Apr 01, 2020

16 Posts

Covid-19: How to Flatten the Curve
Apr 01, 2020

Covid-19: How to Flatten the Curve

In the earlier weeks of Covid-19, I didn’t want to contribute noise, so that experts in infectious disease could be heard. But now the situation has worsened. I spoke yesterday with Eric Topol, a cardiologist at Scripps Institute and author of Deep...

2 min read
The Batch: AI-Against-Coronavirus Datasets, Voice Cloning for the Masses, Finding Unexploded Bombs, Seeing See-Through
Apr 01, 2020

The Batch: AI-Against-Coronavirus Datasets, Voice Cloning for the Masses, Finding Unexploded Bombs, Seeing See-Through

In the earlier weeks of Covid-19, I didn’t want to contribute noise, so that experts in infectious disease could be heard. But now the situation has worsened. I spoke yesterday with Eric Topol, a cardiologist at Scripps Institute and author of Deep...

12 min read
Where Are the Live Bombs?: Computer vision identifies unexploded bombs in Cambodia.
Apr 01, 2020

Where Are the Live Bombs?: Computer vision identifies unexploded bombs in Cambodia.

Unexploded munitions from past wars continue to kill and maim thousands of people every year. Computer vision is helping researchers figure out where these dormant weapons are likely to be.

2 min read
Covid-19: How to Flatten the Curve
Apr 01, 2020

Covid-19: How to Flatten the Curve

In the earlier weeks of Covid-19, I didn’t want to contribute noise, so that experts in infectious disease could be heard. But now the situation has worsened. I spoke yesterday with Eric Topol, a cardiologist at Scripps Institute and author of Deep...

2 min read
Optimize Your Training Parameters: Research on finding a neural net's optimal batch size
Apr 01, 2020

Optimize Your Training Parameters: Research on finding a neural net's optimal batch size

Last week we reported on a formula to determine model width and dataset size for optimal performance. A new paper contributes equations that optimize some training parameters.

2 min read
Selling Shovels to Data Miners: A survey of AI business-to-business services
Apr 01, 2020

Selling Shovels to Data Miners: A survey of AI business-to-business services

When the world is panning for machine learning gold, it pays to help them dig through the data. Machine learning entrepreneurs can make their mark (and their fortune) building services that help other companies develop, deploy, and monitor AI, venture capitalist Rob Toews argues in Forbes.

1 min read
Where Are the Live Bombs?: Computer vision identifies unexploded bombs in Cambodia.
Apr 01, 2020

Where Are the Live Bombs?: Computer vision identifies unexploded bombs in Cambodia.

Unexploded munitions from past wars continue to kill and maim thousands of people every year. Computer vision is helping researchers figure out where these dormant weapons are likely to be.

2 min read
Optimize Your Training Parameters: Research on finding a neural net's optimal batch size
Apr 01, 2020

Optimize Your Training Parameters: Research on finding a neural net's optimal batch size

Last week we reported on a formula to determine model width and dataset size for optimal performance. A new paper contributes equations that optimize some training parameters.

2 min read
Selling Shovels to Data Miners: A survey of AI business-to-business services
Apr 01, 2020

Selling Shovels to Data Miners: A survey of AI business-to-business services

When the world is panning for machine learning gold, it pays to help them dig through the data. Machine learning entrepreneurs can make their mark (and their fortune) building services that help other companies develop, deploy, and monitor AI, venture capitalist Rob Toews argues in Forbes.

1 min read
Seeing the See-Through: ClearGrasp allows robots to grab see-through objects.
Apr 01, 2020

Seeing the See-Through: ClearGrasp allows robots to grab see-through objects.

Glass bottles and crystal bowls bend light in strange ways. Image processing networks often struggle to separate the boundaries of transparent objects from the background that shows through them. A new method sees such items more accurately.

2 min read
Voice Cloning for the Masses: An AI project clones cartoon character voices.
Apr 01, 2020

Voice Cloning for the Masses: An AI project clones cartoon character voices.

Are you secretly yearning to have a My Little Pony character voice your next online presentation? A new web app can make your dreams come true. 15.ai translates short text messages into the voices of popular cartoon and videogame characters.

1 min read
Chatbots Disagree on Covid-19: Medical chatbots offered conflicting Covid advice.
Apr 01, 2020

Chatbots Disagree on Covid-19: Medical chatbots offered conflicting Covid advice.

Chatbots designed to recognize Covid-19 symptoms dispense alarmingly inconsistent recommendations. Given the same symptoms, eight high-profile medical bots responded with divergent, often conflicting advice.

1 min read
Seeing the See-Through: ClearGrasp allows robots to grab see-through objects.
Apr 01, 2020

Seeing the See-Through: ClearGrasp allows robots to grab see-through objects.

Glass bottles and crystal bowls bend light in strange ways. Image processing networks often struggle to separate the boundaries of transparent objects from the background that shows through them. A new method sees such items more accurately.

2 min read
Voice Cloning for the Masses: An AI project clones cartoon character voices.
Apr 01, 2020

Voice Cloning for the Masses: An AI project clones cartoon character voices.

Are you secretly yearning to have a My Little Pony character voice your next online presentation? A new web app can make your dreams come true. 15.ai translates short text messages into the voices of popular cartoon and videogame characters.

1 min read
Chatbots Disagree on Covid-19: Medical chatbots offered conflicting Covid advice.
Apr 01, 2020

Chatbots Disagree on Covid-19: Medical chatbots offered conflicting Covid advice.

Chatbots designed to recognize Covid-19 symptoms dispense alarmingly inconsistent recommendations. Given the same symptoms, eight high-profile medical bots responded with divergent, often conflicting advice.

1 min read

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