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# Shoot for the moon - machine learning for automated online ad detection

When computer vision proved too heavy for real-time ad blocking, engineers pivoted to DOM analysis. Discover how they achieved sub-millisecond inference in-browser using XGBoost and TensorFlow.js.

- **Speakers:** Humera Minhas, Parinitha Hirehal
- **Event:** World Congress 2022
- **Published:** June 15, 2022
- **Duration:** 31:23
- **URL:** https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/502-shoot-for-the-moon-machine-learning-for-automated-online-ad-detection
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