, and lasers to scan the environment. It’s all done in an effort to make the algorithm is never asleep at the wheel.
From NBC: How Email Spam Filters Work Based on Algorithms
Open the spam folder in your email account, and you’re likely to find all kinds of messy missives offering low-cost drugs, replica watches, and millions in winnings from that lottery you didn’t enter. Here’s how email providers know you don’t want these messages cluttering up your inbox. About 15,000 views.
From NBC: Your New Favorite Song Has Been Chosen By An Algorithm
Anyone who uses a good music streaming service knows that feeling: You’re humming along to your favorites when suddenly a song pops up that you’ve never heard before…and it’s instantly your new jam. But how do they know? About 5,000 views.
From the International Telecommunications Union: AI For Good Global Summit 2019 Highlights – Day 3
By bringing government, the civil sector and the private sector together under one roof, the ITU is helping the world identify AI to solutions to achieve the United Nation’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals. This video brings together everything about AI for Good and Sustainability in Learning Block 5.
From the International Telecommunications Union: AI For Good Global Summit 2019 Highlights – Day 2
By bringing government, the civil sector and the private sector together under one roof, the ITU is helping the world identify AI to solutions to achieve the United Nation’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals. This video brings together everything about AI for Good and Sustainability in Learning Block 5.
From the International Telecommunications Union: AI For Good Global Summit 2018 Highlights – Day 2
By bringing government, the civil sector and the private sector together under one roof, the ITU is helping the world identify AI to solutions to achieve the United Nation’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals. This video brings together everything about AI for Good and Sustainability in Learning Block 5.