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Michael Airhart

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Phoenix
Covers:  E-commerce search, ontology, machine learning, internet privacy, human rights
Data analyst, ontologist, tech editor. linkedin.com/in/mairhart
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#BornPerfect - More than a Hashtag, a Movement

#BornPerfect - More than a Hashtag, a Movement

The 45th anniversary of the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) was a year of stellar progress for Born…

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The future of search is typeless

The future of search is typeless

Awash in competing demands for more advertising and next-generation machine learning, ecommerce site managers…

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Amazon Says It Won't Sell Books that Call LGBTQ+ People Mentally Ill

Amazon Says It Won't Sell Books that Call LGBTQ+ People Mentally Ill

Amazon.com told a group of senators this week that it will no longer sell books that misframe LGBTQ+ people a…

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Facebook and Instagram's Ban on Conversion Therapy Content Is a Game-Changer

Facebook and Instagram's Ban on Conversion Therapy Content Is a Game-Changer

The recent decision by Facebook and Instagram to exclude content that promotes conversion therapy is not just…

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How AI Self-Service Improves Customer Support | Lucidworks

How AI Self-Service Improves Customer Support | Lucidworks

AI-driven chatbots are set to save industry $8 billion per year by 2022, according to Juniper Research. Those…

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Fusion Powers Best-in-Class Self-Help Support and ROI at Veritas | Lucidworks

Fusion Powers Best-in-Class Self-Help Support and ROI at Veritas | Lucidworks

Enterprise data management firm Veritas has a bold lesson for enterprise website managers: Design your online…

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Use Emotion to Boost Search Results | Lucidworks

Use Emotion to Boost Search Results | Lucidworks

In 20 years, search logic has evolved from word matching, to probability calculation, to machine learning. Fo…

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Using Deep Learning and Customized Solr Components to Improve Search Relevancy at Target

Using Deep Learning and Customized Solr Components to Improve Search Relevancy at Target

Target can’t afford slow or off-base search results. They use a combination of deep learning models and custo…

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Deep Learning & Custom Solr Components at Target | Lucidworks

Deep Learning & Custom Solr Components at Target | Lucidworks

As one of the world's largest retailers, Target can't afford slow or off-base search results. When adding pro…

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Explainable AI Helps Thwart Risks of Black Box in Deep Learning | Lucidworks

Explainable AI Helps Thwart Risks of Black Box in Deep Learning | Lucidworks

When British firm Darktrace needed to ward off potential ransomware attacks, machine learning came to the res…

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Open Letter to the Exodus International Board of Directors

Open Letter to the Exodus International Board of Directors

This open letter made international headlines in 2009. It exposed violent collusion among the U.S. ex-gay mov…

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