Oct 07, 2020

12 Posts

The Batch: Deepfakes Against Oppression, Alexa Hears With Her Eyes, New Medical AI Standards, Action Recognition With a Twist
Oct 07, 2020

The Batch: Deepfakes Against Oppression, Alexa Hears With Her Eyes, New Medical AI Standards, Action Recognition With a Twist

There’s a lot we don’t know about the future: When will a Covid-19 vaccine be available? Who will win the next election? Or in a business context, how many customers will we have next year?

7 min read
The Batch: Deepfakes Against Oppression, Alexa Hears With Her Eyes, New Medical AI Standards, Action Recognition With a Twist
Oct 07, 2020

The Batch: Deepfakes Against Oppression, Alexa Hears With Her Eyes, New Medical AI Standards, Action Recognition With a Twist

There’s a lot we don’t know about the future: When will a Covid-19 vaccine be available? Who will win the next election? Or in a business context, how many customers will we have next year?

7 min read
More Efficient Action Recognition: Using Active Shift Layer to analyze time series data
Oct 07, 2020

More Efficient Action Recognition: Using Active Shift Layer to analyze time series data

Recognizing actions performed in a video requires understanding each frame and relationships between the frames. Previous research devised a way to analyze individual images efficiently known as Active Shift Layer (ASL). New research extends this technique to the steady march of video frames.

2 min read
Protected By Deepfakes: Documentary uses deepfakes to protect its sources.
Oct 07, 2020

Protected By Deepfakes: Documentary uses deepfakes to protect its sources.

Documentary filmmakers often shield the identities of people who might be harmed for speaking out. But typical tactics like blurring faces and distorting voices can make it hard for audiences to connect emotionally. A new

1 min read
More Efficient Action Recognition: Using Active Shift Layer to analyze time series data
Oct 07, 2020

More Efficient Action Recognition: Using Active Shift Layer to analyze time series data

Recognizing actions performed in a video requires understanding each frame and relationships between the frames. Previous research devised a way to analyze individual images efficiently known as Active Shift Layer (ASL). New research extends this technique to the steady march of video frames.

2 min read
How to Manage Uncertainty
Oct 07, 2020

How to Manage Uncertainty

There’s a lot we don’t know about the future: When will a Covid-19 vaccine be available? Who will win the next election? Or in a business context, how many customers will we have next year?

1 min read
Alexa, Read My Lips: Amazon Alexa uses visual clues to determine who is talking.
Oct 07, 2020

Alexa, Read My Lips: Amazon Alexa uses visual clues to determine who is talking.

Amazon’s digital assistant is using its eyes as well as its ears to figure out who’s talking. At its annual hardware showcase, Amazon introduced an Alexa skill that melds acoustic, linguistic, and visual cues to help the system keep track of individual speakers and topics of conversation.

1 min read
Protected By Deepfakes: Documentary uses deepfakes to protect its sources.
Oct 07, 2020

Protected By Deepfakes: Documentary uses deepfakes to protect its sources.

Documentary filmmakers often shield the identities of people who might be harmed for speaking out. But typical tactics like blurring faces and distorting voices can make it hard for audiences to connect emotionally. A new

1 min read
Alexa, Read My Lips: Amazon Alexa uses visual clues to determine who is talking.
Oct 07, 2020

Alexa, Read My Lips: Amazon Alexa uses visual clues to determine who is talking.

Amazon’s digital assistant is using its eyes as well as its ears to figure out who’s talking. At its annual hardware showcase, Amazon introduced an Alexa skill that melds acoustic, linguistic, and visual cues to help the system keep track of individual speakers and topics of conversation.

1 min read
Standards for Testing Medical AI: Consort-AI and Spirit-AI for clinical trial quality
Oct 07, 2020

Standards for Testing Medical AI: Consort-AI and Spirit-AI for clinical trial quality

New guidelines for reporting on experiments with medical AI aim to ensure that such research is transparent, rigorous, and reliable. Spirit-AI and Consort-AI are complementary protocols designed to improve the quality of clinical trials for AI-based interventions.

1 min read
How to Manage Uncertainty
Oct 07, 2020

How to Manage Uncertainty

There’s a lot we don’t know about the future: When will a Covid-19 vaccine be available? Who will win the next election? Or in a business context, how many customers will we have next year?

1 min read
Standards for Testing Medical AI: Consort-AI and Spirit-AI for clinical trial quality
Oct 07, 2020

Standards for Testing Medical AI: Consort-AI and Spirit-AI for clinical trial quality

New guidelines for reporting on experiments with medical AI aim to ensure that such research is transparent, rigorous, and reliable. Spirit-AI and Consort-AI are complementary protocols designed to improve the quality of clinical trials for AI-based interventions.

1 min read

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