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July 28, 2020

AI takes on the growing bed bug problem

Infestations of the blood-sucking creatures have grown 4,500% in the early years of this century as the bugs grow resistant to pesticides. AI could help.


Maija Palmer

3 min read

Before coronavirus took over all news cycles in March, the world was worrying about another rapidly spreading plague: bed bugs.

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Spotta co-founders Neil D'Souza-Mathew and Robert Fryers
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