Underwater Atlas: Deep learning helps scientists map undersea ecosystems.
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Underwater Atlas: Deep learning helps scientists map undersea ecosystems.

The ocean contains distinct ecosystems, but they’re much harder to see than terrestrial forests or savannas. A new model helps scientists better understand patterns of undersea life, which is threatened by pollution, invasive species, and warming temperatures.

June 10, 20201 min read
Taxation With Vector Representation: A reinforcement learning approach to better tax policy
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Taxation With Vector Representation: A reinforcement learning approach to better tax policy

Governments have struggled to find a tax formula that promotes prosperity without creating extremes of wealth and poverty. Can machine learning show the way?

May 13, 20201 min read
Taxation With Vector Representation: A reinforcement learning approach to better tax policy
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Taxation With Vector Representation: A reinforcement learning approach to better tax policy

Governments have struggled to find a tax formula that promotes prosperity without creating extremes of wealth and poverty. Can machine learning show the way?

May 13, 20201 min read
Triage for Pandemic Patients: Complications AlgoMarker measures a patient's Covid risk.
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Triage for Pandemic Patients: Complications AlgoMarker measures a patient's Covid risk.

Israeli and American hospitals are using an algorithm to flag individuals at high risk for Covid-19 complications.

May 6, 20202 min read
Seeing Sea Plastic: Computer vision spots ocean trash from satellite imagery.
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Seeing Sea Plastic: Computer vision spots ocean trash from satellite imagery.

A machine learning model is scanning the oceans for the glint of garbage. Researchers from the UK’s Plymouth Marine Laboratory trained a model to identify ocean-borne refuse.

May 6, 20201 min read
Seeing Sea Plastic: Computer vision spots ocean trash from satellite imagery.
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Seeing Sea Plastic: Computer vision spots ocean trash from satellite imagery.

A machine learning model is scanning the oceans for the glint of garbage. Researchers from the UK’s Plymouth Marine Laboratory trained a model to identify ocean-borne refuse.

May 6, 20201 min read
Triage for Pandemic Patients: Complications AlgoMarker measures a patient's Covid risk.
Science

Triage for Pandemic Patients: Complications AlgoMarker measures a patient's Covid risk.

Israeli and American hospitals are using an algorithm to flag individuals at high risk for Covid-19 complications.

May 6, 20202 min read
AI on the Cob: An AI system predicted crop yields.
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AI on the Cob: An AI system predicted crop yields.

Deep learning research is harvesting better ways to manage farms. A convolutional neural network predicted corn yields in fields across the U.S. Midwest.

April 22, 20202 min read
First, Make No Harmful Models: Many AI systems for Covid-19 used biased data.
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First, Make No Harmful Models: Many AI systems for Covid-19 used biased data.

Researchers have rushed out a battery of AI-powered tools to combat the coronavirus, but an assessment of dozens of models is a wake-up call for machine learning engineers.

April 22, 20201 min read
New Machine Learning Resources
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New Machine Learning Resources

Machine learning engineers need tools and data to help fight the Covid-19 pandemic. Here are some that crossed our radar screen last week.

April 22, 20201 min read
AI on the Cob: An AI system predicted crop yields.
Science

AI on the Cob: An AI system predicted crop yields.

Deep learning research is harvesting better ways to manage farms. A convolutional neural network predicted corn yields in fields across the U.S. Midwest.

April 22, 20202 min read
First, Make No Harmful Models: Many AI systems for Covid-19 used biased data.
Science

First, Make No Harmful Models: Many AI systems for Covid-19 used biased data.

Researchers have rushed out a battery of AI-powered tools to combat the coronavirus, but an assessment of dozens of models is a wake-up call for machine learning engineers.

April 22, 20201 min read
New Machine Learning Resources
Science

New Machine Learning Resources

Machine learning engineers need tools and data to help fight the Covid-19 pandemic. Here are some that crossed our radar screen last week.

April 22, 20201 min read
Treatment — The Elusive Molecule: How deep learning could speed up drug discovery
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Treatment — The Elusive Molecule: How deep learning could speed up drug discovery

Will deep learning discover new medicines? Startups — and big-pharma partners — are betting on it. The problem: In theory, there’s a pharmacological cure for just about any ailment. In practice, discovering those therapies takes years and billions of dollars.

April 15, 20202 min read
Treatment — The Elusive Molecule: How deep learning could speed up drug discovery
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Treatment — The Elusive Molecule: How deep learning could speed up drug discovery

Will deep learning discover new medicines? Startups — and big-pharma partners — are betting on it. The problem: In theory, there’s a pharmacological cure for just about any ailment. In practice, discovering those therapies takes years and billions of dollars.

April 15, 20202 min read

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