AI Steals CES: A roundup of the AI products showcased at CES 2020
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AI Steals CES: A roundup of the AI products showcased at CES 2020

Artificial intelligence was everywhere at the biggest, buzziest consumer-technology showcase in the U.S. AI ruled the convention floor at the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, as numerous media outlets proclaimed.

January 15, 20202 min read
Easy on the Eyes: More accurate object detection with EfficientDet
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Easy on the Eyes: More accurate object detection with EfficientDet

Researchers aiming to increase accuracy in object detection generally enlarge the network, but that approach also boosts computational cost. A novel architecture sets a new state of the art in accuracy while cutting the compute cycles required.

January 8, 20202 min read
Easy on the Eyes: More accurate object detection with EfficientDet
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Easy on the Eyes: More accurate object detection with EfficientDet

Researchers aiming to increase accuracy in object detection generally enlarge the network, but that approach also boosts computational cost. A novel architecture sets a new state of the art in accuracy while cutting the compute cycles required.

January 8, 20202 min read
Cancer in the Crosshairs: An AI model beat humans in diagnosing breast cancer from X-rays, but critics found the study lacking.
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Cancer in the Crosshairs: An AI model beat humans in diagnosing breast cancer from X-rays, but critics found the study lacking.

Computer vision has potential to spot cancer earlier and more accurately than human experts. A new system surpassed human accuracy in trials, but critics aren’t convinced.

January 8, 20202 min read
Cancer in the Crosshairs: An AI model beat humans in diagnosing breast cancer from X-rays, but critics found the study lacking.
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Cancer in the Crosshairs: An AI model beat humans in diagnosing breast cancer from X-rays, but critics found the study lacking.

Computer vision has potential to spot cancer earlier and more accurately than human experts. A new system surpassed human accuracy in trials, but critics aren’t convinced.

January 8, 20202 min read
Yann LeCun — Learning From Observation: The power of self-supervised learning
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Yann LeCun — Learning From Observation: The power of self-supervised learning

How is it that many people learn to drive a car fairly safely in 20 hours of practice, while current imitation learning algorithms take hundreds of thousands of hours, and reinforcement learning algorithms take millions of hours? Clearly we’re missing something big.

January 1, 20202 min read
Yann LeCun — Learning From Observation: The power of self-supervised learning
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Yann LeCun — Learning From Observation: The power of self-supervised learning

How is it that many people learn to drive a car fairly safely in 20 hours of practice, while current imitation learning algorithms take hundreds of thousands of hours, and reinforcement learning algorithms take millions of hours? Clearly we’re missing something big.

January 1, 20202 min read
Chelsea Finn — Robots That Generalize: Generalization for robotics through reinforcement learning
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Chelsea Finn — Robots That Generalize: Generalization for robotics through reinforcement learning

Many people in the AI community focus on achieving flashy results, like building an agent that can win at Go or Jeopardy. This kind of work is impressive in terms of complexity.

January 1, 20202 min read
Chelsea Finn — Robots That Generalize: Generalization for robotics through reinforcement learning
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Chelsea Finn — Robots That Generalize: Generalization for robotics through reinforcement learning

Many people in the AI community focus on achieving flashy results, like building an agent that can win at Go or Jeopardy. This kind of work is impressive in terms of complexity.

January 1, 20202 min read
Self-Training for Sharper Vision: The noisy student method for computer vision, explained
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Self-Training for Sharper Vision: The noisy student method for computer vision, explained

The previous state-of-the-art image classifier was trained on the ImageNet dataset plus 3.5 billion supplemental images from a different database. A new method achieved higher accuracy with one-tenth as many supplemental examples — and they were unlabeled, to boot.

December 18, 20192 min read
Self-Training for Sharper Vision: The noisy student method for computer vision, explained
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Self-Training for Sharper Vision: The noisy student method for computer vision, explained

The previous state-of-the-art image classifier was trained on the ImageNet dataset plus 3.5 billion supplemental images from a different database. A new method achieved higher accuracy with one-tenth as many supplemental examples — and they were unlabeled, to boot.

December 18, 20192 min read
Bias Fighter: A neural network for countering bias variables in data
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Bias Fighter: A neural network for countering bias variables in data

Sophisticated models trained on biased data can learn discriminatory patterns, which leads to skewed decisions. A new solution aims to prevent neural networks from making decisions based on common biases.

December 4, 20192 min read
Prehistoric Pictures Rediscovered: AI image analysis reveals new Nazca drawings in Peru.
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Prehistoric Pictures Rediscovered: AI image analysis reveals new Nazca drawings in Peru.

Image analysis guided by AI revealed a 2,000-year-old picture dug into the Peruvian desert. Researchers analyzing aerial imagery shot over Peru found a pattern that looks like a three-horned humanoid holding a staff.

December 4, 20192 min read
Prehistoric Pictures Rediscovered: AI image analysis reveals new Nazca drawings in Peru.
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Prehistoric Pictures Rediscovered: AI image analysis reveals new Nazca drawings in Peru.

Image analysis guided by AI revealed a 2,000-year-old picture dug into the Peruvian desert. Researchers analyzing aerial imagery shot over Peru found a pattern that looks like a three-horned humanoid holding a staff.

December 4, 20192 min read
Bias Fighter: A neural network for countering bias variables in data
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Bias Fighter: A neural network for countering bias variables in data

Sophisticated models trained on biased data can learn discriminatory patterns, which leads to skewed decisions. A new solution aims to prevent neural networks from making decisions based on common biases.

December 4, 20192 min read

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