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Research

On Sep 21, 2019
@alexjc shared
RT @jonathanfly: Finally. An AI that can tell me to tuck in my shirt: "Fashion++: Minimal Edits for Outfit Improvement" "It can also recommend ways to adjust a piece of clothing, such as tucking in a shirt or rolling up the sleeves." blog: https://t.co/pUtzVZ3VQA pdf: https://t.co/DzVvKZtqGS https://t.co/SOew6CZmuG
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Building AI to inform people's fashion choices

Facebook researchers have created an AI tool that analyzes sample images and then recommends easy changes to a person's outfit to make it more stylish.

On Sep 19, 2019
@demishassabis shared
RT @lawrennd: Very pleased to announce I'm going to be starting work at @Cambridge_CL on October 1st! I will be the inaugural DeepMind Professor of Machine Learning. https://t.co/Hkve7jn8Dh Thanks so much to @DeepMindAI for funding this Professorship!
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Cambridge appoints first DeepMind Professor of Machine Learning

Following an international search, Professor Neil Lawrence has been appointed as the inaugural DeepMind Professor of Machine Learning at Cambridge, supported by a benefaction from the ...

Robotics

On Sep 20, 2019
@RobotLaunch shared
svrobo: RT RoboticNewsNow: FarmWise raises $14.5M Series A for sustainable robotic farming https://t.co/TQNC8kERh4 via therobotreport RoboticNewsNow #Bots #Breaking #cobot #cobots #robot #robots #robotic #robotics #AI #ArtificialIntelligence
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FarmWise raises $14.5M Series A for sustainable robotic farming

FarmWise, whose founders have experience in agriculture and robotics, raised funding to expand its team and R&D efforts. It is working on a weeding robot.

On Sep 21, 2019
@RobotLaunch shared
svrobo: Ada Lovelace Day is Oct 8! Join us in celebrating Women in Robotics -https://t.co/oIZ6MVHdql https://t.co/fzfZGoFZsx
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Women in Robotics on Ada Lovelace Day

We're having a party on October 8th at UC Berkeley - join us! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ada-lovelace-day-celebration-of-women-in-robotics-tickets-70947837893 Or if you'd like to create ...

On Sep 17, 2019
@RobotLaunch shared
svrobo: Check out my latest article: Catalia Health and Pfizer collaborate on health care robots https://t.co/KtwqeZAUI5 via LinkedIn
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Catalia Health and Pfizer collaborate on health care robots

New robot platform improves patient experience using AI to help patients navigate barriers and health care challenges SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 12, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Catalia Health and Pfizer ...

On Sep 20, 2019
@RobotLaunch shared
svrobo: RT RoboticNewsNow: FarmWise raises $14.5M Series A for sustainable robotic farming https://t.co/TQNC8kERh4 via therobotreport RoboticNewsNow #Bots #Breaking #cobot #cobots #robot #robots #robotic #robotics #AI #ArtificialIntelligence
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FarmWise raises $14.5M Series A for sustainable robotic farming

FarmWise, whose founders have experience in agriculture and robotics, raised funding to expand its team and R&D efforts. It is working on a weeding robot.

On Sep 21, 2019
@RobotLaunch shared
svrobo: Ada Lovelace Day is Oct 8! Join us in celebrating Women in Robotics -https://t.co/oIZ6MVHdql https://t.co/fzfZGoFZsx
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Women in Robotics on Ada Lovelace Day

We're having a party on October 8th at UC Berkeley - join us! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ada-lovelace-day-celebration-of-women-in-robotics-tickets-70947837893 Or if you'd like to create ...

On Sep 17, 2019
@RobotLaunch shared
svrobo: Check out my latest article: Catalia Health and Pfizer collaborate on health care robots https://t.co/KtwqeZAUI5 via LinkedIn
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Catalia Health and Pfizer collaborate on health care robots

New robot platform improves patient experience using AI to help patients navigate barriers and health care challenges SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 12, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Catalia Health and Pfizer ...

Applied Use Cases

On Sep 20, 2019
@AINowInstitute shared
RT @katecrawford: WOW. “As the tool went viral, reinvigorating the debate around the development of artificial intelligence systems and biases ... ImageNet announced that it would scrub more than half of the 1.2 million pictures of people in its sprawling collection’ 👌 https://t.co/ybc9eAkXuT
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Everyday people: How a massive picture database sparked a discussion about AI and bias

After an art project showed how AI can categorize people in offensive ways, a major research database is discarding half its images of people.

On Sep 19, 2019
@Miles_Brundage shared
RT @OpenAI: We've fine-tuned GPT-2 using human feedback for tasks such as summarizing articles, matching the preferences of human labelers (if not always our own). We're hoping this brings safety methods closer to machines learning values by talking with humans. https://t.co/ok9jeMP5zj
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Fine-Tuning GPT-2 from Human Preferences

We’ve fine-tuned the 774M parameter GPT-2 language model using human feedback for various tasks, successfully matching the preferences of the external human labelers, though those ...

On Sep 18, 2019
@goodfellow_ian shared
RT @open_phil: Applications are open for the Open Phil AI Fellowship! This program extends full support to a community of current & incoming PhD students, in any area of AI/ML, who are interested in making the long-term, large-scale impacts of AI a focus of their work. https://t.co/U4LOwrkgs8
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The Open Phil AI Fellowship

The Open Phil AI Fellowship is a fellowship for full-time PhD students focused on artificial intelligence or machine learning. Applications and letters of recommendation are due by October ...

Ethics

On Sep 19, 2019
@j2bryson shared
RT @NoelSharkey: Great to see the first series of snapshot papers from Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation ⁦@CDEIUK⁩ ⁦@aimeevanrobot⁩ ⁦@RespRobotics⁩ ⁦@vdignum⁩ ⁦@RobMcCargow⁩ ⁦@j2bryson⁩ ⁦ ⁦@maria_axente⁩ ⁦@ruchowdh⁩ https://t.co/ZGf53EDrni
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CDEI publishes its first series of three snapshot papers on ethical issues in AI

The CDEI has published its first series of snapshot papers on issues of public concern in AI ethics including deepfakes, AI and insurance and smart speakers.

On Sep 19, 2019
@RobMcCargow shared
A facial recognition ban is coming to the US, says an #AI policy advisor | via @charlottejee @techreview #ResponsibleAI https://t.co/68rR6ek6iO
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