Matthew Mattina: Arm research leader explains how TinyML is bringing AI to phones and other edge devices
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Matthew Mattina: Arm research leader explains how TinyML is bringing AI to phones and other edge devices

Look at the tip of a standard #2 pencil. Now, imagine performing over one trillion multiplication operations in the area of that pencil tip every second. This can be accomplished using today’s 7nm semiconductor technology.

December 30, 20202 min read
Matthew Mattina: Arm research leader explains how TinyML is bringing AI to phones and other edge devices
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Matthew Mattina: Arm research leader explains how TinyML is bringing AI to phones and other edge devices

Look at the tip of a standard #2 pencil. Now, imagine performing over one trillion multiplication operations in the area of that pencil tip every second. This can be accomplished using today’s 7nm semiconductor technology.

December 30, 20202 min read
Coping With Covid: How AI helped fight Covid-19.
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Coping With Covid: How AI helped fight Covid-19.

AI accelerated the search for a coronavirus vaccine, detected Covid-19 cases, and otherwise softened the pandemic’s blow. Machine learning researchers worldwide scrambled to harness the technology against the coronavirus.

December 23, 20202 min read
Coping With Covid: How AI helped fight Covid-19.
Covid-19

Coping With Covid: How AI helped fight Covid-19.

AI accelerated the search for a coronavirus vaccine, detected Covid-19 cases, and otherwise softened the pandemic’s blow. Machine learning researchers worldwide scrambled to harness the technology against the coronavirus.

December 23, 20202 min read
Crowdsourcing Against Coronavirus: A global effort using AI to find Covid-19 medicine.
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Crowdsourcing Against Coronavirus: A global effort using AI to find Covid-19 medicine.

Covid Moonshot, an open-source project to vet potential medicines using machine learning, is closing in on compounds that might help curb Covid-19. Four new antiviral drugs identified by the project are ready to advance to animal trials.

December 16, 20201 min read
Crowdsourcing Against Coronavirus: A global effort using AI to find Covid-19 medicine.
Covid-19

Crowdsourcing Against Coronavirus: A global effort using AI to find Covid-19 medicine.

Covid Moonshot, an open-source project to vet potential medicines using machine learning, is closing in on compounds that might help curb Covid-19. Four new antiviral drugs identified by the project are ready to advance to animal trials.

December 16, 20201 min read
Retailers Adjust to the Pandemic: How Chinese retailers used AI to rebound from Covid-19
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Retailers Adjust to the Pandemic: How Chinese retailers used AI to rebound from Covid-19

Covid-19 wreaked havoc with models that predict retail sales — but China’s biggest annual e-commerce event showed that they’re back in business.

November 18, 20202 min read
Retailers Adjust to the Pandemic: How Chinese retailers used AI to rebound from Covid-19
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Retailers Adjust to the Pandemic: How Chinese retailers used AI to rebound from Covid-19

Covid-19 wreaked havoc with models that predict retail sales — but China’s biggest annual e-commerce event showed that they’re back in business.

November 18, 20202 min read
Wimbledon in a Box: Generative AI technique creates imaginary tennis matches.
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Wimbledon in a Box: Generative AI technique creates imaginary tennis matches.

Covid shut down the tennis tournament at Wimbledon this year, but a new model simulates showdowns between the sport’s greatest players. Stanford researchers developed Vid2Player, a system that simulates the footwork, positioning, and strokes of tennis pros like Roger Federer.

September 2, 20201 min read
Wimbledon in a Box: Generative AI technique creates imaginary tennis matches.
Covid-19

Wimbledon in a Box: Generative AI technique creates imaginary tennis matches.

Covid shut down the tennis tournament at Wimbledon this year, but a new model simulates showdowns between the sport’s greatest players. Stanford researchers developed Vid2Player, a system that simulates the footwork, positioning, and strokes of tennis pros like Roger Federer.

September 2, 20201 min read
Cats Cured of Covid: Why some deep learning models thought cats had Covid
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Cats Cured of Covid: Why some deep learning models thought cats had Covid

Neural networks are famously bad at interpreting input that falls outside the training set’s distribution, so it’s not surprising that some models are certain that cat pictures show symptoms of Covid-19. A new approach won’t mistakenly condemn your feline to a quarantine.

August 5, 20202 min read
Cats Cured of Covid: Why some deep learning models thought cats had Covid
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Cats Cured of Covid: Why some deep learning models thought cats had Covid

Neural networks are famously bad at interpreting input that falls outside the training set’s distribution, so it’s not surprising that some models are certain that cat pictures show symptoms of Covid-19. A new approach won’t mistakenly condemn your feline to a quarantine.

August 5, 20202 min read
Grade-AI Sushi: How Tuna Scope assesses the quality of sushi-grade fish
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Grade-AI Sushi: How Tuna Scope assesses the quality of sushi-grade fish

Computer vision is helping sushi lovers enjoy top-quality maguro. Japanese restaurant chain Kura Sushi is using a smartphone app called Tuna Scope to grade its suppliers’ offerings, according to the news outlet The Asahi Shimbun.

July 29, 20201 min read
Grade-AI Sushi: How Tuna Scope assesses the quality of sushi-grade fish
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Grade-AI Sushi: How Tuna Scope assesses the quality of sushi-grade fish

Computer vision is helping sushi lovers enjoy top-quality maguro. Japanese restaurant chain Kura Sushi is using a smartphone app called Tuna Scope to grade its suppliers’ offerings, according to the news outlet The Asahi Shimbun.

July 29, 20201 min read
AI Against Covid Progress Report: How Chinese authorities used AI to fight Covid
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AI Against Covid Progress Report: How Chinese authorities used AI to fight Covid

A new report details the role of AI in China’s effort to fight the coronavirus. Researchers at Synced, a China-based AI publication, describe how nearly 90 machine learning products have contributed to the country’s pandemic response.

July 29, 20201 min read

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