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Worth Reading:  AI vs. Food Waste

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The Atlantic has a piece about how scientists are using AI to work on systems that will allow them to develop “better ways to preserve food by coming up with the best antioxidant combinations for the specific foods they’re working with” – with the hoped-for result being extended expiration dates that will reduce food waste.

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