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Taming Spurious Correlations: New Technique Helps AI Avoid Classification Mistakes
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Taming Spurious Correlations: New Technique Helps AI Avoid Classification Mistakes

When a neural network learns image labels, it may confuse a background item for the labeled object. New research avoids such mistakes.

August 24, 20222 min read
Taming Spurious Correlations: New Technique Helps AI Avoid Classification Mistakes
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Taming Spurious Correlations: New Technique Helps AI Avoid Classification Mistakes

When a neural network learns image labels, it may confuse a background item for the labeled object. New research avoids such mistakes.

August 24, 20222 min read
Bad Machine Learning Makes Bad Science: Is Machine Learning Driving a Scientific Reproducibility Crisis?
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Bad Machine Learning Makes Bad Science: Is Machine Learning Driving a Scientific Reproducibility Crisis?

A recent workshop highlighted the impact of poorly designed AI models in medicine, security, software engineering, and other disciplines.

August 17, 20221 min read
Bad Machine Learning Makes Bad Science: Is Machine Learning Driving a Scientific Reproducibility Crisis?
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Bad Machine Learning Makes Bad Science: Is Machine Learning Driving a Scientific Reproducibility Crisis?

A recent workshop highlighted the impact of poorly designed AI models in medicine, security, software engineering, and other disciplines.

August 17, 20221 min read
Learning From Metadata: Descriptive Text Improves Performance for AI Image Classification Systems
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Learning From Metadata: Descriptive Text Improves Performance for AI Image Classification Systems

Images in the wild may not come with labels, but they often include metadata. A new training method takes advantage of this information to improve contrastive learning.

July 29, 20222 min read
Learning From Metadata: Descriptive Text Improves Performance for AI Image Classification Systems
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Learning From Metadata: Descriptive Text Improves Performance for AI Image Classification Systems

Images in the wild may not come with labels, but they often include metadata. A new training method takes advantage of this information to improve contrastive learning.

July 29, 20222 min read
Keep Your AIs on the Road: New Law Requires European Vehicles to Come with Automated Features
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Keep Your AIs on the Road: New Law Requires European Vehicles to Come with Automated Features

The European Union passed a law that requires new vehicles to come equipped with automated safety features.

July 29, 20222 min read
Keep Your AIs on the Road: New Law Requires European Vehicles to Come with Automated Features
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Keep Your AIs on the Road: New Law Requires European Vehicles to Come with Automated Features

The European Union passed a law that requires new vehicles to come equipped with automated safety features.

July 29, 20222 min read
Humanized Training for Robot Arms: New Research Improves Robot Performance and Adaptability
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Humanized Training for Robot Arms: New Research Improves Robot Performance and Adaptability

Robots trained via reinforcement learning usually study videos of robots performing the task at hand. A new approach used videos of humans to pre-train robotic arms.

July 29, 20222 min read
Humanized Training for Robot Arms: New Research Improves Robot Performance and Adaptability
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Humanized Training for Robot Arms: New Research Improves Robot Performance and Adaptability

Robots trained via reinforcement learning usually study videos of robots performing the task at hand. A new approach used videos of humans to pre-train robotic arms.

July 29, 20222 min read
On the Ball: An AI-Powered App Lets Amateur Footballers Try Out for the Pros
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On the Ball: An AI-Powered App Lets Amateur Footballers Try Out for the Pros

AiSCOUT uses computer vision to grade amateur footballers and recommends those who score highest to representatives of professional teams.

July 29, 20222 min read
On the Ball: An AI-Powered App Lets Amateur Footballers Try Out for the Pros
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On the Ball: An AI-Powered App Lets Amateur Footballers Try Out for the Pros

AiSCOUT uses computer vision to grade amateur footballers and recommends those who score highest to representatives of professional teams.

July 29, 20222 min read
Auto Diagnosis: AI-Powered Inspections Arrive at Dealers for GM and Volvo
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Auto Diagnosis: AI-Powered Inspections Arrive at Dealers for GM and Volvo

A drive-through system from UVeye automatically inspects vehicles for dents, leaks, and low tire pressure.

July 29, 20221 min read
Auto Diagnosis: AI-Powered Inspections Arrive at Dealers for GM and Volvo
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Auto Diagnosis: AI-Powered Inspections Arrive at Dealers for GM and Volvo

A drive-through system from UVeye automatically inspects vehicles for dents, leaks, and low tire pressure.

July 29, 20221 min read
Long-Haul Chatbot: Facebook Chatbot is Able to Carry on Long Conversations
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Long-Haul Chatbot: Facebook Chatbot is Able to Carry on Long Conversations

Facebook released a chatbot that summarizes dialog on the fly and uses the summary to generate further repartee.

November 24, 20212 min read

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