Rigorous Trial: AI matches humans in breast cancer diagnosis.
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Rigorous Trial: AI matches humans in breast cancer diagnosis.

A deep learning system detected breast cancer in mammograms as well as experienced radiologists, according to a landmark study.

August 9, 20232 min read
Rigorous Trial: AI matches humans in breast cancer diagnosis.
Science

Rigorous Trial: AI matches humans in breast cancer diagnosis.

A deep learning system detected breast cancer in mammograms as well as experienced radiologists, according to a landmark study.

August 9, 20232 min read
Letting Chatbots See Your Data: Coding framework LlamaIndex enables data interaction with LLMs
Science

Letting Chatbots See Your Data: Coding framework LlamaIndex enables data interaction with LLMs

A new coding framework lets you pipe your own data into large language models. LlamaIndex streamlines the coding involved in enabling developers to summarize, reason over, and otherwise manipulate data from documents, databases, and apps using models like GPT-4.

July 5, 20231 min read
Letting Chatbots See Your Data: Coding framework LlamaIndex enables data interaction with LLMs
Science

Letting Chatbots See Your Data: Coding framework LlamaIndex enables data interaction with LLMs

A new coding framework lets you pipe your own data into large language models. LlamaIndex streamlines the coding involved in enabling developers to summarize, reason over, and otherwise manipulate data from documents, databases, and apps using models like GPT-4.

July 5, 20231 min read
Language Models in Lab Coats: The chatbot search engines for scientific research
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Language Models in Lab Coats: The chatbot search engines for scientific research

Specialized chatbots are providing answers to scientific questions. A new breed of search engines including Consensus, Elicit, and Scite use large language models to enable scientific researchers to find and summarize significant publications, Nature reported.

May 10, 20232 min read
Language Models in Lab Coats: The chatbot search engines for scientific research
Science

Language Models in Lab Coats: The chatbot search engines for scientific research

Specialized chatbots are providing answers to scientific questions. A new breed of search engines including Consensus, Elicit, and Scite use large language models to enable scientific researchers to find and summarize significant publications, Nature reported.

May 10, 20232 min read
The Dark Side of the Moon — Lit Up! AI Illuminates Dark Regions of the Moon
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The Dark Side of the Moon — Lit Up! AI Illuminates Dark Regions of the Moon

Neural networks are making it possible to view parts of the Moon that are perpetually shrouded by darkness. Researchers devised a method called Hyper-effective Noise Removal U-net Software (HORUS) to remove noise from images of the Moon’s south pole.

October 5, 20222 min read
The Dark Side of the Moon — Lit Up! AI Illuminates Dark Regions of the Moon
Science

The Dark Side of the Moon — Lit Up! AI Illuminates Dark Regions of the Moon

Neural networks are making it possible to view parts of the Moon that are perpetually shrouded by darkness. Researchers devised a method called Hyper-effective Noise Removal U-net Software (HORUS) to remove noise from images of the Moon’s south pole.

October 5, 20222 min read
Bad Machine Learning Makes Bad Science: Is Machine Learning Driving a Scientific Reproducibility Crisis?
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Bad Machine Learning Makes Bad Science: Is Machine Learning Driving a Scientific Reproducibility Crisis?

A recent workshop highlighted the impact of poorly designed AI models in medicine, security, software engineering, and other disciplines.

August 17, 20221 min read
Bad Machine Learning Makes Bad Science: Is Machine Learning Driving a Scientific Reproducibility Crisis?
Science

Bad Machine Learning Makes Bad Science: Is Machine Learning Driving a Scientific Reproducibility Crisis?

A recent workshop highlighted the impact of poorly designed AI models in medicine, security, software engineering, and other disciplines.

August 17, 20221 min read
Protection for Pollinators: AI Could Help Create Pesticides That Don’t Kill Bees
Science

Protection for Pollinators: AI Could Help Create Pesticides That Don’t Kill Bees

A machine learning method could help chemists formulate pesticides that target harmful insects but leave bees alone. Researchers at Oregon State University developed models that classify whether or not a chemical is fatally toxic to bees.

August 3, 20221 min read
Protection for Pollinators: AI Could Help Create Pesticides That Don’t Kill Bees
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Protection for Pollinators: AI Could Help Create Pesticides That Don’t Kill Bees

A machine learning method could help chemists formulate pesticides that target harmful insects but leave bees alone. Researchers at Oregon State University developed models that classify whether or not a chemical is fatally toxic to bees.

August 3, 20221 min read
Cutting the Carbon Cost of Training: A New Tool Helps NLP Models Lower Their Gas Emissions
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Cutting the Carbon Cost of Training: A New Tool Helps NLP Models Lower Their Gas Emissions

You can reduce your model’s carbon emissions by being choosy about when and where you train it.

July 20, 20222 min read
Cutting the Carbon Cost of Training: A New Tool Helps NLP Models Lower Their Gas Emissions
Science

Cutting the Carbon Cost of Training: A New Tool Helps NLP Models Lower Their Gas Emissions

You can reduce your model’s carbon emissions by being choosy about when and where you train it.

July 20, 20222 min read
More Autonomy for Martian Drone: NASA Upgrades Ingenuity Rover's Navigation Algorithm
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More Autonomy for Martian Drone: NASA Upgrades Ingenuity Rover's Navigation Algorithm

The United States space agency is upgrading the system that pilots its helicopter on the Red Planet. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced that Ingenuity, a drone sent to Mars as part of its 2020 mission to Mars, will receive a new collision-avoidance algorithm.

June 29, 20222 min read

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