Toward AI We Can Count On: Public trust recommendations from AI researchers
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Toward AI We Can Count On: Public trust recommendations from AI researchers

A consortium of top AI experts proposed concrete steps to help machine learning engineers secure the public’s trust. Dozens of researchers and technologists recommended actions to counter public skepticism toward artificial intelligence, fueled by issues like data privacy.

April 29, 20201 min read
Toward AI We Can Count On: Public trust recommendations from AI researchers
Google

Toward AI We Can Count On: Public trust recommendations from AI researchers

A consortium of top AI experts proposed concrete steps to help machine learning engineers secure the public’s trust. Dozens of researchers and technologists recommended actions to counter public skepticism toward artificial intelligence, fueled by issues like data privacy.

April 29, 20201 min read
Prognosis — Early Warning for Sepsis: AI can provide an early warning for sepsis.
Google

Prognosis — Early Warning for Sepsis: AI can provide an early warning for sepsis.

An AI-driven alarm system helps rescue patients before infections become fatal. The problem: Machine learning can spot patterns in electronic health data indicating where a patient’s condition is headed that may be too subtle for doctors and nurses to catch.

April 15, 20202 min read
Prognosis — Early Warning for Sepsis: AI can provide an early warning for sepsis.
Google

Prognosis — Early Warning for Sepsis: AI can provide an early warning for sepsis.

An AI-driven alarm system helps rescue patients before infections become fatal. The problem: Machine learning can spot patterns in electronic health data indicating where a patient’s condition is headed that may be too subtle for doctors and nurses to catch.

April 15, 20202 min read
Beyond Neural Architecture Search: AutoML-Zero is a meta-algorithm for classification.
Google

Beyond Neural Architecture Search: AutoML-Zero is a meta-algorithm for classification.

Faced with a classification task, an important step is to browse the catalog of machine learning architectures to find a good performer. Researchers are exploring ways to do it automatically.

April 8, 20202 min read
Beyond Neural Architecture Search: AutoML-Zero is a meta-algorithm for classification.
Google

Beyond Neural Architecture Search: AutoML-Zero is a meta-algorithm for classification.

Faced with a classification task, an important step is to browse the catalog of machine learning architectures to find a good performer. Researchers are exploring ways to do it automatically.

April 8, 20202 min read
(Science) Community Outreach: A survey of machine learning from Eric Schmidt
Google

(Science) Community Outreach: A survey of machine learning from Eric Schmidt

Are your scientist friends intimidated by machine learning? They might be inspired by a primer from one of the world’s premier tech titans. Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and Cornell PhD candidate Maithra Raghu school scientists in machine learning in a sprawling overview.

April 8, 20201 min read
(Science) Community Outreach: A survey of machine learning from Eric Schmidt
Google

(Science) Community Outreach: A survey of machine learning from Eric Schmidt

Are your scientist friends intimidated by machine learning? They might be inspired by a primer from one of the world’s premier tech titans. Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and Cornell PhD candidate Maithra Raghu school scientists in machine learning in a sprawling overview.

April 8, 20201 min read
Quantum Leap: Researchers build TensorFlow hardware for quantum computing.
Google

Quantum Leap: Researchers build TensorFlow hardware for quantum computing.

Quantum computing has made great strides in recent years, though it still faces significant challenges. If and when it gets here, machine learning may be ready for it.

March 18, 20202 min read
Quantum Leap: Researchers build TensorFlow hardware for quantum computing.
Google

Quantum Leap: Researchers build TensorFlow hardware for quantum computing.

Quantum computing has made great strides in recent years, though it still faces significant challenges. If and when it gets here, machine learning may be ready for it.

March 18, 20202 min read
Self-Supervised Simplicity: Image classification with simple contrastive learning (SimCLR)
Google

Self-Supervised Simplicity: Image classification with simple contrastive learning (SimCLR)

A simple linear classifier paired with a self-supervised feature extractor outperformed a supervised deep learning model on ImageNet, according to new research.

March 18, 20202 min read
Self-Supervised Simplicity: Image classification with simple contrastive learning (SimCLR)
Google

Self-Supervised Simplicity: Image classification with simple contrastive learning (SimCLR)

A simple linear classifier paired with a self-supervised feature extractor outperformed a supervised deep learning model on ImageNet, according to new research.

March 18, 20202 min read
Less Labels, More Learning: Improved small data performance with combined techniques
Google

Less Labels, More Learning: Improved small data performance with combined techniques

In small data settings where labels are scarce, semi-supervised learning can train models by using a small number of labeled examples and a larger set of unlabeled examples. A new method outperforms earlier techniques.

March 11, 20202 min read
Less Labels, More Learning: Improved small data performance with combined techniques
Google

Less Labels, More Learning: Improved small data performance with combined techniques

In small data settings where labels are scarce, semi-supervised learning can train models by using a small number of labeled examples and a larger set of unlabeled examples. A new method outperforms earlier techniques.

March 11, 20202 min read
Transformers Transformed: Research improves transformer efficiency with Reformer.
Google

Transformers Transformed: Research improves transformer efficiency with Reformer.

Transformer networks have revolutionized natural language processing, but they hog processor cycles and memory. New research demonstrates a more frugal variation.

March 4, 20202 min read

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