Online Clues to Mental Illness: NLP model spots signs of mental illness in Facebook posts.
NLP

Online Clues to Mental Illness: NLP model spots signs of mental illness in Facebook posts.

Can social media posts reveal early signs of mental illness? A new machine learning model shows promising results. Researchers developed a model that analyzes messages and images posted by Facebook users for indicators of psychological problems.

January 6, 20212 min read
The Proof Is in the Network: A transformer model that generates mathematical proofs
NLP

The Proof Is in the Network: A transformer model that generates mathematical proofs

OpenAI’s Generative Pre-Trained Transformer (GPT) architecture has created coherent essays, images, and code. Now it generates mathematical proofs as well.

November 11, 20202 min read
The Proof Is in the Network: A transformer model that generates mathematical proofs
NLP

The Proof Is in the Network: A transformer model that generates mathematical proofs

OpenAI’s Generative Pre-Trained Transformer (GPT) architecture has created coherent essays, images, and code. Now it generates mathematical proofs as well.

November 11, 20202 min read
Propaganda Watch: How military contractors fight disinformation with AI
NLP

Propaganda Watch: How military contractors fight disinformation with AI

The U.S. military enlisted natural language processing to combat disinformation. Primer, a San Francisco startup, is developing a system for the Department of Defense that sifts through news, social media, research, and reports to spot propaganda campaigns.

November 4, 20201 min read
Propaganda Watch: How military contractors fight disinformation with AI
NLP

Propaganda Watch: How military contractors fight disinformation with AI

The U.S. military enlisted natural language processing to combat disinformation. Primer, a San Francisco startup, is developing a system for the Department of Defense that sifts through news, social media, research, and reports to spot propaganda campaigns.

November 4, 20201 min read
Toward 1 Trillion Parameters: Microsoft upgrades its DeepSpeed optimization library.
NLP

Toward 1 Trillion Parameters: Microsoft upgrades its DeepSpeed optimization library.

An open source library could spawn trillion-parameter neural networks and help small-time developers build big-league models. Microsoft upgraded DeepSpeed, a library that accelerates the PyTorch deep learning framework.

September 16, 20202 min read
Toward 1 Trillion Parameters: Microsoft upgrades its DeepSpeed optimization library.
NLP

Toward 1 Trillion Parameters: Microsoft upgrades its DeepSpeed optimization library.

An open source library could spawn trillion-parameter neural networks and help small-time developers build big-league models. Microsoft upgraded DeepSpeed, a library that accelerates the PyTorch deep learning framework.

September 16, 20202 min read
Generation Text: How beta testers reacted to GPT-3
NLP

Generation Text: How beta testers reacted to GPT-3

People granted early access to OpenAI’s latest language model are raving about its way with words — and more. Beta testers of GPT-3 are showing off the model’s ability to write business memos, craft blogs, pen tweets, and even generate computer code.

July 29, 20202 min read
Generation Text: How beta testers reacted to GPT-3
NLP

Generation Text: How beta testers reacted to GPT-3

People granted early access to OpenAI’s latest language model are raving about its way with words — and more. Beta testers of GPT-3 are showing off the model’s ability to write business memos, craft blogs, pen tweets, and even generate computer code.

July 29, 20202 min read
AI Makes Headlines: Primer introduces an automated headline generator.
NLP

AI Makes Headlines: Primer introduces an automated headline generator.

Which headline was written by a computer? A: FIFA to Decide on 2022 World Cup in March B: Decision in March on 48-team 2022 World Cup, Says Infantino

July 15, 20202 min read
AI Makes Headlines: Primer introduces an automated headline generator.
NLP

AI Makes Headlines: Primer introduces an automated headline generator.

Which headline was written by a computer? A: FIFA to Decide on 2022 World Cup in March B: Decision in March on 48-team 2022 World Cup, Says Infantino

July 15, 20202 min read
Tiny Images, Outsized Biases: Why MIT withdrew the Tiny Images dataset
NLP

Tiny Images, Outsized Biases: Why MIT withdrew the Tiny Images dataset

MIT withdrew a popular computer vision dataset after researchers found that it was rife with social bias. Researchers found racist, misogynistic, and demeaning labels among the nearly 80 million pictures in Tiny Images, a collection of 32-by-32 pixel color photos.

July 8, 20202 min read
Tiny Images, Outsized Biases: Why MIT withdrew the Tiny Images dataset
NLP

Tiny Images, Outsized Biases: Why MIT withdrew the Tiny Images dataset

MIT withdrew a popular computer vision dataset after researchers found that it was rife with social bias. Researchers found racist, misogynistic, and demeaning labels among the nearly 80 million pictures in Tiny Images, a collection of 32-by-32 pixel color photos.

July 8, 20202 min read
Outing Hidden Hatred: How Facebook built a hate speech detector
NLP

Outing Hidden Hatred: How Facebook built a hate speech detector

Facebook uses automated systems to block hate speech, but hateful posts can slip through when seemingly benign words and pictures combine to create a nasty message. The social network is tackling this problem by enhancing AI’s ability to recognize context.

June 17, 20202 min read
The Batch: NLP Special Issue! Powerful techniques from Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Salesforce
NLP

The Batch: NLP Special Issue! Powerful techniques from Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Salesforce

I’m thrilled to announce our new Natural Language Processing Specialization! Courses 1 and 2 are available on Coursera. We expect to release Courses 3 and 4 soon.

June 17, 202016 min read

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