The Big Picture
- Talent + Data may be keys to China leapfrogging US in AI (The Economist)
- New generation of researchers working on interpreting the black box of AI (ScienceMag)
- The advantage that data-rich companies have when it comes to AI (Wired)
- PAIR: How do we improve human and AI interactions? (Google Blog)
- NHS failed to comply with data protection law in deal with DeepMind (Quartz)
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Machine Learning In Industry
- Winning strategies for applied AI companies (Medium)
- Why chatbots don’t work yet (Late Night Coding)
- The future of radiology and AI (The Medical Futurist)
- Staying focused on the user when designing with ML (Medium)
- Microsoft betting the future of the company on advances in AI (Neowin / BBC)
- Google hopes to wrest cloud computing market away from Amazon with TensorFlow (MIT Technology Review)
Machine Learning Research
- DeepMind expands to Canada with research office in Edmonton (DeepMind)
- AI is changing the way we do science (ScienceMag)
- DeepTraffic: MIT uses deep learning to reduce gridlock (NVIDIA)
- Cool curated list of medical data for machine learning (Andrew L. Beam)
Engaging research papers we’ve been digesting this month:
- Deep interest network for click-through rate prediction
- Distral: Robust multitask reinforcement learning
- Emergence of locomotion behaviours in rich environments
- Creatism: A deep-learning photographer capable of creating professional work
- YellowFin and the art of momentum tuning
- Learning scalable deep kernels with recurrent structure
Machine Learning Monetized
- Big N’s latest series of investments in deep learning startups (NVIDIA)
- Big G’s Gradient Ventures: Venture fund for early-stage AI startups (Google)
- Chinese facial recognition startup SenseTime raises $410M (WSJ)
- AI cybersecurity firm Darktrace raises $75M (TechCrunch)
- Drive.ai raises $50M to expand operations and R&D (Forbes)
- Sports tech company Hudl secures $30M to add AI (VentureBeat)
