Top news of the week: 14.08.2020.

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Applied Use Cases

On Aug 11, 2020
@davegershgorn shared
RT @DeepMind: To ensure that AI is a technology of global benefit, increasing African participation is vital. We’re very excited to announce DeepMind’s first scholarship programme on the African continent with @StellenboschUni. Read more about it here: https://t.co/hQRSPUeSYI https://t.co/BUAymBtFs3
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First DeepMind Postgraduate Scholarships in Africa coming to Stellenbosch University

First DeepMind Postgraduate Scholarships in Africa coming to Stellenbosch University

Artificial intelligence and machine learning expertise on the African continent is set to get a major boost, thanks to prestigious scholarships to be awarded for postgraduate …

On Aug 12, 2020
@AI_TechNews shared
Microsoft: The UK must increase its AI skills, or risk falling behind https://t.co/fH3DDixB7C #microsoft #uk #news #tech #ai https://t.co/wNiMUx9eEU
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Microsoft: The UK must increase its AI skills, or risk falling behind

Microsoft: The UK must increase its AI skills, or risk falling behind

A report from Microsoft warns that the UK faces an AI skills gap which may harm its global competitiveness.

On Aug 10, 2020
@BulletinAtomic shared
A prominent dataset of images that researchers used to train artificial intelligence algorithms was taken down after a scholarly paper revealed that some of the categories it contained were labeled with offensive terms for women and minorities. https://t.co/66ohDKQvgY https://t.co/Zi9FevFNlQ
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How to make AI less racist

How to make AI less racist

A prominent dataset of images that researchers used to train artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms to recognize objects was taken down after a scholarly paper revealed that some of the ...

On Aug 11, 2020
@olivercameron shared
RT @mcwm: Had a really interesting chat with @BlueRiverTech's Chris Padwick his team's machine learning and computer vision work aiming to make farming far more efficient. It help feed a growing world with less resources https://t.co/6ZYfSrdBiS
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The future of farming is one giant A/B test on all the crops in the world at once

The future of farming is one giant A/B test on all the crops in the world at once

John Deere subsidiary Blue River Technology is using computer vision and machine learning to make the farmers of tomorrow more efficient.

On Aug 11, 2020
@NathanBenaich shared
RT @ImranSHaque: And one more thing: new blog post at https://t.co/XuknBaplZR! "Careers in Industry vs Academia: Two Value Systems" -- I hope it helps folks coming from PhDs and postdocs understand the different arc of industry careers. Blog: https://t.co/LaWMfTRaSe Vid: https://t.co/3UucbodEFD
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Careers in Industry and Academia

Careers in Industry and Academia

Two Value Systems I recently spoke at Recursion Pharmaceuticals’ Career Insights Series on career development and trajectory in industry (and how it differs from the same in academia, for...

On Aug 11, 2020
@Sam_L_Shead shared
Government paid Faculty to analyse UK citizens’ tweets https://t.co/r3sA6fNFg5
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Government paid Vote Leave AI firm to analyse UK citizens’ tweets

Government paid Vote Leave AI firm to analyse UK citizens’ tweets

Faculty, linked to senior Tories, hired to collect tweets as part of coronavirus-related contract

On Aug 12, 2020
@DeepMind shared
Existing RL benchmarks do not capture many of the challenges found in applied systems and products. Introducing the Real-World RL(RWRL) simulation suite, developed to accelerate research on these challenges. Blog: https://t.co/kECot39jdD Github: https://t.co/VrM0FcEk8w https://t.co/So9UoJCw1n
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google-research / realworldrl_suite

google-research / realworldrl_suite

Real-World RL Benchmark Suite. Contribute to google-research/realworldrl_suite development by creating an account on GitHub.

On Aug 9, 2020
@guardiantech shared
This tech giant up for sale is a homegrown miracle – it must be saved for Britain | Will Hutton https://t.co/XlCQpHO89f
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This tech giant up for sale is a homegrown miracle – it must be saved for Britain

This tech giant up for sale is a homegrown miracle – it must be saved for Britain

If the Tories truly want to reshape the country, they should help to buy Arm