Tech & Society
Corporate Ethics Counterbalance: Timnit Gebru launches institute for AI fairness.
One year after her acrimonious exit from Google, ethics researcher Timnit Gebru launched an independent institute to study neglected issues in AI.
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Machine Learning Research
Recognizing Autism: AI research can help identify autism early in children.
Classical machine learning techniques could help children with autism receive treatment earlier in life. Researchers led by Ishanu Chattopadhyay at University of Chicago developed a system that classified autism in young children based on data collected during routine checkups.
Tech & Society
Minorities Reported: Policing AI shows bias against Blacks and Latinos.
An independent investigation found evidence of racial and economic bias in a crime-prevention model used by police departments in at least nine U.S. states.
The Batch Newsletter
The Batch: Bias in Predictive Policing, Timnit Gebru vs Corporate AI, Autism Recognized, Transformers for Reinforcement Learning
Should we be optimistic or pessimistic about the prospects for ethical AI? I meet people who are encouraged by the progress we’ve made toward making AI more responsible and free of bias.
Business
AI Goes Underground: Computer Vision From SewerAI Classifies Defective Pipes
A system from California startup SewerAI analyzes videos of underground pipes to prioritize those in need of repair.
Tech & Society
Everyone Has a Voice: Project Relate Offers Synthesized Speech that Works in Real Time
An Android app offers speech recognition model for speech impaired by cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, Parkinson’s disease, stroke, or traumatic brain injury.
Machine Learning Research
A Deeper Look at Graphs: Graph Neural Networks Work Better With More Layers
New research shows that drastically increasing the number of layers in a graph neural networks improves its performance on large datasets.
Letters
Toward Systematic Data Engineering
I’ve seen many new technologies go through a predictable process on their journey from idea to large scale adoption. First, a handful of experts apply their ideas intuitively.
Science
Which Drug Helps Your Depression?: AI System Matches Patients With the Right Depression Drug
Deep learning can predict how patients will respond to two antidepressant medicines.
The Batch Newsletter
The Batch: AI Matches Patients to Drugs, Robots Crawl Sewers, New Voices for Atypical Speech, Graph Neural Networks Go Deep
I’ve seen many new technologies go through a predictable process on their journey from idea to large scale adoption. First, a handful of experts apply their ideas intuitively.
The Batch Newsletter
The Batch: Surveillance State In the Making?, Robot Fry Cook, U.S. AI Strategy, A Chatbot For Long Talks
I’m grateful to the AI community for the friendships it has brought me and the benefits it has brought to billions of people.
Business
Deep Learning for Deep Frying: White Castle Uses Robots to Cook French Fries
Flippy 2, a robotic fry station from California-based Miso Robotics, has been newly deployed in a Chicago White Castle location.