The Jožef Stefan Institute (IJS) has noted that the Covid-19 epidemic in Slovenia is stagnating in terms of the number of positive tests, with the basic reproduction number standing at around one. It projects that the next, yellow phase of restrictions easing could be reached in mid-May.
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10. February, 2021
Ljubljana – Respecting ethical principles and human rights is key for artificial intelligence (AI) technology to inspire trust, heard a virtual debate on Tuesday. Legislation should be amended to become, among other things, more adaptable as future innovations will pose additional challenges and risks, said the participants.
Public Administration Minister Boštjan Koritnik opened the discussion by noting Slovenia’s well-established AI research and achievements at the international level. The country boasts the first international AI research centre under the auspices of UNESCO, he said as quoted by the ministry’s press release.
The minister also highlighted the role of cooperation between university courses, civil society and companies interested in AI technology.
February 02, 2021
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Researchers at the Universities of Göttingen and Frankfurt and the Jožef Stefan Institute in Ljubljana, have developed a new approach that can help detect fake news leveraging machine learning methods.
As part of the study published in the Journal of the Association for Information Systems, scientists have leveraged machine learning methods to create classification models that can help detect false information.
The model can help identify suspicious messages based on their content and certain linguistic characteristics. Here we look at other aspects of the text that makes up the message, such as the comprehensibility of the language and the mood that the text conveys, said Professor Jan Muntermann from the University of Göttingen as quoted in an official release published in Eureaklert!.
A press conference on the current situation regarding the COVID-19 virus was held by state secretary at the Ministry of Health Marija Magajne and Director of the National Institute of Public Health Milan Krek.
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Social media is increasingly used to spread fake news. The same problem can be found on the capital market - criminals spread fake news about companies in order to manipulate share prices. Researchers at the Universities of Göttingen and Frankfurt and the Jožef Stefan Institute in Ljubljana have developed an approach that can recognise such fake news, even when the news contents are repeatedly adapted. The results of the study were published in the
Journal of the Association for Information Systems.
In order to detect false information - often fictitious data that presents a company in a positive light - the scientists used machine learning methods and created classification models that can be applied to identify suspicious messages based on their content and certain linguistic characteristics. Here we look at other aspects of the text that makes up the message, such as the comprehensibility of the language and the mood that the text conveys, says Professor Jan