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.
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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...
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.
Business
One Cool Robot: FamilyMart Uses TX SCAR Robots to Restock Beverages
FamilyMart, a chain of Japanese convenience stores, plans to employ robots to fill shelves with beverage bottles at 300 locations.
Machine Learning Research
What a Molecule’s Structure Reveals: Baidu Creates AI to Classify Molecular Properties
The authors trained a modified GNN on a dataset of 18 million molecules to find molecular properties.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.