Streamlined Inference: Deja Vu, a method that boosts LLM speed by activating only essential neural parts
Neural Networks

Streamlined Inference: Deja Vu, a method that boosts LLM speed by activating only essential neural parts

It’s not necessary to activate all parts of a large language model to process a given input. Using only the necessary parts saves processing.

May 8, 20242 min read
Streamlined Inference: Deja Vu, a method that boosts LLM speed by activating only essential neural parts
Neural Networks

Streamlined Inference: Deja Vu, a method that boosts LLM speed by activating only essential neural parts

It’s not necessary to activate all parts of a large language model to process a given input. Using only the necessary parts saves processing.

May 8, 20242 min read
Cross-Species Cell Embeddings: AI enhances cell type discovery, identifies previously elusive “Norn cells”
Neural Networks

Cross-Species Cell Embeddings: AI enhances cell type discovery, identifies previously elusive “Norn cells”

Researchers used an AI system to identify animal cell types from gene sequences, including a cell type that conventional approaches had discovered only in the past year. 

March 27, 20242 min read
Cross-Species Cell Embeddings: AI enhances cell type discovery, identifies previously elusive “Norn cells”
Neural Networks

Cross-Species Cell Embeddings: AI enhances cell type discovery, identifies previously elusive “Norn cells”

Researchers used an AI system to identify animal cell types from gene sequences, including a cell type that conventional approaches had discovered only in the past year. 

March 27, 20242 min read
Better, Faster Network Pruning: Researchers devise pruning method that boosts AI speed
Neural Networks

Better, Faster Network Pruning: Researchers devise pruning method that boosts AI speed

Pruning weights from a neural network makes it smaller and faster, but it can take a lot of computation to choose weights that can be removed without degrading the network’s performance.

February 28, 20242 min read
Better, Faster Network Pruning: Researchers devise pruning method that boosts AI speed
Neural Networks

Better, Faster Network Pruning: Researchers devise pruning method that boosts AI speed

Pruning weights from a neural network makes it smaller and faster, but it can take a lot of computation to choose weights that can be removed without degrading the network’s performance.

February 28, 20242 min read
Early Detection for Pancreatic Cancer: A neural network shows remarkable accuracy in forecasting risk of pancreatic cancer.
Neural Networks

Early Detection for Pancreatic Cancer: A neural network shows remarkable accuracy in forecasting risk of pancreatic cancer.

A neural network detected early signs of pancreatic cancer more effectively than doctors who used the usual risk-assessment criteria. Researchers at MIT and oncologists at Beth Israel Medical Center in Boston...

January 24, 20242 min read
Early Detection for Pancreatic Cancer: A neural network shows remarkable accuracy in forecasting risk of pancreatic cancer.
Neural Networks

Early Detection for Pancreatic Cancer: A neural network shows remarkable accuracy in forecasting risk of pancreatic cancer.

A neural network detected early signs of pancreatic cancer more effectively than doctors who used the usual risk-assessment criteria. Researchers at MIT and oncologists at Beth Israel Medical Center in Boston...

January 24, 20242 min read
Sing a Tune, Generate an Accompaniment: SingSong, a tool that generates instrumental music for unaccompanied input vocals
Neural Networks

Sing a Tune, Generate an Accompaniment: SingSong, a tool that generates instrumental music for unaccompanied input vocals

A neural network makes music for unaccompanied vocal tracks. Chris Donahue, Antoine Caillon, Adam Roberts, and colleagues at Google proposed SingSong, a system that generates musical accompaniments for sung melodies. You can listen to its output here.

January 17, 20242 min read
Sing a Tune, Generate an Accompaniment: SingSong, a tool that generates instrumental music for unaccompanied input vocals
Neural Networks

Sing a Tune, Generate an Accompaniment: SingSong, a tool that generates instrumental music for unaccompanied input vocals

A neural network makes music for unaccompanied vocal tracks. Chris Donahue, Antoine Caillon, Adam Roberts, and colleagues at Google proposed SingSong, a system that generates musical accompaniments for sung melodies. You can listen to its output here.

January 17, 20242 min read
Deep Learning Discovers Antibiotics: Researchers used neural networks to find a new class of antibiotics.
Neural Networks

Deep Learning Discovers Antibiotics: Researchers used neural networks to find a new class of antibiotics.

Biologists used neural networks to find a new class of antibiotics. Researchers at MIT and Harvard trained models to screen chemical compounds for those that kill methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), the deadliest among bacteria that have...

January 10, 20242 min read
Deep Learning Discovers Antibiotics: Researchers used neural networks to find a new class of antibiotics.
Neural Networks

Deep Learning Discovers Antibiotics: Researchers used neural networks to find a new class of antibiotics.

Biologists used neural networks to find a new class of antibiotics. Researchers at MIT and Harvard trained models to screen chemical compounds for those that kill methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), the deadliest among bacteria that have...

January 10, 20242 min read
AI Builds Better Sorting Algorithms: AlphaDev, a new system for high-speed sorting of lists and numbers
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AI Builds Better Sorting Algorithms: AlphaDev, a new system for high-speed sorting of lists and numbers

Online sorting algorithms run trillions of times a day to organize lists according to users’ interests. New work found faster alternatives. Daniel J. Mankowitz and colleagues at Google developed AlphaDev, a system that learned to generate algorithms that sort three...

November 15, 20233 min read
AI Builds Better Sorting Algorithms: AlphaDev, a new system for high-speed sorting of lists and numbers
Neural Networks

AI Builds Better Sorting Algorithms: AlphaDev, a new system for high-speed sorting of lists and numbers

Online sorting algorithms run trillions of times a day to organize lists according to users’ interests. New work found faster alternatives. Daniel J. Mankowitz and colleagues at Google developed AlphaDev, a system that learned to generate algorithms that sort three...

November 15, 20233 min read
Guiding the Scalpel: Researchers trained neural networks to assist brain surgeons' real-time tumor removal decisions.
Neural Networks

Guiding the Scalpel: Researchers trained neural networks to assist brain surgeons' real-time tumor removal decisions.

A neural network helped brain surgeons decide how much healthy tissue to cut out when removing tumors — while the patients were on the operating table.

October 18, 20232 min read

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