Letters
The Trouble With Reinforcement Learning
While working on Course 3 of the Machine Learning Specialization, which covers reinforcement learning, I was reflecting on how reinforcement learning algorithms are still quite finicky.
Analytics DeepLearning.AI
The Batch Newsletter
The Batch: UK's Drone Superhighway, Largest Open Source Language Model, AI Protects Bees, Countering Biased Labels
While working on Course 3 of the Machine Learning Specialization, which covers reinforcement learning, I was reflecting on how reinforcement learning algorithms are still quite finicky.
Machine Learning Research
Learning From Metadata: Descriptive Text Improves Performance for AI Image Classification Systems
Images in the wild may not come with labels, but they often include metadata. A new training method takes advantage of this information to improve contrastive learning.
Tech & Society
Keep Your AIs on the Road: New Law Requires European Vehicles to Come with Automated Features
The European Union passed a law that requires new vehicles to come equipped with automated safety features.
Machine Learning Research
Humanized Training for Robot Arms: New Research Improves Robot Performance and Adaptability
Robots trained via reinforcement learning usually study videos of robots performing the task at hand. A new approach used videos of humans to pre-train robotic arms.
Tech & Society
On the Ball: An AI-Powered App Lets Amateur Footballers Try Out for the Pros
AiSCOUT uses computer vision to grade amateur footballers and recommends those who score highest to representatives of professional teams.
Business
Auto Diagnosis: AI-Powered Inspections Arrive at Dealers for GM and Volvo
A drive-through system from UVeye automatically inspects vehicles for dents, leaks, and low tire pressure.
Jul 27, 2022
AI War Chest Grows: NATO Invests €1 Billion in Advanced Technologies
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) announced a €1 billion venture capital fund for technologies including AI.
Letters
More Data for AI Developers: A New Law Makes it Easier to Scrape the Web
Many AI systems have been built using data scraped from the internet. Indeed, even the cornerstone dataset for computer vision research, ImageNet, was built using images taken from the public internet.
The Batch Newsletter
The Batch: Military AI Spending Grows, Automated Talent Scout, Drive-Thru Car Inspection, Humanized Training for Robots
In this issue of The Batch: AI War Chest Grows | Drive-Thru Car Inspection Uses Computer Vision | AI computer vision grading soccer players...
AI Careers
What AI Employers Want: 10 Most In-Demand Jobs in AI and Machine Learning
A website that aggregates AI jobs revealed the roles that are most in-demand. Ai-jobs.net published its second annual list of the job titles that appeared most frequently in its listings.
Letters
How to Build a Career in AI, Part 4: How to Sequence Projects to Build a Career
Last week’s letter focused on coming up with AI project ideas, part of a series on how to build a career in the field. This letter describes how a sequence of projects might fit into your career path.