Imagine that all people around the world could use voice AI systems such as Alexa in their native tongues. One promising approach to realizing this vision is massively multilingual natural-language understanding (MMNLU), a paradigm in which a single machine learning model can parse and understand inputs from many typologically diverse languages. By learning a shared data … [Read more...] about Amazon Releases 51-Language Dataset for Language Understanding
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Best Artificial Intelligence Conferences For Business Leaders In 2019
Everyone’s excited about AI and machine learning these days, so new conferences are popping up everywhere. We’ve identified more than 150 events on our ultimate AI conference list, but which ones are actually worth your time? Which AI Conferences Have The Most ROI For Business Leaders? As a business leader, you want to learn about new technologies from experienced … [Read more...] about Best Artificial Intelligence Conferences For Business Leaders In 2019
Humans Need Not Apply: MIT Teaches Robots To Train Each Other
Despite substantial recent advances in both software and hardware, robots still have difficulty planning and carrying out multi-step dexterous manipulation tasks. Yet real-world applications of such dexterity include critical situations, like explosive ordnance disposal and disaster response, considered too dangerous for humans. Typically, robots are programmed using one of … [Read more...] about Humans Need Not Apply: MIT Teaches Robots To Train Each Other
Fighting Algorithmic Bias & Homogenous Thinking in AI
When Timnit Gebru attended a prestigious AI research conference last year, she counted 6 black people in the audience out of an estimated 8,500. And only one black woman: herself. As a PhD candidate at Stanford University who has published a number of notable papers in the field of artificial intelligence, Gebru finds the lack of diversity in the industry to be “extremely … [Read more...] about Fighting Algorithmic Bias & Homogenous Thinking in AI
The Point Of Play: How Games Make AI Smarter
Do video games make you dumb? You can probably think of someone in your life who’d make you nod vigorously, but according to behavioral psychologists, playing games actually does the opposite. Play performs a crucial role in cognitive development and building behavior that helps advanced animals thrive in different situations and environments. Turns out what helps kittens … [Read more...] about The Point Of Play: How Games Make AI Smarter
Artificial Intelligence Education Transforms The Developing World
When Sahil Singla joined the social impact startup Farmguide, he was shocked to discover that thousands of rural farmers in India commit suicide every year. When harvests go awry, desperate farmers are forced to borrow from microfinance loan sharks at crippling rates. Unable to pay back these predatory loans, victims kill themselves - often by grisly methods like swallowing … [Read more...] about Artificial Intelligence Education Transforms The Developing World
The Terrifying Black Market For Your Private Medical Records
How much is your life worth to hackers? On the black market, the going rate for your social security number is 10 cents. Your credit card number is worth 25 cents. But your electronic medical health record (EHR) could be worth hundreds or even thousands of dollars. EHRs offer significant benefits compared to previous paper-based systems and have been adopted by over 96% of … [Read more...] about The Terrifying Black Market For Your Private Medical Records
AI Is Turning Supply Chain Logistics Into Automated Trading
Ever wonder how your Amazon Prime packages show up at your door mere hours after you place an order? A complex series of operations connects suppliers to manufacturers to wholesalers to retailers to you, the end consumer. Oversight of this process is called supply chain management (SCM). Within SCM, logistics is the portion that handles the movement of goods. E-Commerce … [Read more...] about AI Is Turning Supply Chain Logistics Into Automated Trading
Hate Recruiting? These 10 Companies Automate Hiring For You
Chatbots in the enterprise are already working side by side with their human counterparts and employees like Uber drivers spend their entire day reporting to an algorithm. Probably won’t be long before we’re interviewed and managed by robots. With human resources, AI and machine learning can take away the heavy lifting involved with recruiting. HR personnel with more … [Read more...] about Hate Recruiting? These 10 Companies Automate Hiring For You
Smarter AI Means Safer, Speedier Telecom Networks
With more than 12,500 patents, 8 Nobel prizes, and a 140 year history of field-testing crazy ideas, no one should be surprised that AT&T would be an important player in artificial intelligence. “AT&T is a backbone of the internet,” explains Nadia Morris, Head of Innovation at the AT&T Connected Health Foundry. The company manages wireless, landline, and even … [Read more...] about Smarter AI Means Safer, Speedier Telecom Networks