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Germany Tightens Grip on AI-Generated Content: Google and Perplexity Under Scrutiny
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Germany Tightens Grip on AI-Generated Content: Google and Perplexity Under Scrutiny

Germany's media regulator has decided that AI-generated content from Google and Perplexity AI falls under national media laws. A German court ruled Google directly liable for misinformation from its AI Overview feature, intensifying scrutiny of the technology. AI-produced content will be treated as originating from the providers themselves.

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EMFF-2025: a general neural network potential for energetic materials with C, H, N, and O elements
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EMFF-2025: a general neural network potential for energetic materials with C, H, N, and O elements

The discovery and optimization of high-energy materials (HEMs) face challenges due to the computational expense and slow iteration of traditional methods. Neural network potentials (NNPs) have emerged as an efficient alternative to first-principles simulations. This study presents EMFF-2025, a general NNP model for C, H, N, and O-based HEMs, leveraging transfer learning with minimal data from DFT calculations. The model achieves DFT-level accuracy, predicting the structure, mechanical properties, and decompositi…

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Prognostic Significance of Cell-Free DNA Derived 5-Hydroxymethylcytosine Signatures in Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma
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Prognostic Significance of Cell-Free DNA Derived 5-Hydroxymethylcytosine Signatures in Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma

While survival outcomes in multiple myeloma (MM) have improved with contemporary combination therapies, predicting disease trajectories for individual patients at diagnosis remains a significant challenge. We investigate the prognostic value of a noninvasive biomarker-cell-free DNA (cfDNA)‑derived 5-hydroxymethylcytosine (5hmC) signature-in newly diagnosed MM, aiming to improve risk stratification at diagnosis. In this prospective cohort study, 321 patients with newly diagnosed MM were enrolled between 2010 and…

Health
‘Customers prefer AI chatbots,’ says British Gas owner as 1,300 call centre jobs axed
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‘Customers prefer AI chatbots,’ says British Gas owner as 1,300 call centre jobs axed

The owner of British Gas has claimed that most households would rather speak with an AI chatbot than deal with the company’s staff as it prepares to cut 1,300 jobs from its call centres. Centrica, the supplier’s FTSE 100 owner, plans to cut 800 jobs as the company carries out a “targeted deployment of AI tools”, on top of the 500 cuts it confirmed last month. The plan to reduce the supplier’s customer service teams in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Cardiff, Leicester, Stockport and Leeds by 14% is expected to take place ov…

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Digital Transformation in Accounting: An Assessment of Automation and AI Integration

This study conducts a bibliometric analysis of the scientific literature on digital, automated, and AI-assisted accounting systems. The data include documents listed in the Web of Science and Scopus databases. The analysis identifies the main authors, countries/territories, sources, and thematic trends. The results reveal that the scientific output within this research field has increased since 2018, emphasising the integration of artificial intelligence (AI), robotic process automation, and blockchain technolog…

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Digital Transformation in Accounting: An Assessment of Automation and AI Integration

Tackling algorithmic bias and promoting transparency in health datasets: the STANDING Together consensus recommendations

Without careful dissection of the ways in which biases can be encoded into artificial intelligence (AI) health technologies, there is a risk of perpetuating existing health inequalities at scale. One major source of bias is the data that underpins such technologies. The STANDING Together recommendations aim to encourage transparency regarding limitations of health datasets and proactive evaluation of their effect across population groups. Draft recommendation items were informed by a systematic review and stakeh…

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Tackling algorithmic bias and promoting transparency in health datasets: the STANDING Together consensus recommendations

Federated Learning in Smart Healthcare: A Comprehensive Review on Privacy, Security, and Predictive Analytics with IoT Integration

Federated learning (FL) is revolutionizing healthcare by enabling collaborative machine learning across institutions while preserving patient privacy and meeting regulatory standards. This review delves into FL's applications within smart health systems, particularly its integration with IoT devices, wearables, and remote monitoring, which empower real-time, decentralized data processing for predictive analytics and personalized care. It addresses key challenges, including security risks like adversarial attacks…

Health
Federated Learning in Smart Healthcare: A Comprehensive Review on Privacy, Security, and Predictive Analytics with IoT Integration

Generative AI in higher education: A global perspective of institutional adoption policies and guidelines

Integrating generative AI (GAI) into higher education is crucial for preparing a future generation of GAI-literate students. However, a comprehensive understanding of global institutional adoption policies remains absent, with most prior studies focusing on the Global North and lacking a theoretical lens. This study utilizes the Diffusion of Innovations Theory to examine GAI adoption strategies in higher education across 40 universities from six global regions. It explores the characteristics of GAI innovation,…

Education
Generative AI in higher education: A global perspective of institutional adoption policies and guidelines

Beware of metacognitive laziness: Effects of generative artificial intelligence on learning motivation, processes, and performance

Abstract With the continuous development of technological and educational innovation, learners nowadays can obtain a variety of supports from agents such as teachers, peers, education technologies, and recently, generative artificial intelligence such as ChatGPT. In particular, there has been a surge of academic interest in human‐AI collaboration and hybrid intelligence in learning. The concept of hybrid intelligence is still at a nascent stage, and how learners can benefit from a symbiotic relationship with var…

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Beware of metacognitive laziness: Effects of generative artificial intelligence on learning motivation, processes, and performance

Leveraging artificial intelligence and advanced food processing techniques for enhanced food safety, quality, and security: a comprehensive review

Abstract Artificial intelligence is emerging as a transformative force in addressing the multifaceted challenges of food safety, food quality, and food security. This review synthesizes advancements in AI-driven technologies, such as machine learning, deep learning, natural language processing, and computer vision, and their applications across the food supply chain, based on a comprehensive analysis of literature published from 1990 to 2024. AI enhances food safety through real-time contamination detection, pre…

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Leveraging artificial intelligence and advanced food processing techniques for enhanced food safety, quality, and security: a comprehensive review

Generative AI in Higher Education: Balancing Innovation and Integrity

Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) is rapidly transforming the landscape of higher education, offering novel opportunities for personalised learning and innovative assessment methods. This paper explores the dual-edged nature of GenAI's integration into educational practices, focusing on both its potential to enhance student engagement and learning outcomes and the significant challenges it poses to academic integrity and equity. Through a comprehensive review of current literature, we examine the implic…

Education
Generative AI in Higher Education: Balancing Innovation and Integrity

AI Tools in Society: Impacts on Cognitive Offloading and the Future of Critical Thinking

The proliferation of artificial intelligence (AI) tools has transformed numerous aspects of daily life, yet its impact on critical thinking remains underexplored. This study investigates the relationship between AI tool usage and critical thinking skills, focusing on cognitive offloading as a mediating factor. Utilising a mixed-method approach, we conducted surveys and in-depth interviews with 666 participants across diverse age groups and educational backgrounds. Quantitative data were analysed using ANOVA and…

Education
AI Tools in Society: Impacts on Cognitive Offloading and the Future of Critical Thinking