Fighting Fakes: China introduces a ban on deepfakes.
Tech & Society

Fighting Fakes: China introduces a ban on deepfakes.

China announced a ban on fake news, targeting deepfakes in particular. The Cyberspace Administration of China issued new rules restricting online audio and video, especially content created using AI.

December 11, 20192 min read
AI Ethics Must Be Actionable
Tech & Society

AI Ethics Must Be Actionable

I’ve been thinking about AI and ethics. With the techlash and an erosion of trust in technology as a positive force, it’s more important than ever that we make sure the AI community acts ethically.

December 11, 20192 min read
Is AI Making Mastery Obsolete?: How human chess and go masters cope with being beaten by AI
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Is AI Making Mastery Obsolete?: How human chess and go masters cope with being beaten by AI

Is there any reason to continue playing games that AI has mastered? Ask the former champions who have been toppled by machines.

December 4, 20191 min read
Building Trustworthy AI
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Building Trustworthy AI

Recently I wrote about major reasons why AI projects fail, such as small data, robustness, and change management. Given that some AI systems don't work, users and customers sometimes rightly wonder whether they should trust an AI system.

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
Is AI Making Mastery Obsolete?: How human chess and go masters cope with being beaten by AI
Tech & Society

Is AI Making Mastery Obsolete?: How human chess and go masters cope with being beaten by AI

Is there any reason to continue playing games that AI has mastered? Ask the former champions who have been toppled by machines.

December 4, 20191 min read
Building Trustworthy AI
Tech & Society

Building Trustworthy AI

Recently I wrote about major reasons why AI projects fail, such as small data, robustness, and change management. Given that some AI systems don't work, users and customers sometimes rightly wonder whether they should trust an AI system.

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

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
Researchers Blocked at the Border: Some African AI researchers blocked from attending NeurIPS
Tech & Society

Researchers Blocked at the Border: Some African AI researchers blocked from attending NeurIPS

Foreign researchers hoping to attend one of AI’s largest conferences were denied entry into Canada, where the event will be held. Most of those blocked were from developing nations.

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

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
When Private Data is Not Private: Google trained Project Nightingale on private patient data.
Tech & Society

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
Researchers Blocked at the Border: Some African AI researchers blocked from attending NeurIPS
Tech & Society

Researchers Blocked at the Border: Some African AI researchers blocked from attending NeurIPS

Foreign researchers hoping to attend one of AI’s largest conferences were denied entry into Canada, where the event will be held. Most of those blocked were from developing nations.

November 20, 20192 min read
Survival of the Overfittest
Tech & Society

Survival of the Overfittest

Neuroevolution, which combines neural networks with ideas drawn from Darwin, is gaining momentum. Its advocates claim that they can achieve faster, better results by generating a succession of new models, each slightly different than its predecessors, rather than relying on a purpose-built model.

November 13, 20192 min read
Survival of the Overfittest
Tech & Society

Survival of the Overfittest

Neuroevolution, which combines neural networks with ideas drawn from Darwin, is gaining momentum. Its advocates claim that they can achieve faster, better results by generating a succession of new models, each slightly different than its predecessors, rather than relying on a purpose-built model.

November 13, 20192 min read
Blind Spot
Tech & Society

Blind Spot

In March 2018, one of Uber’s self-driving cars became the first autonomous vehicle reported to have killed a pedestrian. A new report by U.S. authorities suggests that the accident occurred because the car’s software was programmed to ignore jaywalkers.

November 13, 20192 min read

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