President Joe Biden convened a group of technology leaders on Tuesday to debate what he called the “risks and enormous promises” of artificial intelligence.President Joe Biden convened a group of technology leaders on Tuesday to debate what he called the “risks and enormous promises” of artificial intelligence.Business[#item_full_content]
At the turn of this century, Jeff Bezos popularized the use of mechanical turks—low-paid workers working remotely with perhaps thousands of others on tiny parts of larger computer projects—to ensure a human perspective on mostly simple tasks that proved perplexing to computers. He termed this blending of human and digital brain power “artificial artificial intelligence.”At the turn of this century, Jeff Bezos popularized the use of mechanical turks—low-paid workers working remotely with perhaps thousands of others on tiny parts of larger computer projects—to ensure a human perspective on mostly simple tasks that proved perplexing to computers. He termed this blending of human and digital brain power “artificial artificial intelligence.”Machine learning & AI[#item_full_content]
In a paper published in Machine Intelligence Research, a team of researchers explored the problem of whether pre-trained models can be applied to multi-modal tasks and made significant progress. This paper surveys recent advances and new frontiers in vision-language pre-training (VLP), including image-text and video-text pre-training.In a paper published in Machine Intelligence Research, a team of researchers explored the problem of whether pre-trained models can be applied to multi-modal tasks and made significant progress. This paper surveys recent advances and new frontiers in vision-language pre-training (VLP), including image-text and video-text pre-training.Computer Sciences[#item_full_content]
Algorithms that accurately reflect the behavior of road users—vital for the safe roll out of driverless vehicles—are still not available, warn scientists.Algorithms that accurately reflect the behavior of road users—vital for the safe roll out of driverless vehicles—are still not available, warn scientists.Automotive[#item_full_content]
With the release of artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot ChatGPT in November last year, the world of machine learning and AI has opened up to anyone who wants to use the bot to answer questions. And when OpenAI—the company behind ChatGPT—released its latest language model last March, it meant people could help guide its responses with specific material such as business documents on any topic.With the release of artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot ChatGPT in November last year, the world of machine learning and AI has opened up to anyone who wants to use the bot to answer questions. And when OpenAI—the company behind ChatGPT—released its latest language model last March, it meant people could help guide its responses with specific material such as business documents on any topic.Business[#item_full_content]
European Union consumer protection groups urged regulators on Tuesday to investigate the type of artificial intelligence underpinning systems like ChatGPT, citing risks that leave people vulnerable and the delay before the bloc’s groundbreaking AI regulations take effect.European Union consumer protection groups urged regulators on Tuesday to investigate the type of artificial intelligence underpinning systems like ChatGPT, citing risks that leave people vulnerable and the delay before the bloc’s groundbreaking AI regulations take effect.Machine learning & AI[#item_full_content]
New work from Carnegie Mellon University has enabled robots to learn household chores by watching videos of people performing everyday tasks in their homes.New work from Carnegie Mellon University has enabled robots to learn household chores by watching videos of people performing everyday tasks in their homes.Robotics[#item_full_content]
Every day, tens of thousands of songs are released. This constant stream of options makes it difficult for streaming services and radio stations to choose which songs to add to playlists. To find the ones that will resonate with a large audience, these services have used human listeners and artificial intelligence. This approach, however, lingering at a 50% accuracy rate, does not reliably predict if songs will become hits.Every day, tens of thousands of songs are released. This constant stream of options makes it difficult for streaming services and radio stations to choose which songs to add to playlists. To find the ones that will resonate with a large audience, these services have used human listeners and artificial intelligence. This approach, however, lingering at a 50% accuracy rate, does not reliably predict if songs will become hits.Hi Tech & Innovation[#item_full_content]
The old-school hit and run “Whitey ball” era of baseball is long gone. In today’s game, coaches, scouts, front office personnel and players themselves rely heavily on quantitative analytics, which have transformed the sports world over the last decade.The old-school hit and run “Whitey ball” era of baseball is long gone. In today’s game, coaches, scouts, front office personnel and players themselves rely heavily on quantitative analytics, which have transformed the sports world over the last decade.Machine learning & AI[#item_full_content]
Large language models are generating verbal pollution that threatens to undermine the very data such models are trained on.Large language models are generating verbal pollution that threatens to undermine the very data such models are trained on.Computer Sciences[#item_full_content]
