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Nona Tepper Nona Tepper
Published on April 08, 2025

UChicago Researchers Made a Photo-Editing Tool That Hides Your Identity From Facial Recognition Algorithms

More than 100,000 people have downloaded the free tool, which “cloaks” faces in photos, protecting people’s identities from illegal data mining.

Michael Hines Michael Hines
Updated on April 08, 2025

This machine learning tool helps small e-commerce companies compete with Amazon and Walmart

For those who can’t dedicate an entire engineering team to refining their online store's search function, there’s Convert, a new tool developed by Chicago-based e-commerce consulting and technology firm Avatria.

Erica Grigg Erica Grigg
Updated on April 08, 2025

12 Questions to Define Market Size Like a Pro

Updated on April 08, 2025

5 Reasons Consultants Hate Their Jobs

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