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- MetaCLIP – Meta AI Research https://github.com/facebookresearch/MetaCLIP 23 comments
- Meta injecting code into websites to track its users, research says https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/aug/11/meta-injecting-code-into-websites-visited-by-its-users-to-track-them-research-says 3 comments
- Danish research group asked to retract controversial meta-analysis allegedly showing SSRIs to be harmful and ineffective https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/acta-neuropsychiatrica/article/katakam-and-coworkers-have-not-shown-ssris-to-be-harmful-and-ineffective-and-should-stop-claiming-that-they-have/1df5e6940da88d0fa6fcfc13ecb510a0/core-reader 29 comments science
- Risks of harm from spanking confirmed by analysis of 5 decades of research (meta-analysis) https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/04/160425143106.htm 36 comments science
- Gratitude interventions don’t help with depression, anxiety, new meta-analysis of 27 studies finds. While gratitude has benefits, it is not a self-help tool that can fix everything, the researchers say. https://news.osu.edu/gratitude-interventions-dont-help-with-depression-anxiety/ 703 comments science
- Researchers have conducted a meta-analysis looking at 33 studies examining the impact of the altered definition of autism. They found that diagnoses of autism have decreased since the new Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders was adopted. https://www.disabilityscoop.com/2013/05/17/new-dsm-change-assurances/17969/ 5 comments science
- Piston-Meta 0.1 - A research project about bootstrapping data design for game development http://blog.piston.rs/2015/05/29/piston-meta/ 3 comments rust
- Facebook launches 50 million US dollars investment fund for research on meta-universe related technologies https://about.fb.com/news/2021/09/building-the-metaverse-responsibly/ 23 comments cryptocurrency
- Study identifies 44 genomic variants with a statistically significant association with depression. The meta-analysis involves research with more than 135,000 people with major depression and more than 344,000 controls. Findings could lead to improved treatment and even prevention of major depression https://www.news-medical.net/news/20180426/new-study-identifies-44-genomic-variants-linked-to-depression.aspx 4 comments science
- Meta's chief AI researcher says OpenAI's "world simulator" Sora is a dead end https://the-decoder.com/metas-chief-ai-researcher-says-openais-world-simulator-sora-is-a-dead-end/ 22 comments science
- Researcher issues data breach warning for iPhone apps Meta, Instagram and TikTok https://www.bollyinside.com/news/researcher-issues-data-breach-warning-for-iphone-apps-meta-instagram-and-tiktok 4 comments worldnews
- A researcher's female avatar was allegedly sexually assaulted in Meta VR https://www.thegamer.com/female-avatar-allegedly-sexually-assaulted-in-meta-vr/ 7 comments nottheonion
- Meta researchers build an AI that learns equally well from visual, written or spoken materials https://techcrunch.com/2022/01/20/meta-researchers-build-an-ai-that-learns-equally-well-from-visual-written-or-spoken-materials/ 2 comments technology
- More than 300 scientists have told Mark Zuckerberg they want access to Meta's internal research on child and teen mental health because it doesn't meet scientific standards https://www.businessinsider.com/mark-zuckerberg-meta-open-letter-kids-mental-health-300-scientists-2021-12 5 comments science
- UK cosmetics company Lush shut down many of its social media accounts, citing its concern about the harms in the wake of Facebook whistleblower’s revelations. Lush had "no choice" given Meta's research about Instagram's adverse impact on teen girls' mental health. What are your thoughts about this? https://www.businessinsider.com/lush-ceo-happy-to-lose-13m-deleting-social-media-accounts-2021-11?r=US&IR=T 2 comments economy
- UK cosmetics company Lush shut down many of its social media accounts, citing its concern about the harms in the wake of Facebook whistleblower’s revelations. Lush had "no choice" given Meta's research about Instagram's adverse impact on teen girls' mental health. What are your thoughts about this? https://www.businessinsider.com/lush-ceo-happy-to-lose-13m-deleting-social-media-accounts-2021-11?r=US&IR=T 108 comments business
- Meta AI researchers develop ways to read speech from people's brains https://siliconangle.com/2022/08/31/meta-ai-researchers-develop-ways-read-speech-peoples-brains/ 17 comments technology
- Meta has a "moral obligation" to make its mental health research transparent, scientists say https://www.theverge.com/2021/12/6/22820675/open-letter-meta-mental-health-research 33 comments technology
- XMF is a (research prototype) programming language designed to support meta-programming and domain specific languages. http://modeling-languages.com/bridging-the-gap-between-modelling-and-programming-with-xmf-and-xmodeler/ 5 comments programming
- Nearly 8% of men who have sex with men are estimated to have syphilis globally according to a new meta-analysis in Lancet Global Health. The research sourced data from 275 studies involving more than 600,000 study participants across 77 countries. https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/news/2021/nearly-8-men-who-have-sex-men-estimated-have-syphilis-globally 61 comments science
- A new meta-analysis suggests that aerobic exercise could help alleviate the often grueling symptoms of hemodialysis, including depression, fatigue and cramps, advancing researchers' understanding of the relationship between exercise and treatments for kidney failure https://academictimes.com/aerobic-exercise-could-ease-symptoms-of-kidney-failure-treatment/ 6 comments science
- Left-Handed People are “Left-Out” of Brain Research: A meta-study finds brain-imaging scientists often screen out left-handers, but there is no valid reason to https://www.freethink.com/articles/left-handed-people-brain-research 16 comments cogsci
- Meta’s Top Researcher: AR Succeeds Phones While VR Replaces PCs https://uploadvr.com/ar-replacing-phones-vr-replaces-pcs/ 335 comments technology
- Meta AI Research Introduces MobileLLM: Pioneering Machine Learning Innovations for Enhanced On-Device Intelligence https://app.daily.dev/posts/GuWEmMOgs 2 comments artificial
- A researcher's avatar was sexually assaulted on a metaverse platform owned by Meta, making her the latest victim of sexual abuse on Meta's platforms, watchdog says https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/female-researchers-avatar-sexually-assaulted-054939325.html 3 comments worldnews
- A female researcher's avatar was sexually assaulted on a metaverse platform owned by Meta, making her the latest victim of sexual abuse on Meta's platforms, watchdog says https://www.businessinsider.com/researcher-claims-her-avatar-was-raped-on-metas-metaverse-platform-2022-5 1284 comments technology
- A female researcher's avatar was sexually assaulted on a metaverse platform owned by Meta, making her the latest victim of sexual abuse on Meta's platforms, watchdog says https://www.businessinsider.com/researcher-claims-her-avatar-was-raped-on-metas-metaverse-platform-2022-5 1811 comments worldnews
- The right leadership style is key to fostering self-motivated employees and workplace well-being. A controlling leadership style is restraining and suffocating, whereas an autonomy supportive style is empowering, irrespective of national culture, finds new research (meta-analysis, n=32,870). https://pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/want-to-lead-self-motivated-employees 15 comments science
- Previous research suggests that women, more than men, experience negative outcomes when they display dominance. A new meta-analysis finds that while explicit forms of dominance (e.g., demands) do affect likability and hireability of women, implicit forms of dominance (e.g., eye contact) do not. http://psycnet.apa.org/journals/bul/142/2/165/ 880 comments science
- This new meta-analysis of psychology research concludes that, when it comes to moral decisions, women are no less cognitive than men in weighing up dilemmas that involve harm, but that women do have stronger gut feelings in the process. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/292019.php 3 comments science
- Consuming up to one egg per day does not appear to be associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk, according to a new study and meta-analysis led by researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. [N=173,563 women & 90,214 men (32 years of follow-up)] https://www.bmj.com/content/368/bmj.m513 12 comments science
- WHO researchers conducted one of the largest meta-analysis looking at adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) (n=1,514,254). 23.5% had one ACE, and 18.7% had two or more. North America, primarily USA, had nearly double more severe ACEs than Europe. ACEs were most highly connected with mental illness. https://www.psychologytoday.com/au/blog/experimentations/201909/big-data-the-impact-adverse-childhood-experiences 213 comments science
- Nutritional supplements including vitamin B6, vitamin A, multivitamins, antioxidants, and iron had no significant effect on mortality or heart disease in meta-analysis of 277 trials. Researcher says he hopes consumers will "stop wasting their money on these products." https://www.inverse.com/article/57437-do-vitamins-and-supplements-help-with-heart-health-evidence 75 comments science
- Vitamin D supplements don't help bone health, finds a new meta-analysis of 81 randomised controlled trials (n=53,537). The researchers believed that on the strength of existing evidence, there is little justification for more trials of vitamin D supplements looking at musculoskeletal outcomes. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/oct/04/vitamin-d-supplements-dont-help-bone-health-major-study-concludes 114 comments science
- Study Finds That Women Aren’t Run by Their Periods - Psychologists publish a meta-analysis of 58 research experiments that tested whether a woman’s preferences for masculinity, dominance, health, kindness... in her male romantic partners actually fluctuate across her menstrual cycle. http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2014/05/02/menstrual_studies_debunked_women_do_not_make_mating_decisions_based_on_their.html?wpisrc=obinsite 83 comments science
- A research team from DeepMind proposes a bootstrapped meta-learning algorithm that overcomes the meta-optimization problem and myopic meta objectives, and enables the meta-learner to teach itself. https://syncedreview.com/2021/09/20/deepmind-podracer-tpu-based-rl-frameworks-deliver-exceptional-performance-at-low-cost-107/ 7 comments futurology
- One in three adults, particularly women, younger adults, and those of lower socioeconomic status, are experiencing psychological distress related to COVID-19. Researchers performed a meta-analysis of 68 studies conducted during the pandemic, encompassing 288,830 participants from 19 countries https://www.duke-nus.edu.sg/about/media/media-releases/media-releases/covid-19-1-in-3-adults-anxious-depressed 8 comments science
- Research shows that diversity-related training is generally ineffective and often counter-productive with respect to its stated ends. Article here summarizes and links directly to dozens of peer-reviewed empirical studies and meta-analyses. https://heterodoxacademy.org/diversity-related-training-what-is-it-good-for/ 54 comments science
- Meta AI and CMU Researchers Present ‘BANMo’: A New Neural Network-Based Method To Build Animatable 3D Models From Videos https://www.marktechpost.com/2022/01/06/meta-ai-and-cmu-researchers-present-banmo-a-new-neural-network-based-method-to-build-animatable-3d-models-from-videos/ 2 comments artificial
- A prior meta-analysis cast doubt as to whether power-posing affects people confidence and stress levels. However, a new meta-analysis, which examines a more comprehensive body of research, provides evidence in support of power-posing effects. http://journals.sagepub.com/eprint/czbnan7ch6zzirk9ymgh/full 5 comments science