Jan 27, 2021

14 Posts

Don't Confuse Proof of Concept With Production Deployment
Jan 27, 2021

Don't Confuse Proof of Concept With Production Deployment

Last week, I talked about how best practices for machine learning projects are not one-size-fits-all, and how they vary depending on whether a project uses structured or unstructured data, and whether the dataset is small or big.

2 min read
Images From Noise: An upgrade for score-based generative AI models.
Jan 27, 2021

Images From Noise: An upgrade for score-based generative AI models.

Generative adversarial networks and souped-up language models aren’t the only image generators around. Researchers recently upgraded an alternative known as score-based generative models.

3 min read
Every Picture Tells a Story: Facebook expands automated alternative text.
Jan 27, 2021

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.

2 min read
Quake Watch: AI model detects earthquakes and estimates epicenters.
Jan 27, 2021

Quake Watch: AI model detects earthquakes and estimates epicenters.

Detecting earthquakes is an important step toward warning surrounding communities that damaging seismic waves may be headed their way. A new model detects tremors and provides clues to their epicenter.

2 min read
The Language of Viruses: Researchers trained a neural net to predict viruses in DNA.
Jan 27, 2021

The Language of Viruses: Researchers trained a neural net to predict viruses in DNA.

A neural network learned to read the genes of viruses as though they were text. That could enable researchers to page ahead for potentially dangerous mutations. Researchers at MIT trained a language model to predict mutations that would enable infectious viruses to become even more virulent.

2 min read
Drones Unleashed: FAA authorizes AI drones beyond line of sight.
Jan 27, 2021

Drones Unleashed: FAA authorizes AI drones beyond line of sight.

U.S. regulators for the first time allowed commercial operators of autonomous aerial vehicles to fly out of operators’ sight. The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration authorized drone maker American Robotics to fly without requirement.

2 min read
The Language of Viruses: Researchers trained a neural net to predict viruses in DNA.
Jan 27, 2021

The Language of Viruses: Researchers trained a neural net to predict viruses in DNA.

A neural network learned to read the genes of viruses as though they were text. That could enable researchers to page ahead for potentially dangerous mutations. Researchers at MIT trained a language model to predict mutations that would enable infectious viruses to become even more virulent.

2 min read
The Batch: Reading Viruses, Liberating Drones, Detecting Earthquakes, Social Networking For The Blind, Competition For GANs
Jan 27, 2021

The Batch: Reading Viruses, Liberating Drones, Detecting Earthquakes, Social Networking For The Blind, Competition For GANs

Last week, I talked about how best practices for machine learning projects are not one-size-fits-all, and how they vary depending on whether a project uses structured or unstructured data, and whether the dataset is small or big. Another dimension that affects best practices is which phase of...

12 min read
Images From Noise: An upgrade for score-based generative AI models.
Jan 27, 2021

Images From Noise: An upgrade for score-based generative AI models.

Generative adversarial networks and souped-up language models aren’t the only image generators around. Researchers recently upgraded an alternative known as score-based generative models.

3 min read
Quake Watch: AI model detects earthquakes and estimates epicenters.
Jan 27, 2021

Quake Watch: AI model detects earthquakes and estimates epicenters.

Detecting earthquakes is an important step toward warning surrounding communities that damaging seismic waves may be headed their way. A new model detects tremors and provides clues to their epicenter.

2 min read
Don't Confuse Proof of Concept With Production Deployment
Jan 27, 2021

Don't Confuse Proof of Concept With Production Deployment

Last week, I talked about how best practices for machine learning projects are not one-size-fits-all, and how they vary depending on whether a project uses structured or unstructured data, and whether the dataset is small or big.

2 min read
Drones Unleashed: FAA authorizes AI drones beyond line of sight.
Jan 27, 2021

Drones Unleashed: FAA authorizes AI drones beyond line of sight.

U.S. regulators for the first time allowed commercial operators of autonomous aerial vehicles to fly out of operators’ sight. The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration authorized drone maker American Robotics to fly without requirement.

2 min read
Every Picture Tells a Story: Facebook expands automated alternative text.
Jan 27, 2021

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.

2 min read
The Batch: Reading Viruses, Liberating Drones, Detecting Earthquakes, Social Networking For The Blind, Competition For GANs
Jan 27, 2021

The Batch: Reading Viruses, Liberating Drones, Detecting Earthquakes, Social Networking For The Blind, Competition For GANs

Last week, I talked about how best practices for machine learning projects are not one-size-fits-all, and how they vary depending on whether a project uses structured or unstructured data, and whether the dataset is small or big. Another dimension that affects best practices is which phase of...

12 min read

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