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In the News

Don’t be evil?

AI and its subset, machine learning, encompass a variety of techniques meant to enhance computing power to the point where software can act in ways that mimics or even eclipses human reasoning and deductive power.

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Research

IBM Research AI @ IJCAI 2019

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Workshop on biological AND artificial reinforcement learning

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New advances in natural language processing to better connect people

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MegatronLM: Training Billion+ Parameter Language Models Using GPU Model Parallelism

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Project Malmo competition returns with student organizers and a new mission: To democratize reinforcement learning

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Applied use cases

Amazon is developing high-tech surveillance tools for America's police.

That has allowed the company to build “a fortress of cloud deals” that include police departments, federal law enforcement, national intelligence agencies and immigration authorities.

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This High-Tech Solution to Disaster Response May Be Too Good to Be True

T.J. McDonald, who works for Seattle’s office of emergency management, reviewed a simulated earthquake on the company’s damage prediction platform, he spotted problems.

nytimes.com


Major Challenges for Machine Learning Projects

Understand the limits of contemporary machine learning technology Many companies face the challenge of educating customers on the possible applications of their innovative technology.

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Market News

DeepMind's Losses and the Future of Artificial Intelligence

DeepMind, likely the world’s largest research-focused artificial intelligence operation, is losing a lot of money fast, more than $1 billion in the past three years.

wired.com

Ethics

Human-Robot Interaction and Empathy with Kate Darling

Today we’re joined by Dr. Kate Darling, Research Specialist at the MIT Media Lab.

twimlai.com


Malta's Artificial Intelligence guiding principles up for consultation

The Malta Ethical AI Framework document sets out the guiding principles and requirements which will serve as the basis for AI-related projects in Malta.

timesofmalta.com

Robotics

The future of rescue robotics

Nicola Nosengo Current research is aligned with the need of rescue workers but robustness and ease of use remain significant barriers to adoption, NCCR Robotics researchers find after reviewing the field and consulting with field operators.

robohub.org


Inflatable Robot Astronauts and How to Control Them

Often, it’s simply the case that great expense in producing a humanoid robot that can perform dozens of tasks quite badly is less appropriate than producing some other design that’s optimized to a specific situation.

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