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Sensorium demos AI-driven avatars as latest virtual beings

All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. Sensorium Galaxy is an upcoming virtual world that will blend human and AI characters so that people can have unscripted conversations with virtual beings. And it’s showing off some of those AI characters now. I had a conversation with one of the AI characters, Katherine. She’s an aspiring makeup artist studying in…
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Is DeepMind’s new reinforcement learning system a step toward general AI?

All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. This article is part of our reviews of AI research papers, a series of posts that explore the latest findings in artificial intelligence. One of the key challenges of deep reinforcement learning models — the kind of AI systems that have mastered Go, StarCraft 2, and other games — is their inability to generalize…
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Levi-Strauss’ Dr. Katia Walsh on why diversity in AI and ML is non-negotiable

All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. As part of VentureBeat’s series of interviews with women and BIPOC leaders in the AI industry, we sat down with Dr. Katia Walsh, chief strategy and artificial intelligence officer, Levi Strauss & Co. In her career she has forged paths for people from every intersection of race, culture, class, and education…
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AI leaders talk intersectionality, microaggressions, and more at Transform Women in AI Breakfast

All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. At VentureBeat’s third annual Women in AI Breakfast at Transform 2021, leaders in AI and machine learning across industries came together to discuss some of the most urgent questions in the tech sector today, including what responsible AI and engineering means, and the roles and responsibilities of corporates…
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