Matthew Mattina: Arm research leader explains how TinyML is bringing AI to phones and other edge devices
Healthcare

Matthew Mattina: Arm research leader explains how TinyML is bringing AI to phones and other edge devices

Look at the tip of a standard #2 pencil. Now, imagine performing over one trillion multiplication operations in the area of that pencil tip every second. This can be accomplished using today’s 7nm semiconductor technology.

December 30, 20202 min read
The Model Will See You Now: The rise of medical AI in 2020
Healthcare

The Model Will See You Now: The rise of medical AI in 2020

Institutional hurdles to AI for medicine began to fall, setting the stage for widespread clinical use of deep learning in medical devices and treatments. DeepMind’s AlphaFold model determined the three-dimensional shape of a protein in just hours.

December 23, 20201 min read
The Model Will See You Now: The rise of medical AI in 2020
Healthcare

The Model Will See You Now: The rise of medical AI in 2020

Institutional hurdles to AI for medicine began to fall, setting the stage for widespread clinical use of deep learning in medical devices and treatments. DeepMind’s AlphaFold model determined the three-dimensional shape of a protein in just hours.

December 23, 20201 min read
Coping With Covid: How AI helped fight Covid-19.
Healthcare

Coping With Covid: How AI helped fight Covid-19.

AI accelerated the search for a coronavirus vaccine, detected Covid-19 cases, and otherwise softened the pandemic’s blow. Machine learning researchers worldwide scrambled to harness the technology against the coronavirus.

December 23, 20202 min read
Coping With Covid: How AI helped fight Covid-19.
Healthcare

Coping With Covid: How AI helped fight Covid-19.

AI accelerated the search for a coronavirus vaccine, detected Covid-19 cases, and otherwise softened the pandemic’s blow. Machine learning researchers worldwide scrambled to harness the technology against the coronavirus.

December 23, 20202 min read
Seeing Eye AI: AI app for visually impaired runners
Healthcare

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.

December 9, 20202 min read
Seeing Eye AI: AI app for visually impaired runners
Healthcare

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.

December 9, 20202 min read
Washington Wrestles with AI: U.S. federal agencies lag at AI uptake
Healthcare

Washington Wrestles with AI: U.S. federal agencies lag at AI uptake

The U.S. government’s effort to take advantage of AI has not lived up to its promise, according to a new report. Implementations of machine learning systems by federal agencies are “uneven at best, and problematic and perhaps dangerous at worst".

November 25, 20202 min read
Washington Wrestles with AI: U.S. federal agencies lag at AI uptake
Healthcare

Washington Wrestles with AI: U.S. federal agencies lag at AI uptake

The U.S. government’s effort to take advantage of AI has not lived up to its promise, according to a new report. Implementations of machine learning systems by federal agencies are “uneven at best, and problematic and perhaps dangerous at worst".

November 25, 20202 min read
GPT-3 Is No MD: GPT-3 lacks medical problem solving skills.
Healthcare

GPT-3 Is No MD: GPT-3 lacks medical problem solving skills.

The world’s most sophisticated language model won’t replace your doctor anytime soon. Researchers at Nabla, an AI-enabled healthcare platform, found that GPT-3 lacks the logical reasoning skills to be a useful medical chatbot.

November 4, 20201 min read
GPT-3 Is No MD: GPT-3 lacks medical problem solving skills.
Healthcare

GPT-3 Is No MD: GPT-3 lacks medical problem solving skills.

The world’s most sophisticated language model won’t replace your doctor anytime soon. Researchers at Nabla, an AI-enabled healthcare platform, found that GPT-3 lacks the logical reasoning skills to be a useful medical chatbot.

November 4, 20201 min read
The Black Box Has Dark Corners: Will we ever understand what happens inside black box AI?
Healthcare

The Black Box Has Dark Corners: Will we ever understand what happens inside black box AI?

Will we ever understand what goes on inside the mind of a neural network?The fear: When AI systems go wrong, no one will be able to explain the reasoning behind their decisions.

October 28, 20202 min read
Unfair Outcomes Destroy Trust: What could cause widespread backlash against AI?
Healthcare

Unfair Outcomes Destroy Trust: What could cause widespread backlash against AI?

Will AI that discriminates based on race, gender, or economic status undermine the public’s confidence in the technology? Seduced by the promise of cost savings and data-driven decision making, organizations will deploy biased systems that end up doing real-world damage.

October 28, 20201 min read
Giant Models Bankrupt Research: Will training AI become too expensive for most companies?
Healthcare

Giant Models Bankrupt Research: Will training AI become too expensive for most companies?

What if AI requires so much computation that it becomes unaffordable?The fear: Training ever more capable models will become too pricey for all but the richest corporations and government agencies. Rising costs will

October 28, 20202 min read
Giant Models Bankrupt Research: Will training AI become too expensive for most companies?
Healthcare

Giant Models Bankrupt Research: Will training AI become too expensive for most companies?

What if AI requires so much computation that it becomes unaffordable?The fear: Training ever more capable models will become too pricey for all but the richest corporations and government agencies. Rising costs will

October 28, 20202 min read

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