Dec 09, 2020

14 Posts

How to Drive a Balloon: How high-altitude balloons navigate using AI.
Dec 09, 2020

How to Drive a Balloon: How high-altitude balloons navigate using AI.

Helium balloons that beam internet service to hard-to-serve areas are using AI to navigate amid high-altitude winds. Loon, the Alphabet division that provides wireless internet via polyethylene blimps.

2 min read
Seeing Eye AI: AI app for visually impaired runners
Dec 09, 2020

Seeing Eye AI: AI app for visually impaired runners

A computer vision system is helping to keep runners with impaired vision on track.What’s new: A prototype smartphone app developed by Google translates camera images into audio signals.

2 min read
Prosperity of the Commons: Tools from MLCommons for improved model development
Dec 09, 2020

Prosperity of the Commons: Tools from MLCommons for improved model development

A new consortium of companies, schools, and research labs is building open tools for next-generation machine learning. MLCommons aims to foster innovation in machine learning by developing new benchmarks, datasets, and best practices.

1 min read
The Measure of a Muppet: How NLP models learn attributes of pretrained embeddings.
Dec 09, 2020

The Measure of a Muppet: How NLP models learn attributes of pretrained embeddings.

The latest pretrained language models have shown a remarkable ability to learn facts. A new study drills down on issues of scale, showing that such models might learn the approximate weight of a dog or cost of an apple, at least to the right order of magnitude.

2 min read
Labor Pushes Back: British labor unions take on automation.
Dec 09, 2020

Labor Pushes Back: British labor unions take on automation.

Labor unions aim to give workers more protection against the automated systems that increasingly rule the workplace. The Trades Union Congress (TUC) launched a task force to lobby for collective bargaining, increased transparency, and legal protections related to AI in the workplace.

1 min read
Seeing Eye AI: AI app for visually impaired runners
Dec 09, 2020

Seeing Eye AI: AI app for visually impaired runners

A computer vision system is helping to keep runners with impaired vision on track.What’s new: A prototype smartphone app developed by Google translates camera images into audio signals.

2 min read
Prosperity of the Commons: Tools from MLCommons for improved model development
Dec 09, 2020

Prosperity of the Commons: Tools from MLCommons for improved model development

A new consortium of companies, schools, and research labs is building open tools for next-generation machine learning. MLCommons aims to foster innovation in machine learning by developing new benchmarks, datasets, and best practices.

1 min read
Values for the AI Community, Part 3: Ethical AI
Dec 09, 2020

Values for the AI Community, Part 3: Ethical AI

Like many people in the AI community, I am saddened by the sudden departure from Google of ethical AI researcher Timnit Gebru. Timnit is a tireless champion of diversity and fairness in AI.

1 min read
How to Drive a Balloon: How high-altitude balloons navigate using AI.
Dec 09, 2020

How to Drive a Balloon: How high-altitude balloons navigate using AI.

Helium balloons that beam internet service to hard-to-serve areas are using AI to navigate amid high-altitude winds. Loon, the Alphabet division that provides wireless internet via polyethylene blimps.

2 min read
Values for the AI Community, Part 3: Ethical AI
Dec 09, 2020

Values for the AI Community, Part 3: Ethical AI

Like many people in the AI community, I am saddened by the sudden departure from Google of ethical AI researcher Timnit Gebru. Timnit is a tireless champion of diversity and fairness in AI.

1 min read
The Measure of a Muppet: How NLP models learn attributes of pretrained embeddings.
Dec 09, 2020

The Measure of a Muppet: How NLP models learn attributes of pretrained embeddings.

The latest pretrained language models have shown a remarkable ability to learn facts. A new study drills down on issues of scale, showing that such models might learn the approximate weight of a dog or cost of an apple, at least to the right order of magnitude.

2 min read
The Batch: Autonomous Helium Balloons, Seeing Eye AI, Muppet Models Estimate Weights and Measures, Labor Unions Fight Automation
Dec 09, 2020

The Batch: Autonomous Helium Balloons, Seeing Eye AI, Muppet Models Estimate Weights and Measures, Labor Unions Fight Automation

Like many people in the AI community, I am saddened by the sudden departure from Google of ethical AI researcher Timnit Gebru. Timnit is a tireless champion of diversity and fairness in AI.

9 min read
Labor Pushes Back: British labor unions take on automation.
Dec 09, 2020

Labor Pushes Back: British labor unions take on automation.

Labor unions aim to give workers more protection against the automated systems that increasingly rule the workplace. The Trades Union Congress (TUC) launched a task force to lobby for collective bargaining, increased transparency, and legal protections related to AI in the workplace.

1 min read
The Batch: Autonomous Helium Balloons, Seeing Eye AI, Muppet Models Estimate Weights and Measures, Labor Unions Fight Automation
Dec 09, 2020

The Batch: Autonomous Helium Balloons, Seeing Eye AI, Muppet Models Estimate Weights and Measures, Labor Unions Fight Automation

Like many people in the AI community, I am saddened by the sudden departure from Google of ethical AI researcher Timnit Gebru. Timnit is a tireless champion of diversity and fairness in AI.

9 min read

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