EurekAlert! In the Spotlight

This month, we’re focusing on artificial intelligence (AI), a topic that continues to capture attention everywhere. Here, you’ll find the latest research news, insights, and discoveries shaping how AI is being developed and used across the world.

Privacy-aware building automation

University of Tokyo
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers at the University of Tokyo developed a framework to enable decentralized artificial intelligence-based building automation with a focus on privacy. The system enables AI-powered devices like cameras and interfaces to cooperate directly, using a new form of device-to-device communication. In doing so, it eliminates the need for central servers and thus the need for centralized data retention, often seen as a potential security weak point and risk to private data.

Funder: This research was conducted as a part of Green University of Tokyo Project consortium

5-May-2025

Cancer studies present at Digestive Disease Week

Digestive Disease Week
Reports and Proceedings

Reporters note: The following briefs highlight selected cancer-related studies being presented at Digestive Disease Week® (DDW) 2025 in San Diego. You are welcome to use these items as-is, incorporate them into broader coverage, or use them as story starters for your own reporting. Reach out to Tware@thereisgroup.com to get more information or to connect with researchers for interviews.

Embargo: Each brief is embargoed until 12:01 a.m. PDT the day of its presentation, as listed at the end of each item. Alternatively, the entire package may be published after 12:01 a.m. PDT on May 5, 2025.

Meeting: Digestive Disease Week

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