Tag: study

Making AI models ‘forget’ undesirable data hurts their performance

So-called “unlearning” techniques are used to make a generative AI model forget specific and undesirable info it picked up from training data, like...

Wildfire smoke increases dementia risk more than other forms of air pollution, landmark study finds

Exposure to wildfire smoke increases the odds of being diagnosed with dementia even more than exposure to other forms of air pollution,...

L.A. County plans to put $5 million toward wiping out medical debt

Los Angeles County is moving forward with a pilot program to relieve medical debt for struggling residents, setting aside $5 million for...

Peanuts! Get your peanuts! Kids who eat them early are much less likely to develop an allergy, studies conclude

Allergist and immunologist Dr. Gideon Lack’s first inkling that some peanut allergies might be preventable came more than 20 years ago while...