Jan 20, 2021

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Annual Report, Robot Edition: The rise of machine readable financial reports
Jan 20, 2021

Annual Report, Robot Edition: The rise of machine readable financial reports

Corporations are tailoring their financial reports to be read by machines. Automated systems download far more company financial reports than humans, according to a study by the U.S. nonprofit National Bureau of Economic Research.

1 min read
AI Versus Lead Poisoning: How BlueConduit uses AI to identify lead water lines.
Jan 20, 2021

AI Versus Lead Poisoning: How BlueConduit uses AI to identify lead water lines.

An algorithm is helping cities locate pipes that could release highly toxic lead into drinking water. BlueConduit, a startup that focuses on water safety, is working with dozens of North American municipal governments to locate lead water lines so they can be replaced.

2 min read
Annual Report, Robot Edition: The rise of machine readable financial reports
Jan 20, 2021

Annual Report, Robot Edition: The rise of machine readable financial reports

Corporations are tailoring their financial reports to be read by machines. Automated systems download far more company financial reports than humans, according to a study by the U.S. nonprofit National Bureau of Economic Research.

1 min read
Draw a Gun, Trigger an Algorithm: These AI-enabled security cameras automatically ID guns.
Jan 20, 2021

Draw a Gun, Trigger an Algorithm: These AI-enabled security cameras automatically ID guns.

Computer vision is alerting authorities the moment someone draws a gun. Several companies offer deep learning systems that enable surveillance cameras to spot firearms and quickly notify security guards or police.

1 min read
The Batch: Detecting Guns, Fighting Lead Poisoning, Adversarial Training for Language-and-Vision, Financial Reports for Robots
Jan 20, 2021

The Batch: Detecting Guns, Fighting Lead Poisoning, Adversarial Training for Language-and-Vision, Financial Reports for Robots

Experience gained in building a model to solve one problem doesn’t always transfer to building models for other problems. How can you tell whether or not intuitions honed in one project are likely to generalize to another?

9 min read
Draw a Gun, Trigger an Algorithm: These AI-enabled security cameras automatically ID guns.
Jan 20, 2021

Draw a Gun, Trigger an Algorithm: These AI-enabled security cameras automatically ID guns.

Computer vision is alerting authorities the moment someone draws a gun. Several companies offer deep learning systems that enable surveillance cameras to spot firearms and quickly notify security guards or police.

1 min read
Adversarial Helper: Adversarial learning can improve vision and NLP.
Jan 20, 2021

Adversarial Helper: Adversarial learning can improve vision and NLP.

Models that learn relationships between images and words are gaining a higher profile. New research shows that adversarial learning, usually a way to make models robust to deliberately misleading inputs, can boost vision-and-language performance.

2 min read
Adversarial Helper: Adversarial learning can improve vision and NLP.
Jan 20, 2021

Adversarial Helper: Adversarial learning can improve vision and NLP.

Models that learn relationships between images and words are gaining a higher profile. New research shows that adversarial learning, usually a way to make models robust to deliberately misleading inputs, can boost vision-and-language performance.

2 min read
Structured and Unstructured Data: Implications for AI Development
Jan 20, 2021

Structured and Unstructured Data: Implications for AI Development

Experience gained in building a model to solve one problem doesn’t always transfer to building models for other problems. How can you tell whether or not intuitions honed in one project are likely to generalize to another?

2 min read
AI Versus Lead Poisoning: How BlueConduit uses AI to identify lead water lines.
Jan 20, 2021

AI Versus Lead Poisoning: How BlueConduit uses AI to identify lead water lines.

An algorithm is helping cities locate pipes that could release highly toxic lead into drinking water. BlueConduit, a startup that focuses on water safety, is working with dozens of North American municipal governments to locate lead water lines so they can be replaced.

2 min read
Structured and Unstructured Data: Implications for AI Development
Jan 20, 2021

Structured and Unstructured Data: Implications for AI Development

Experience gained in building a model to solve one problem doesn’t always transfer to building models for other problems. How can you tell whether or not intuitions honed in one project are likely to generalize to another?

2 min read
The Batch: Detecting Guns, Fighting Lead Poisoning, Adversarial Training for Language-and-Vision, Financial Reports for Robots
Jan 20, 2021

The Batch: Detecting Guns, Fighting Lead Poisoning, Adversarial Training for Language-and-Vision, Financial Reports for Robots

Experience gained in building a model to solve one problem doesn’t always transfer to building models for other problems. How can you tell whether or not intuitions honed in one project are likely to generalize to another?

9 min read

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