AI shows promise for flood forecasting and water security in data scarce regions

New research reveals that "foundation models" trained on vast, general time-series data may be able to forecast river flows accurately, even in regions with little or no local hydrological records.
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Hybrid AI model combines graphs and transformers for real-time traffic forecasts

Urban congestion is a big problem in our cities. It leads to commuter delays and economic inefficiency. More tragically, though, it leads to a million deaths annually worldwide. Research appearing in ...

Federal Reserve Research: Kalshi Prediction Markets Are Just as Good, if Not Better, Than Traditional Forecasting Methods

Researchers at the Federal Reserve recently published a paper on Kalshi's effectiveness in predicting certain economic ...

Palantir's Next Big Growth Opportunity: Policing the Prediction and Sports Betting Markets?

Palantir is going to be working with Polymarket to help crack down on insider trading and other suspicious activities.

Nvidia's very keen on you 'catching the future of real-time rendering' at this year's GTC, though I suggest not waiting with bated breath for anything groundbreaking

It'll be 100% AI-powered stuff, of course, but that's not necessarily a bad thing.
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Graph Neural Network for In-Network Placement of Real-Time Metaverse Tasks in Next-Generation Networks

Abstract: Delivering realistic, real-time virtual experiences in the Metaverse demands computationally intensive rendering tasks with strict latency constraints. These challenges are further ...