Washington PostFacebook turns to artificial intelligence to fight hate and misinformation in MyanmarWashington PostThe technology is being tested in Myanmar, where a low rate of posts are flagged by Facebook users for potential policy violations. Faceb…
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Pentagon’s artificial intelligence programs get huge boost in defense budget
Fast Company What has gotten less attention is how the bill cements artificial intelligence programs in the Defense Department and lays the groundwork for a new national-level policy and strategy in the form of an artificial intelligence commission. As artificial … |
TechCrunchShelf Engine uses machine learning to stop food waste from eating into store marginsTechCrunchThe more retailers use Shelf Engine, the more accurate its machine learning model becomes. The system also helps suppliers, because many operate on …
Electronic DesignFollowing Rules Might be Better than Machine LearningElectronic DesignMachine learning (ML) can be quite useful in a wide range of applications from voice processing to optimizing ray traced images. But for other applications, ML may n…
QuartzDescartes Labs unleashes machine learning on space dataQuartzSatellite imagery across the visual spectrum is cascading down from the heavens. The challenge is to figure out how to process it, learn from it—and monetize it. Advances in distributed…
VentureBeatOracle open-sources Graphpipe to make it easier to deploy machine …VentureBeatOracle today open-sourced Graphpipe, a tool created to make it easy to serve machine learning models in the cloud. Graphpipe was designed to simplify the …..
ForbesArtificial Intelligence Will Replace Tasks, Not JobsForbesThere is no shortage of angst when it comes to the impact of AI on jobs. For example, a survey by Pew Research Internet finds Americans are roughly twice as likely to express worry (72%) t…
After earning a PhD from Stanford, Russ Greiner worked in both academic and industrial research before settling at the University of Alberta, where he is now a Professor in Computing Science and the founding Scientific Director of the Alberta Innovates Centre for Machine Learning (now Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute), which won the ASTech Award for “Outstanding Leadership in Technology” in […]
By Lance Eliot, the AI Trends Insider They’ll cost too much. They will only be for the elite. Having one will be a sign of prestige. It’s a rich person’s toy. The “have nots” will not be able to get one. People are going to rise-up in resentment that the general population can’t get one. […]
In 2013, the MD Anderson Cancer Center launched a “moon shot” project: diagnose and recommend treatment plans for certain forms of cancer using IBM’s Watson cognitive system. But in 2017, the project was put on hold after costs topped $62 million—and the system had yet to be used on patients. At the same time, the […]
