Machine Learning Research
Taming Spurious Correlations: New Technique Helps AI Avoid Classification Mistakes
When a neural network learns image labels, it may confuse a background item for the labeled object. New research avoids such mistakes.
Analytics DeepLearning.AI
Tech & Society
AI Regulations Proceed Locally: U.S. States Enact Laws Targeting AI
EPIC published a summary of AI-related laws that states and cities considered between January 2021 and August 2022.
The Batch Newsletter
The Batch: AI Regulations Proceed Locally, Taming Spurious Correlations, One Cool Robot, What a Molecule’s Structure Reveals
Last week, I wrote about switching roles, industries, or both as a framework for considering a job search. If you’re preparing to switch roles (say, taking a job as a machine learning engineer for the first time) or industries...
Letters
How to Build a Career in AI, Part 6: Job Search Fundamentals
Last week, I wrote about switching roles, industries, or both as a framework for considering a job search. If you’re preparing to switch roles or industries, there’s a lot about your target job that you probably don’t know.
Letters
How to Build a Career in AI, Part 5: Finding Your First AI Job
Andrew Ng presents a framework for job seekers in AI, especially those entering from a different field.
Machine Learning Research
Ensemble Models Simplified: New Machine Learning Research Simplifies Ensembles
A CLIP model whose weights were the mean of an ensemble of fine-tuned models performed as well as the ensemble and better than its best-performing constituent.
Culture
Deepfakes Against Profanity: Film Makers of Fall Used AI to Remove F-Words
The filmmakers used technology from Flawless AI to clean up the language, enabling the film to earn a rating that welcomes younger viewers.
Tech & Society
AI Hits Its Stride: Cionic’s AI-Powered Neural Sleeve Could Help Fix Impaired Walking
Neural Sleeve is intended to correct leg movements for people impacted by multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, spinal cord injury, and stroke.
Science
Bad Machine Learning Makes Bad Science: Is Machine Learning Driving a Scientific Reproducibility Crisis?
A recent workshop highlighted the impact of poorly designed AI models in medicine, security, software engineering, and other disciplines.
The Batch Newsletter
The Batch: Science Plagued by Machine Learning Mistakes, Deepfakes Censor Profanity, Wearable AI Helps Impaired Walking, Ensemble Models Simplified
The Batch - AI News & Insights: Science Plagued by Machine Learning Mistakes, Deepfakes Censor Profanity, Wearable AI Helps Impaired Walking, Ensemble Models Simplified
Machine Learning Research
Protein Families Deciphered: Machine Learning Categorizes Proteins Based on Their Functions
Convolutional neural networks separate proteins into functional families without considering their shapes.
Tech & Society
Identifying Faces of History: From Numbers to Names Uses AI to Identify Holocaust Victims
From Numbers to Names matches individuals to faces in publicly available images related to the genocide of European Jews between 1941 and 1945.