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Finer Tuning: Surgical fine-tuning modifies layers based on data differences.
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Finer Tuning: Surgical fine-tuning modifies layers based on data differences.

Fine-tuning a neural network typically involves retraining every layer on new data. But research shows that networks may perform better when fine-tuning modifies only a subset of layers.

June 28, 20232 min read
Finer Tuning: Surgical fine-tuning modifies layers based on data differences.
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Finer Tuning: Surgical fine-tuning modifies layers based on data differences.

Fine-tuning a neural network typically involves retraining every layer on new data. But research shows that networks may perform better when fine-tuning modifies only a subset of layers.

June 28, 20232 min read
Repatriating Talent: Lelapa brings AI talent back to Africa.
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Repatriating Talent: Lelapa brings AI talent back to Africa.

A South African startup aims to lure talented engineers who left the continent to work abroad. Johannesburg research lab Lelapa.ai bills itself as a haven for African AI engineers who want to work on challenges that aren’t on Silicon Valley’s agenda.

April 5, 20231 min read
Repatriating Talent: Lelapa brings AI talent back to Africa.
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Repatriating Talent: Lelapa brings AI talent back to Africa.

A South African startup aims to lure talented engineers who left the continent to work abroad. Johannesburg research lab Lelapa.ai bills itself as a haven for African AI engineers who want to work on challenges that aren’t on Silicon Valley’s agenda.

April 5, 20231 min read
Digging for Green Tech: How KoBold Metals uses AI to find rare minerals
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Digging for Green Tech: How KoBold Metals uses AI to find rare minerals

The metals needed to meet rocketing demand for electric cars and renewable power plants are in short supply. A startup is using machine learning to discover new sources.

January 18, 20232 min read
Digging for Green Tech: How KoBold Metals uses AI to find rare minerals
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Digging for Green Tech: How KoBold Metals uses AI to find rare minerals

The metals needed to meet rocketing demand for electric cars and renewable power plants are in short supply. A startup is using machine learning to discover new sources.

January 18, 20232 min read
The World Cup's AI Referee
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The World Cup's AI Referee

The outcome of the FIFA World Cup 2022 depends on learning algorithms. The annual championship tournament of football, which wraps up this week, is using machine learning to help human arbiters spot players who break a rule that governs their locations on the field.

December 14, 20222 min read
The World Cup's AI Referee
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The World Cup's AI Referee

The outcome of the FIFA World Cup 2022 depends on learning algorithms. The annual championship tournament of football, which wraps up this week, is using machine learning to help human arbiters spot players who break a rule that governs their locations on the field.

December 14, 20222 min read
When Trees Outdo Neural Networks: Decision Trees Perform Best on Most Tabular Data
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When Trees Outdo Neural Networks: Decision Trees Perform Best on Most Tabular Data

While neural networks perform well on image, text, and audio datasets, they fall behind decision trees and their variations for tabular datasets. New research looked into why.

November 23, 20222 min read
When Trees Outdo Neural Networks: Decision Trees Perform Best on Most Tabular Data
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When Trees Outdo Neural Networks: Decision Trees Perform Best on Most Tabular Data

While neural networks perform well on image, text, and audio datasets, they fall behind decision trees and their variations for tabular datasets. New research looked into why.

November 23, 20222 min read
Does Price Optimization Hike Rents?: YieldStar AI Price Prediction May Inflate Rents
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Does Price Optimization Hike Rents?: YieldStar AI Price Prediction May Inflate Rents

An algorithm that’s widely used to price property rentals may be helping to drive up rents in the United States. YieldStar, a price-prediction service offered by Texas-based analytics company RealPage, suggests rental rates that are often higher than the market average.

November 16, 20222 min read
Does Price Optimization Hike Rents?: YieldStar AI Price Prediction May Inflate Rents
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Does Price Optimization Hike Rents?: YieldStar AI Price Prediction May Inflate Rents

An algorithm that’s widely used to price property rentals may be helping to drive up rents in the United States. YieldStar, a price-prediction service offered by Texas-based analytics company RealPage, suggests rental rates that are often higher than the market average.

November 16, 20222 min read
Tanks for All the Fish: A Company is Growing Shrimp in AI-Controlled Shipping Containers
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Tanks for All the Fish: A Company is Growing Shrimp in AI-Controlled Shipping Containers

Farming shrimp in an open pond produces toxic effluent that can pollute groundwater and coastal waters. An AI-driven farm in a box may offer a more sustainable alternative.

November 9, 20221 min read
Tanks for All the Fish: A Company is Growing Shrimp in AI-Controlled Shipping Containers
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Tanks for All the Fish: A Company is Growing Shrimp in AI-Controlled Shipping Containers

Farming shrimp in an open pond produces toxic effluent that can pollute groundwater and coastal waters. An AI-driven farm in a box may offer a more sustainable alternative.

November 9, 20221 min read
Pushing Voters' Buttons: How AI is Used to Create Persuasive Political Ads
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Pushing Voters' Buttons: How AI is Used to Create Persuasive Political Ads

As the United States (along with several other countries) gears up for general elections, AI is helping campaigns attract voters with increasing sophistication.

November 2, 20222 min read

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