At the Tackling Climate Change workshop at this year’s NeurIPS conference, some of the top minds in machine learning came together to discuss the effects of climate change on life on Earth, how AI can tackle the urgent problem, and why and how the machine learning community should join the fight.
The panel included Yoshua Bengio, MILA director and University of Montreal professor; Jeff Dean…
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3 keys to moving toward white-box, explainable AI (VB Live)
December 16, 2019
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White-box AI boosts transparency, creates more collaborative data science, and improves trust within businesses and with customers — and it’s getting a lot of attention. Join this VB Live event to learn how, and why, businesses need to move away…
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Ahead of schedule, Samsung is…
Samsung has stuck with its rugged Xcover series of handsets pretty faithfully throughout the years. As per an earlier scoop, courtesy of XDA, the next Xcover device on the horizon is the SM-G715F. Despite the similarities with the Galaxy A71, SM-A715 model number scheme…
Despite people of a certain generation’s preference for texting, phone calls haven’t gone the way of the dodo. A recent survey of over 30 million calls conducted by Invoca found a 40% increase in calls across industries, and 75% of consumers say a phone call is the…
Instagram is using AI to alert bullies to offensive captions
December 16, 2019
Instagram’s anti-bullying efforts now extend to discouraging abusive behavior in posts, not just comments. It’s introducing a feature that warns people when their post captions might be offensive, using AI to detect language similar to posts that have previously been reported. In theory, this makes bullies second-guess their vitriol, stick to kinder language and learn about the…
Intel acquires AI chip startup Habana Labs for $2 billion
December 16, 2019
In a clear signal of its ambitions for the $91.18 billion AI chip market, Intel this morning announced that it has acquired Habana Labs, an Israel-based developer of programmable deep learning accelerators for data centers. The deal is worth approximately $2 billion, and…
Dark mode scheduling might be available in upcoming Android 11 build
December 16, 2019
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Instagram uses AI to warn users before they post offensive captions
December 16, 2019
Instagram is launching a new feature that is designed to make users think twice before posting videos or photos with offensive captions.
Moving forward, whenever someone tries to post a caption that Instagram detects as being potentially offensive, the user will see an alert asking them to reconsider their words. The alert system is entirely automated, with Instagram leaning on data garnered from…
