CBS News Texas featured BALANCED Chief Technology Officer, Corey Clark, PhD in its nightly news broadcast in a segment titled The I-Team- Video game helps researchers fight sex trafficking. In that segment, Dr. Clark is interviewed about a project he heads at SMU where they have created a game that utilizes human-in-the-loop AI, a technique that BALANCED Media | Technology pioneered and holds several patents on, to help train a large language model search engine to help investigators find information that can assist them in solving crimes involving human sex trafficking.

The project features a computer game created by SMU postdoctoral researcher Stephanie Buongiorno called “Dark Shadows”, which was inspired in part by a game created by BALANCED CEO Robert M. Atkins and features technical input from BALANCED‘s development team. In the game, players teach an AI to improve its accuracy and efficiency in identifying and connecting data points from different sources. This approach saves time and resources for law enforcement and anti-trafficking organizations, as well as provides new insights into the patterns and trends of human trafficking in the U.S.

SMU has also created a data warehouse that aims to centralize and analyze nationwide human trafficking data, as well as a cost analysis of the economic impact of this crime.

Our good friends over at Complexity Gaming put together a video of highlights from the Play it Forward Esports Tournament event held at and benefiting Children’sHealth.

We’re proud the contribution the BALANCED team had in making this all possible and are super-thankful for the energy and heart Drini and Complexity Gaming put into it.

You can view the archived version of the broadcast on NBC 5’s website: Playmaker Helps Fight Cancer

“Do you continue to sit on the sideline, even though I don’t have cancer, or do I jump in the fight? And I chose I’m going to jump in the fight.” – Michael Irvin

The event, which was broadcast live on Amazon’s popular Twitch video platform, featured three-time Super Bowl winner and NFL Hall of Famer, Michael Irvin along with two-time and current Madden NFL champion, Drini Gjoka as they played a for-fun tournament alongside patients and patient families who received treatment at Children’s Health Dallas hospital. Stream viewers were able to make contributions to Children’s Health in support of its emergency room renovation through Extra Life, the videogame oriented fundraising wing of Children’s Miracle Network.

In addition to Drini’s participation, his professional game team, Complexity Gaming, utilized the organization’s deep knowledge of esports to help promote and lend support to the cause. Complexity streamed the event via its channels and provided social media, press, and corporate connections to raise awareness and donations.

Viewers also were able to participate in real-world research into finding cures for cancer by playing BALANCED’s newly released videogame, The Omega Cluster, which was available alongside the stream in the event’s Twitch channel. Because of the special built-in technology, simply playing this game during the stream was helping scientists to find new compounds that can fight the most difficult to treat cancers.

If you would like to view the recorded stream of the event, you can find it at Twitch.TV

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