Apr 28, 2021

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The Batch: Europe's AI Backlash, Robot Debater, Car Wreck Recognition, Funding For Biomedicine
Apr 28, 2021

The Batch: Europe's AI Backlash, Robot Debater, Car Wreck Recognition, Funding For Biomedicine

How much data do you need to collect for a new machine learning project? If you’re working in a domain you’re familiar with, you may have a sense based on experience or from the literature. But when you’re working on a novel application, it’s hard to tell.

9 min read
The Batch: Europe's AI Backlash, Robot Debater, Car Wreck Recognition, Funding For Biomedicine
Apr 28, 2021

The Batch: Europe's AI Backlash, Robot Debater, Car Wreck Recognition, Funding For Biomedicine

How much data do you need to collect for a new machine learning project? If you’re working in a domain you’re familiar with, you may have a sense based on experience or from the literature. But when you’re working on a novel application, it’s hard to tell.

9 min read
Wreck Recognition: How insurers use computer vision to assess car damage.
Apr 28, 2021

Wreck Recognition: How insurers use computer vision to assess car damage.

Automobile insurers are increasingly turning to machine learning models to calculate the cost of car repairs. The pandemic has made it difficult for human assessors to visit vehicles damaged in crashes, so the insurance industry is embracing automation.

1 min read
Data-Centric AI Development, Part 3: Limit Data Collection Time
Apr 28, 2021

Data-Centric AI Development, Part 3: Limit Data Collection Time

How much data do you need to collect for a new machine learning project? If you’re working in a domain you’re familiar with, you may have a sense based on experience or from the literature.

2 min read
Wreck Recognition: How insurers use computer vision to assess car damage.
Apr 28, 2021

Wreck Recognition: How insurers use computer vision to assess car damage.

Automobile insurers are increasingly turning to machine learning models to calculate the cost of car repairs. The pandemic has made it difficult for human assessors to visit vehicles damaged in crashes, so the insurance industry is embracing automation.

1 min read
Data-Centric AI Development, Part 3: Limit Data Collection Time
Apr 28, 2021

Data-Centric AI Development, Part 3: Limit Data Collection Time

How much data do you need to collect for a new machine learning project? If you’re working in a domain you’re familiar with, you may have a sense based on experience or from the literature.

2 min read
Boosting Biomedicine: The NIH's Bridge2AI program will fund new health datasets.
Apr 28, 2021

Boosting Biomedicine: The NIH's Bridge2AI program will fund new health datasets.

The U.S. government aims to turbocharge biomedical AI research. The National Institutes of Health, which invests $41.7 billion annually in medical research, announced a program called Bridge to Artificial Intelligence (Bridge2AI) to promote machine learning in human biology and medicine.

1 min read
The Coming Crackdown: The 2021 draft version of the European Union's AI Act
Apr 28, 2021

The Coming Crackdown: The 2021 draft version of the European Union's AI Act

The European Union proposed sweeping restrictions on AI technologies and applications. The executive arm of the 27-nation EU published draft rules that aim to regulate, and in some cases ban, a range of AI systems.

2 min read
Boosting Biomedicine: The NIH's Bridge2AI program will fund new health datasets.
Apr 28, 2021

Boosting Biomedicine: The NIH's Bridge2AI program will fund new health datasets.

The U.S. government aims to turbocharge biomedical AI research. The National Institutes of Health, which invests $41.7 billion annually in medical research, announced a program called Bridge to Artificial Intelligence (Bridge2AI) to promote machine learning in human biology and medicine.

1 min read
The Coming Crackdown: The 2021 draft version of the European Union's AI Act
Apr 28, 2021

The Coming Crackdown: The 2021 draft version of the European Union's AI Act

The European Union proposed sweeping restrictions on AI technologies and applications. The executive arm of the 27-nation EU published draft rules that aim to regulate, and in some cases ban, a range of AI systems.

2 min read
Up for Debate: IBM's NLP-powered debate bot mines LexisNexis.
Apr 28, 2021

Up for Debate: IBM's NLP-powered debate bot mines LexisNexis.

IBM’s Watson question-answering system stunned the world in 2011 when it bested human champions of the TV trivia game show Jeopardy! Although the Watson brand has fallen on hard times, the company’s language-processing prowess continues to develop.

2 min read
Up for Debate: IBM's NLP-powered debate bot mines LexisNexis.
Apr 28, 2021

Up for Debate: IBM's NLP-powered debate bot mines LexisNexis.

IBM’s Watson question-answering system stunned the world in 2011 when it bested human champions of the TV trivia game show Jeopardy! Although the Watson brand has fallen on hard times, the company’s language-processing prowess continues to develop.

2 min read

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