Self-Supervised Simplicity: Image classification with simple contrastive learning (SimCLR)
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Self-Supervised Simplicity: Image classification with simple contrastive learning (SimCLR)

A simple linear classifier paired with a self-supervised feature extractor outperformed a supervised deep learning model on ImageNet, according to new research.

March 18, 20202 min read
AI Gets a Grip: AI helps amputees control robotic hands.
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AI Gets a Grip: AI helps amputees control robotic hands.

Amputees can control a robotic hand with their thoughts — plus machine learning. University of Michigan researchers developed a system that uses signals from an amputee’s nervous system to control a prosthetic hand.

March 11, 20201 min read
AI Gets a Grip: AI helps amputees control robotic hands.
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AI Gets a Grip: AI helps amputees control robotic hands.

Amputees can control a robotic hand with their thoughts — plus machine learning. University of Michigan researchers developed a system that uses signals from an amputee’s nervous system to control a prosthetic hand.

March 11, 20201 min read
Personal TrAIner: How AI is helping home workouts
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Personal TrAIner: How AI is helping home workouts

No more sloppy workouts: AI can correct your form. A home exercise system uses neural nets to analyze your motions and tell you when you perform a move properly, reports The Verge.

March 4, 20201 min read
Code No Evil: Why YOLO's co-creator no longer works on computer vision.
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Code No Evil: Why YOLO's co-creator no longer works on computer vision.

A prominent AI researcher has turned his back on computer vision over ethical issues. The co-creator of the popular object-recognition network You Only Look Once (YOLO) said he no longer works on computer vision because the technology has “almost no upside and enormous downside risk.”

March 4, 20201 min read
Personal TrAIner: How AI is helping home workouts
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Personal TrAIner: How AI is helping home workouts

No more sloppy workouts: AI can correct your form. A home exercise system uses neural nets to analyze your motions and tell you when you perform a move properly, reports The Verge.

March 4, 20201 min read
Eyes on the Assembly Line: Computer vision tracks worker efficiency in warehouses.
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Eyes on the Assembly Line: Computer vision tracks worker efficiency in warehouses.

AI may not steal your job, but it can tell the boss when you’re slacking. Drishti, a startup based in Palo Alto and Bengaluru, tracks the productivity of industrial workers by recognizing their actions on the assembly line.

March 4, 20201 min read
Code No Evil: Why YOLO's co-creator no longer works on computer vision.
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Code No Evil: Why YOLO's co-creator no longer works on computer vision.

A prominent AI researcher has turned his back on computer vision over ethical issues. The co-creator of the popular object-recognition network You Only Look Once (YOLO) said he no longer works on computer vision because the technology has “almost no upside and enormous downside risk.”

March 4, 20201 min read
Eyes on the Assembly Line: Computer vision tracks worker efficiency in warehouses.
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Eyes on the Assembly Line: Computer vision tracks worker efficiency in warehouses.

AI may not steal your job, but it can tell the boss when you’re slacking. Drishti, a startup based in Palo Alto and Bengaluru, tracks the productivity of industrial workers by recognizing their actions on the assembly line.

March 4, 20201 min read
Surgical Speed-Up: An AI tool for diagnosing brain tumor scans
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Surgical Speed-Up: An AI tool for diagnosing brain tumor scans

Every second counts when a patient’s skull is open in the operating room. A new technique based on deep learning can shorten some brain surgeries. During brain cancer operations, surgeons must stop in mid-operation for up to a half hour while a pathologist analyzes the tumor tissue.

February 26, 20202 min read
Surgical Speed-Up: An AI tool for diagnosing brain tumor scans
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Surgical Speed-Up: An AI tool for diagnosing brain tumor scans

Every second counts when a patient’s skull is open in the operating room. A new technique based on deep learning can shorten some brain surgeries. During brain cancer operations, surgeons must stop in mid-operation for up to a half hour while a pathologist analyzes the tumor tissue.

February 26, 20202 min read
Poultry in Motion: Tyson Foods uses AI to track inventory of chicken products.
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Poultry in Motion: Tyson Foods uses AI to track inventory of chicken products.

A top meat packer is counting its chickens with AI. Tyson Foods is using computer vision to track drumsticks, breasts, and thighs as they move through its processing plants, the Wall Street Journal reports.

February 26, 20201 min read
Poultry in Motion: Tyson Foods uses AI to track inventory of chicken products.
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Poultry in Motion: Tyson Foods uses AI to track inventory of chicken products.

A top meat packer is counting its chickens with AI. Tyson Foods is using computer vision to track drumsticks, breasts, and thighs as they move through its processing plants, the Wall Street Journal reports.

February 26, 20201 min read
Glimpse My Ride: How Los Angeles police used license plate readers
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Glimpse My Ride: How Los Angeles police used license plate readers

Police in the U.S. routinely use AI to track cars with little accountability to the public. Documents obtained by Wired revealed just how intensively police in Los Angeles, California, have been using automatic license plate readers.

February 19, 20201 min read
Glimpse My Ride: How Los Angeles police used license plate readers
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Glimpse My Ride: How Los Angeles police used license plate readers

Police in the U.S. routinely use AI to track cars with little accountability to the public. Documents obtained by Wired revealed just how intensively police in Los Angeles, California, have been using automatic license plate readers.

February 19, 20201 min read

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