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A small furry animal with pointed ears and dark eyes sits behind a tree trunk in a snowy forest setting, surrounded by pine branches.
September 04, 2025
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Could AI help save one of the Pacific Northwest’s most vulnerable animals? 

Category: AI September 4, 2025 Could AI help save one of the Pacific Northwest’s most vulnerable animals? By Deborah Bach On a cool morning in early summer, Zhongqi Miao stands behind a tree in the Asian small-clawed otter exhibit at Seattle’s Woodland Park Zoo tinkering with a small camera hidden among the leaves. The Microsoft

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A close-up shows bluish light glowing through a lens that is surrounded by cables, wires and other computer hardware.
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Microsoft’s analog optical computer cracks two practical problems and shows AI promise 

Microsoft’s analog optical computer cracks two practical problems and shows AI promise Written by Chris Welsch Published September 3, 2025 Category AI CAMBRIDGE, U.K. – A small Microsoft Research team had lofty goals when it set out four years ago to create an analog optical computer that would use light as a medium for solving

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A scientist works among tall grasses on a cloudy day near a wetland on the edge of a forest.
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How AI can help save hidden ‘biological hotspots’ the planet needs 

How AI can help save hidden ‘biological hotspots’ the planet needs by Vanessa Ho (() => { let $iframe, $closeBtn; const $player = document.getElementById(‘player-68adda16e5dea’) ; const $playerPlayBtn = document.getElementById(‘player-btn-68adda16e5dea’) ; const $playerPlayTitleBtn = document.getElementById(‘player-title-btn-68adda16e5dea’) ; const $playerText = document.getElementById(‘player-text-68adda16e5dea’) ; function onKeyDown(e) { if (document.activeElement !== $closeBtn) { $iframe.focus() ; } } function initIframe(e) {

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