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AI Weekly: The state of machine learning in 2020

November 28, 2020
It’s hard to believe, but a year in which the unprecedented seemed to happen every day is just weeks from being over. In AI circles, the end of the calendar year means the rollout of annual reports aimed at defining progress, impact, and areas for improvement. The AI Index is due out in the coming weeks, as is CB Insights’ assessment of global AI startup activity, but two reports — both…
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Google's 'Verse by Verse' AI can help you write in the style of famous poets

November 26, 2020
If you’ve ever fancied yourself as a poet but don’t quite have the lyrical and rhythmic skills one might require, Google’s Verse by Verse tool can help you to craft the most delectable verse. The company’s latest experiment with AI-driven poetry offers suggestions in the style of America’s most renowned wordsmiths. You can select up to three poets for inspiration…
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Google Assistant can finally schedule your smart lights

November 26, 2020
Google Assistant already works with Hue and other smart lights, but functionality has been limited to turning them on and off, using them with alarms and a few other features. Now, you can schedule lights and other electric devices to turn on and off at specific and even…
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Fitbit brings Google Assistant to the Sense and Versa 3

November 26, 2020
Fitbit is releasing Fitbit OS 5.1 for the Sense and Versa 3, with a focus on improving health-tracking and improving voice assistance. The most important innovation is the ability to now take pulse oximetry readings when you’re sleeping without the use of a dedicated clock face. That said, the company will  also launch seven new SpO2 clock faces to the platform between now and the end of the…
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Google Assistant will let your kids ask it where you are

November 26, 2020
If your family is anything like mine, smart displays like the Nest Hub tend to get a lot of use by both adults and kids. The conversational capabilities of Google Assistant make that almost a certainty. So it makes sense that for one of its last major updates of 2020, Google…
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Facebook is using AI to help its content moderators

November 26, 2020
Facebook has relied on AI to help its content moderation efforts for awhile and today the company shared the latest way in which machine learning is making the thankless task easier. The Verge reported that the social network is now using machine learning to prioritize posts in a queue that human moderators need to go through. Before the new AI was implemented, the queue was mostly sorted…
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