Disney's New Patent Finds the Best Moments in a Show to Drop an Ad
Disney is patenting a system that watches a movie or show for natural pauses, specifically fade-to-black moments and audio shifts, and ranks…
The ranking engines that decide what you see next: feeds, ads, product picks, and personalization. These filings show how attention gets engineered.
Disney is patenting a system that watches a movie or show for natural pauses, specifically fade-to-black moments and audio shifts, and ranks…
When Google's AI reads a webpage to answer your question, it doesn't need the whole thing. A new patent describes a system…
Samsung is exploring a system that never really turns the camera off, using a constant visual feed plus other sensor readings to…
Google is patenting a system where an AI generates a pool of ad candidates before any user request arrives, then narrows that…
Growing microbes in a lab flask is one thing. Making them work the same way in a 50,000-liter industrial tank is notoriously…
If you've ever stared at a spreadsheet trying to figure out whether to spend more on YouTube or TikTok, Google thinks it…
When an AI recommendation engine has to look up the same data over and over, making it wait each time is a…
Google wants to stop serving ads that users will immediately ignore. A newly filed patent describes a system that predicts whether you'll…
Most recommendation systems wait for you to figure out what information to give them. Google's new patent describes an AI that figures…
What if a quiz about fractions came wrapped in Star Wars lore, or a reading comprehension lesson used Frozen dialogue? Disney has…
Most fitness apps treat a 130-pound marathon runner and a 130-pound powerlifter as identical. Apple's latest patent filing wants to change that…
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