Covid-19 Triage: Computer vision for x-rays helps triage Covid-19 patients.
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Covid-19 Triage: Computer vision for x-rays helps triage Covid-19 patients.

The pandemic has pushed hospitals to their limits. A new machine learning system could help doctors make sure the most severe cases get timely, appropriate care.

March 3, 20212 min read
Covid-19 Triage: Computer vision for x-rays helps triage Covid-19 patients.
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Covid-19 Triage: Computer vision for x-rays helps triage Covid-19 patients.

The pandemic has pushed hospitals to their limits. A new machine learning system could help doctors make sure the most severe cases get timely, appropriate care.

March 3, 20212 min read
Human Disabilities Baffle Algorithms: Facebook blocked ads aimed at people with disabilities.
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Human Disabilities Baffle Algorithms: Facebook blocked ads aimed at people with disabilities.

Facebook’s content moderation algorithms block many advertisements aimed at disabled people. The social media platform’s automated systems regularly reject ads for clothing designed for people with physical disabilities.

February 24, 20212 min read
Human Disabilities Baffle Algorithms: Facebook blocked ads aimed at people with disabilities.
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Human Disabilities Baffle Algorithms: Facebook blocked ads aimed at people with disabilities.

Facebook’s content moderation algorithms block many advertisements aimed at disabled people. The social media platform’s automated systems regularly reject ads for clothing designed for people with physical disabilities.

February 24, 20212 min read
Better Zero-Shot Translations: A method for improving transformer NLP translation
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Better Zero-Shot Translations: A method for improving transformer NLP translation

Train a multilingual language translator to translate between Spanish and English and between English and German, and it may be able to translate directly between Spanish and German as well. New work proposes a simple path to better machine translation between languages.

February 17, 20212 min read
Better Zero-Shot Translations: A method for improving transformer NLP translation
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Better Zero-Shot Translations: A method for improving transformer NLP translation

Train a multilingual language translator to translate between Spanish and English and between English and German, and it may be able to translate directly between Spanish and German as well. New work proposes a simple path to better machine translation between languages.

February 17, 20212 min read
Every Picture Tells a Story: Facebook expands automated alternative text.
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Every Picture Tells a Story: Facebook expands automated alternative text.

Facebook expanded a system of vision, language, and speech models designed to open the social network to users who are visually impaired. A Facebook service that describes photos in a synthesized voice now recognizes 1,200 visual concepts — 10 times more than the previous version.

January 27, 20212 min read
Every Picture Tells a Story: Facebook expands automated alternative text.
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Every Picture Tells a Story: Facebook expands automated alternative text.

Facebook expanded a system of vision, language, and speech models designed to open the social network to users who are visually impaired. A Facebook service that describes photos in a synthesized voice now recognizes 1,200 visual concepts — 10 times more than the previous version.

January 27, 20212 min read
Online Clues to Mental Illness: NLP model spots signs of mental illness in Facebook posts.
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Online Clues to Mental Illness: NLP model spots signs of mental illness in Facebook posts.

Can social media posts reveal early signs of mental illness? A new machine learning model shows promising results. Researchers developed a model that analyzes messages and images posted by Facebook users for indicators of psychological problems.

January 6, 20212 min read
Online Clues to Mental Illness: NLP model spots signs of mental illness in Facebook posts.
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Online Clues to Mental Illness: NLP model spots signs of mental illness in Facebook posts.

Can social media posts reveal early signs of mental illness? A new machine learning model shows promising results. Researchers developed a model that analyzes messages and images posted by Facebook users for indicators of psychological problems.

January 6, 20212 min read
Algorithms Against Disinformation: How Facebook, Twitter, and more fought disinfo in 2020.
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Algorithms Against Disinformation: How Facebook, Twitter, and more fought disinfo in 2020.

The worldwide pandemic and a contentious U.S. election whipped up a storm of automated disinformation, and some big AI companies reaped the whirlwind.

December 23, 20202 min read
Algorithms Against Disinformation: How Facebook, Twitter, and more fought disinfo in 2020.
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Algorithms Against Disinformation: How Facebook, Twitter, and more fought disinfo in 2020.

The worldwide pandemic and a contentious U.S. election whipped up a storm of automated disinformation, and some big AI companies reaped the whirlwind.

December 23, 20202 min read
Prosperity of the Commons: Tools from MLCommons for improved model development
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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.

December 9, 20201 min read
Prosperity of the Commons: Tools from MLCommons for improved model development
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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.

December 9, 20201 min read
Dynamic Benchmarks: A platform for fooling language models
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Dynamic Benchmarks: A platform for fooling language models

Benchmarks provide a scientific basis for evaluating model performance, but they don’t necessarily map well to human cognitive abilities. Facebook aims to close the gap through a dynamic benchmarking method that keeps humans in the loop.

October 14, 20202 min read

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