Horsepower for Next-Gen Networks: Microsoft built OpenAI a custom AI supercomputer.
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Horsepower for Next-Gen Networks: Microsoft built OpenAI a custom AI supercomputer.

The for-profit research organization OpenAI has a new supercomputer to help achieve its dream of building the world’s most sophisticated AI. Microsoft engineered the new hardware network to train immense models on thousands of images, texts, and videos simultaneously.

May 27, 20201 min read
Roll Over, Beyoncé: How OpenAI's Jukebox generates synthetic music
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Roll Over, Beyoncé: How OpenAI's Jukebox generates synthetic music

A new generative model croons like Elvis and raps like Eminem. It might even make you think you’re listening to a lost demo by the Beatles. OpenAI released Jukebox, a deep learning system that has generated thousands of songs in styles from country to metal and soul.

May 6, 20202 min read
Roll Over, Beyoncé: How OpenAI's Jukebox generates synthetic music
OpenAI

Roll Over, Beyoncé: How OpenAI's Jukebox generates synthetic music

A new generative model croons like Elvis and raps like Eminem. It might even make you think you’re listening to a lost demo by the Beatles. OpenAI released Jukebox, a deep learning system that has generated thousands of songs in styles from country to metal and soul.

May 6, 20202 min read
Toward AI We Can Count On: Public trust recommendations from AI researchers
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Toward AI We Can Count On: Public trust recommendations from AI researchers

A consortium of top AI experts proposed concrete steps to help machine learning engineers secure the public’s trust. Dozens of researchers and technologists recommended actions to counter public skepticism toward artificial intelligence, fueled by issues like data privacy.

April 29, 20201 min read
Toward AI We Can Count On: Public trust recommendations from AI researchers
OpenAI

Toward AI We Can Count On: Public trust recommendations from AI researchers

A consortium of top AI experts proposed concrete steps to help machine learning engineers secure the public’s trust. Dozens of researchers and technologists recommended actions to counter public skepticism toward artificial intelligence, fueled by issues like data privacy.

April 29, 20201 min read
Optimize Your Training Parameters: Research on finding a neural net's optimal batch size
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Optimize Your Training Parameters: Research on finding a neural net's optimal batch size

Last week we reported on a formula to determine model width and dataset size for optimal performance. A new paper contributes equations that optimize some training parameters.

April 1, 20202 min read
Optimize Your Training Parameters: Research on finding a neural net's optimal batch size
OpenAI

Optimize Your Training Parameters: Research on finding a neural net's optimal batch size

Last week we reported on a formula to determine model width and dataset size for optimal performance. A new paper contributes equations that optimize some training parameters.

April 1, 20202 min read
OpenAI Under Fire: Critics claim OpenAI lost its founding ideals.
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OpenAI Under Fire: Critics claim OpenAI lost its founding ideals.

An icon of idealism in AI stands accused of letting its ambition eclipse its principles. Founded in 2015 to develop artificial general intelligence for the good of humankind, OpenAI swapped its ideals for cash.

February 26, 20202 min read
OpenAI Under Fire: Critics claim OpenAI lost its founding ideals.
OpenAI

OpenAI Under Fire: Critics claim OpenAI lost its founding ideals.

An icon of idealism in AI stands accused of letting its ambition eclipse its principles. Founded in 2015 to develop artificial general intelligence for the good of humankind, OpenAI swapped its ideals for cash.

February 26, 20202 min read
Natural Language Processing Models Get Literate: Why 2019 was a breakthrough year for NLP
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Natural Language Processing Models Get Literate: Why 2019 was a breakthrough year for NLP

Earlier language models powered by Word2Vec and GloVe embeddings yielded confused chatbots, grammar tools with middle-school reading comprehension, and not-half-bad translations. The latest generation is so good, some people consider it dangerous.

December 24, 20192 min read
Simulation Substitutes for Data: When simulation works wonders with deep learning
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Simulation Substitutes for Data: When simulation works wonders with deep learning

The future of machine learning may depend less on amassing ground-truth data than simulating the environment in which a model will operate. Deep learning works like magic with enough high-quality data. When examples are scarce, though, researchers are using simulation to fill the gap.

December 24, 20191 min read
Simulation Substitutes for Data: When simulation works wonders with deep learning
OpenAI

Simulation Substitutes for Data: When simulation works wonders with deep learning

The future of machine learning may depend less on amassing ground-truth data than simulating the environment in which a model will operate. Deep learning works like magic with enough high-quality data. When examples are scarce, though, researchers are using simulation to fill the gap.

December 24, 20191 min read
Natural Language Processing Models Get Literate: Why 2019 was a breakthrough year for NLP
OpenAI

Natural Language Processing Models Get Literate: Why 2019 was a breakthrough year for NLP

Earlier language models powered by Word2Vec and GloVe embeddings yielded confused chatbots, grammar tools with middle-school reading comprehension, and not-half-bad translations. The latest generation is so good, some people consider it dangerous.

December 24, 20192 min read
Cube Controversy
OpenAI

Cube Controversy

OpenAI trained a five-fingered robotic hand to unscramble the Rubik’s Cube puzzle, bringing both acclaim and criticism. The AI research lab OpenAI trained a mechanical hand to balance, twist, and turn the cube.

October 23, 20192 min read
Cube Controversy
OpenAI

Cube Controversy

OpenAI trained a five-fingered robotic hand to unscramble the Rubik’s Cube puzzle, bringing both acclaim and criticism. The AI research lab OpenAI trained a mechanical hand to balance, twist, and turn the cube.

October 23, 20192 min read

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