X Marks the Dataset: Radioacive data helps trace a model's training corpus.
Datasets

X Marks the Dataset: Radioacive data helps trace a model's training corpus.

Which dataset was used to train a given model? A new method makes it possible to see traces of the training corpus in a model’s output.

March 18, 20202 min read
X Marks the Dataset: Radioacive data helps trace a model's training corpus.
Datasets

X Marks the Dataset: Radioacive data helps trace a model's training corpus.

Which dataset was used to train a given model? A new method makes it possible to see traces of the training corpus in a model’s output.

March 18, 20202 min read
Tools For a Pandemic: Chinese tech giants provide resources for Covid research.
Datasets

Tools For a Pandemic: Chinese tech giants provide resources for Covid research.

Chinese tech giants have opened their AI platforms to scientists fighting coronavirus. Alibaba Cloud and Baidu are offering a powerful weapon to life-science researchers working to stop the spread of the illness officially known as Covid-19: free access to their computing horsepower and tools.

February 12, 20201 min read
Tools For a Pandemic: Chinese tech giants provide resources for Covid research.
Datasets

Tools For a Pandemic: Chinese tech giants provide resources for Covid research.

Chinese tech giants have opened their AI platforms to scientists fighting coronavirus. Alibaba Cloud and Baidu are offering a powerful weapon to life-science researchers working to stop the spread of the illness officially known as Covid-19: free access to their computing horsepower and tools.

February 12, 20201 min read
ImageNet Gets a Makeover: The effort to remove bias from ImageNet
Datasets

ImageNet Gets a Makeover: The effort to remove bias from ImageNet

Computer scientists are struggling to purge bias from one of AI’s most important datasets. ImageNet’s 14 million photos are a go-to collection for training computer-vision systems, yet their descriptive labels have been rife with derogatory and stereotyped attitudes toward race, gender, and sex.

January 8, 20202 min read
ImageNet Gets a Makeover: The effort to remove bias from ImageNet
Datasets

ImageNet Gets a Makeover: The effort to remove bias from ImageNet

Computer scientists are struggling to purge bias from one of AI’s most important datasets. ImageNet’s 14 million photos are a go-to collection for training computer-vision systems, yet their descriptive labels have been rife with derogatory and stereotyped attitudes toward race, gender, and sex.

January 8, 20202 min read
Dawn Song — Taking Responsibility for Data: The importance of a responsible data economy
Datasets

Dawn Song — Taking Responsibility for Data: The importance of a responsible data economy

Datasets are critical to AI and machine learning, and they are becoming a key driver of the economy. Collection of sensitive data is increasing rapidly, covering almost every aspect of people’s lives.

January 1, 20202 min read
Dawn Song — Taking Responsibility for Data: The importance of a responsible data economy
Datasets

Dawn Song — Taking Responsibility for Data: The importance of a responsible data economy

Datasets are critical to AI and machine learning, and they are becoming a key driver of the economy. Collection of sensitive data is increasing rapidly, covering almost every aspect of people’s lives.

January 1, 20202 min read
Bias Fighter: A neural network for countering bias variables in data
Datasets

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
Bias Fighter: A neural network for countering bias variables in data
Datasets

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
Biased Data Trains Oppressive AI
Datasets

Biased Data Trains Oppressive AI

Will biases in training data unwittingly turn AI into a tool for persecution? Bias encoded in software used by nominally objective institutions like, say, the justice or education systems will become impossible to root out.

October 30, 20192 min read
Biased Data Trains Oppressive AI
Datasets

Biased Data Trains Oppressive AI

Will biases in training data unwittingly turn AI into a tool for persecution? Bias encoded in software used by nominally objective institutions like, say, the justice or education systems will become impossible to root out.

October 30, 20192 min read
Public Access, Private Faces
Datasets

Public Access, Private Faces

One of the largest open datasets for training face recognition systems has its roots in a popular photo-sharing service. Companies that have used this data could find themselves liable for millions in legal recompense.

October 23, 20192 min read
Public Access, Private Faces
Datasets

Public Access, Private Faces

One of the largest open datasets for training face recognition systems has its roots in a popular photo-sharing service. Companies that have used this data could find themselves liable for millions in legal recompense.

October 23, 20192 min read
AI Knows Who Labeled the Data
Datasets

AI Knows Who Labeled the Data

The latest language models are great at answering questions about a given text passage. However, these models are also powerful enough to recognize an individual writer’s style, which can clue them in to the right answers. New research measures such annotator bias in several data sets.

September 25, 20192 min read

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