Predicting the Next Eruption: AI predicts volcano eruptions from satellite imagery.
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Predicting the Next Eruption: AI predicts volcano eruptions from satellite imagery.

AI is providing an early warning system for volcanoes on the verge of blowing their top. Researchers at the University of Leeds developed a neural net that scans satellite data for indications that the ground near a volcano is swelling—a sign it may be close to erupting.

December 11, 20191 min read
Predicting the Next Eruption: AI predicts volcano eruptions from satellite imagery.
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Predicting the Next Eruption: AI predicts volcano eruptions from satellite imagery.

AI is providing an early warning system for volcanoes on the verge of blowing their top. Researchers at the University of Leeds developed a neural net that scans satellite data for indications that the ground near a volcano is swelling—a sign it may be close to erupting.

December 11, 20191 min read
Google's AI Explains Itself: How Google's xAI tools help evaluate model performance
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Google's AI Explains Itself: How Google's xAI tools help evaluate model performance

Google's AI platform offers a view into the mind of its machines. Explainable AI (xAI) tools show which features exerted the most influence on a model’s decision, so users can evaluate model performance and potentially mitigate biased results.

December 4, 20192 min read
Google's AI Explains Itself: How Google's xAI tools help evaluate model performance
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Google's AI Explains Itself: How Google's xAI tools help evaluate model performance

Google's AI platform offers a view into the mind of its machines. Explainable AI (xAI) tools show which features exerted the most influence on a model’s decision, so users can evaluate model performance and potentially mitigate biased results.

December 4, 20192 min read
When Private Data is Not Private: Google trained Project Nightingale on private patient data.
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When Private Data is Not Private: Google trained Project Nightingale on private patient data.

Google spent the past year training an AI-powered health care program using personal information from one of the largest hospital systems in the U.S. Patients had no idea — until last week.

November 20, 20192 min read
Nose Job: AI predicts smell by analyzing a molecule's structure.
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Nose Job: AI predicts smell by analyzing a molecule's structure.

Predicting a molecule’s aroma is hard because slight changes in structure lead to huge shifts in perception. Good thing deep learning is developing a sense of smell.

November 20, 20192 min read
When Private Data is Not Private: Google trained Project Nightingale on private patient data.
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When Private Data is Not Private: Google trained Project Nightingale on private patient data.

Google spent the past year training an AI-powered health care program using personal information from one of the largest hospital systems in the U.S. Patients had no idea — until last week.

November 20, 20192 min read
Nose Job: AI predicts smell by analyzing a molecule's structure.
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Nose Job: AI predicts smell by analyzing a molecule's structure.

Predicting a molecule’s aroma is hard because slight changes in structure lead to huge shifts in perception. Good thing deep learning is developing a sense of smell.

November 20, 20192 min read
Banking on Automation
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Banking on Automation

The UK’s banking industry is using AI in many facets of the business. A survey of financial firms in the UK found that nearly two-thirds of respondents have deployed machine learning technology. Many said they expect their use to double in the next two years.

November 6, 20192 min read
Banking on Automation
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Banking on Automation

The UK’s banking industry is using AI in many facets of the business. A survey of financial firms in the UK found that nearly two-thirds of respondents have deployed machine learning technology. Many said they expect their use to double in the next two years.

November 6, 20192 min read
Cracking Open Doctors’ Notes
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Cracking Open Doctors’ Notes

Weak supervision is the practice of assigning likely labels to unlabeled data using a variety of simple labeling functions. Then supervised methods can be used on top of the now-labeled data.

October 23, 20192 min read
Cracking Open Doctors’ Notes
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Cracking Open Doctors’ Notes

Weak supervision is the practice of assigning likely labels to unlabeled data using a variety of simple labeling functions. Then supervised methods can be used on top of the now-labeled data.

October 23, 20192 min read
AI Startups in Demand
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AI Startups in Demand

AI startups are being scooped up at an accelerating pace, many by companies outside the tech sphere. A report by CB Insights shows that, as of August, 2019 was on track to surpass last year’s record number of AI startup acquisitions.

October 9, 20191 min read
AI Startups in Demand
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AI Startups in Demand

AI startups are being scooped up at an accelerating pace, many by companies outside the tech sphere. A report by CB Insights shows that, as of August, 2019 was on track to surpass last year’s record number of AI startup acquisitions.

October 9, 20191 min read
Hidden Findings Revealed
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Hidden Findings Revealed

Drugs undergo rigorous experimentation and clinical trials to gain regulatory approval, while dietary supplements get less scrutiny. Even when a drug study reveals an interaction with supplements, the discovery tends to receive little attention.

October 9, 20192 min read

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