Eyes On Drivers: Amazon watches delivery drivers with AI-powered cameras.
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Eyes On Drivers: Amazon watches delivery drivers with AI-powered cameras.

Amazon is monitoring its delivery drivers with in-vehicle cameras that alert supervisors to dangerous behavior. The online retail giant rolled out a ceiling-mounted surveillance system that flags drivers who, say, read texts, fail to use seatbelts, exceed the speed limit, or ignore a stop sign.

February 10, 20211 min read
Eyes On Drivers: Amazon watches delivery drivers with AI-powered cameras.
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Eyes On Drivers: Amazon watches delivery drivers with AI-powered cameras.

Amazon is monitoring its delivery drivers with in-vehicle cameras that alert supervisors to dangerous behavior. The online retail giant rolled out a ceiling-mounted surveillance system that flags drivers who, say, read texts, fail to use seatbelts, exceed the speed limit, or ignore a stop sign.

February 10, 20211 min read
Performance Guaranteed: How deep learning networks can become Bayes-optimal.
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Performance Guaranteed: How deep learning networks can become Bayes-optimal.

Bayes-optimal algorithms always make the best decisions given their training and input, if certain assumptions hold true. New work shows that some neural networks can approach this kind of performance.

February 3, 20212 min read
Performance Guaranteed: How deep learning networks can become Bayes-optimal.
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Performance Guaranteed: How deep learning networks can become Bayes-optimal.

Bayes-optimal algorithms always make the best decisions given their training and input, if certain assumptions hold true. New work shows that some neural networks can approach this kind of performance.

February 3, 20212 min read
Materials Science Gets a Boost: How AI can speed up materials science.
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Materials Science Gets a Boost: How AI can speed up materials science.

Neural nets could speed up development of new materials.What’s new: A deep learning system from Sandia National Laboratories dramatically accelerated simulations that help scientists understand how changes to the design or fabrication of a material change its properties.

February 3, 20211 min read
Materials Science Gets a Boost: How AI can speed up materials science.
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Materials Science Gets a Boost: How AI can speed up materials science.

Neural nets could speed up development of new materials.What’s new: A deep learning system from Sandia National Laboratories dramatically accelerated simulations that help scientists understand how changes to the design or fabrication of a material change its properties.

February 3, 20211 min read
Images From Noise: An upgrade for score-based generative AI models.
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Images From Noise: An upgrade for score-based generative AI models.

Generative adversarial networks and souped-up language models aren’t the only image generators around. Researchers recently upgraded an alternative known as score-based generative models.

January 27, 20213 min read
Images From Noise: An upgrade for score-based generative AI models.
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Images From Noise: An upgrade for score-based generative AI models.

Generative adversarial networks and souped-up language models aren’t the only image generators around. Researchers recently upgraded an alternative known as score-based generative models.

January 27, 20213 min read
Striding Toward the Minimum: A faster way to optimize the loss function for deep learning.
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Striding Toward the Minimum: A faster way to optimize the loss function for deep learning.

When you’re training a deep learning model, it can take days for an optimization algorithm to minimize the loss function. A new approach could save time.

January 13, 20212 min read
It’s a Small World Model After All: More efficient world models for reinforcement learning
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It’s a Small World Model After All: More efficient world models for reinforcement learning

World models, which learn a compressed representation of a dynamic environment like, say, a video game, have delivered top results in reinforcement learning. A new method makes them much smaller.

January 13, 20212 min read
Striding Toward the Minimum: A faster way to optimize the loss function for deep learning.
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Striding Toward the Minimum: A faster way to optimize the loss function for deep learning.

When you’re training a deep learning model, it can take days for an optimization algorithm to minimize the loss function. A new approach could save time.

January 13, 20212 min read
It’s a Small World Model After All: More efficient world models for reinforcement learning
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It’s a Small World Model After All: More efficient world models for reinforcement learning

World models, which learn a compressed representation of a dynamic environment like, say, a video game, have delivered top results in reinforcement learning. A new method makes them much smaller.

January 13, 20212 min read
How to Drive a Balloon: How high-altitude balloons navigate using AI.
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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.

December 9, 20202 min read
How to Drive a Balloon: How high-altitude balloons navigate using AI.
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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.

December 9, 20202 min read
The AI Community Splinters: Could geopolitics drive a wedge in the AI community?
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The AI Community Splinters: Could geopolitics drive a wedge in the AI community?

Will international rivalries fragment international cooperation in machine learning? Countries competing for AI dominance will lash out at competitors.

October 28, 20202 min read

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