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Feature Articles

articles and interviews from the past

June 23, 2021: Grand Prize Winner Announced in $5M IBM Watson AI XPRIZE Competition

June 22, 2021: CMU spinoff Marinus Analytics is the only US finalist in the IBM Watson AI XPrize competition

October 11, 2021: How AI can fight human trafficking

August 9, 2019: I started a tech company with no tech background, this is how it went

August 7, 2019: How Can Artificial Intelligence Help Stop Human Trafficking?

Jul 3, 2019: Using Artificial Intelligence to Fight Human Trafficking | Emily Kennedy | TEDxPittsburgh

July 1, 2019: AI and machine learning dominate World Economic Forum’s list of 2019 Technology Pioneers

July 1, 2019: Meet the World Economic Forum’s 2019 Class of Technology Pioneers

January 23, 2019: Dietrich College Alumna Fights Human Trafficking With AI

August 6, 2018: How Emily Kennedy and Cara Jones, Co-Founders of Marinus Analytics, are using AI to battle sex trafficking

May 22, 2018: Emily Kennedy She Tracks Down Sex Traffickers

April 13, 2018: This Startup Is Using Facial Recognition to Fight Human Trafficking

April 3, 2018: 2018 Toyota Mother of Invention Emily Kennedy, CEO of Marinus Analytics

June 28, 2017: This facial recognition technology could help stop online child trafficking

March 12, 2017: Machine Learning: A New Weapon In The War Against Forced Labor And Human Trafficking

September 21, 2016: How Artificial Intelligence Can Stop Sex Trafficking

April 10, 2016: Fighting sex trafficking: behind the app helping the FBI bust pimps

November 25, 2015: FBI cracking down on sex traffickers

NOVEMBER 17, 2015: This Girl's Senior Project Became a Law Enforcement Tool to Stop Sex Trafficking

October 15, 2015: The Young Woman Who Created A New Way to Bust Sex Trafficking Rings

February 9, 2015: Human Traffickers Caught on Hidden Internet

January 13, 2015: Carnegie Mellon Developing Online Tools To Detect and Identify Sex Traffickers

These Are The Most Popular Women-Friendly Startups Of 2018

Female Inventors Share Powerful Stories of Everyday People Who've Been Helped by Their Groundbreaking Creations