AI Essentials

It’s almost impossible to talk about digital development today without mentioning AI. For this reason, we’ve created The Essentials AI Master Topic, as well as 9 Deep Dive topics, to cover all of the news, trends and reports you need to stay up to date.

Monthly report: February 2019

This month, The Essentials Report, has curated & analyzed the content published by 276 influencers like Joanna J Bryson and John C. Havens, discussing hashtags such as #AI , #FederatedLearning and #100DaysOfMLCode.
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@Miles_Brundage shared
On Feb 21, 2019
Reminder that @OpenAI's policy team is hiring! Research Assistant: https://t.co/36T4pwZhVy Research Scientist: https://t.co/r3yof30uEZ
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Research Assistant, Policy

As a Research Assistant at OpenAI, you'll work with Research Scientists in Policy to analyze the AI policy landscape; conduct research into areas of relevance to AI policy (for example: dual use, coordination between AI developers, measuring and assessing AI progress and impacts); and ...

@Miles_Brundage shared
On Feb 21, 2019
Reminder that @OpenAI's policy team is hiring! Research Assistant: https://t.co/36T4pwZhVy Research Scientist: https://t.co/r3yof30uEZ
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Research Assistant, Policy

Research Assistant, Policy

As a Research Assistant at OpenAI, you'll work with Research Scientists in Policy to analyze the AI policy landscape; conduct research into areas of relevance to AI policy (for example: ...

@AlecRad shared
On Feb 15, 2019
RT @mtrc: Shoutout to @katyanna_q who fed the system a curveball, which I always like to see. As you might expect by now after seeing AlphaStar, OpenAI 5 etc. etc., if you drag the system away from its training data and into weirder territory, it begins to wobble. https://t.co/0d3I41df1r https://t.co/gUUXFgiQ3z
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Roses are red, this is sublime: We fed OpenAI's latest chat bot a classic Reg headline

'Not safe on database server!' it screamed back as its makers resist releasing full code in case it's abused

@AlecRad shared
On Feb 15, 2019
RT @mtrc: Shoutout to @katyanna_q who fed the system a curveball, which I always like to see. As you might expect by now after seeing AlphaStar, OpenAI 5 etc. etc., if you drag the system away from its training data and into weirder territory, it begins to wobble. https://t.co/0d3I41df1r https://t.co/gUUXFgiQ3z
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Roses are red, this is sublime: We fed OpenAI's latest chat bot a classic Reg headline

Roses are red, this is sublime: We fed OpenAI's latest chat bot a classic Reg headline

'Not safe on database server!' it screamed back as its makers resist releasing full code in case it's abused

@j2bryson shared
On Feb 17, 2019
Despite the fact I'm keynoting this at the end of the month: https://t.co/40l4Xf1sie I hadn't noticed this page of @coe #aiethics resources before just now: https://t.co/Z9I6aCJNhC
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Council of Europe and Artificial Intelligence

Welcome to Council's of Europe Artificial Intelligence website

@j2bryson shared
On Feb 17, 2019
Despite the fact I'm keynoting this at the end of the month: https://t.co/40l4Xf1sie I hadn't noticed this page of @coe #aiethics resources before just now: https://t.co/Z9I6aCJNhC
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Council of Europe and Artificial Intelligence

Council of Europe and Artificial Intelligence

Welcome to Council's of Europe Artificial Intelligence website

@FastCompany shared
On Feb 17, 2019
Managers, do these things to set your employees (and your team) up for success https://t.co/ORbKzcm1sG
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Managers, do these things to set your employees (and your team) up for success

Managerial skills are more important than ever.

@FastCompany shared
On Feb 17, 2019
Managers, do these things to set your employees (and your team) up for success https://t.co/ORbKzcm1sG
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@teamrework shared
On Feb 27, 2019
UK AI sector funding hits record £1bn for 2018 https://t.co/v8M9J1bjOk #reworkAI https://t.co/6ADbDdt9c7
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UK artificial intelligence funding nears the rest of Europe combined

Investment into the UK’s artificial intelligence (AI) sector from venture capital firms reached a record $1.3bn (£998m) last year, almost as much

@teamrework shared
On Feb 27, 2019
UK AI sector funding hits record £1bn for 2018 https://t.co/v8M9J1bjOk #reworkAI https://t.co/6ADbDdt9c7
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UK artificial intelligence funding nears the rest of Europe combined

UK artificial intelligence funding nears the rest of Europe combined

Investment into the UK’s artificial intelligence (AI) sector from venture capital firms reached a record $1.3bn (£998m) last year, almost as much

@stanfordnlp shared
On Feb 24, 2019
RT @ecsquendor: Jit Ghosh discusses the "GloVe" 2014 Stanford paper on word embeddings. This one was a great session! #paperreviewcalls #nlp #deeplearning https://t.co/bLhT8WpwqW
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Paper Reviews Call 006 - GloVe

"GloVe is an unsupervised learning algorithm for obtaining vector representations for words. Training is performed on aggregated global word-word co-occurren...

@stanfordnlp shared
On Feb 24, 2019
RT @ecsquendor: Jit Ghosh discusses the "GloVe" 2014 Stanford paper on word embeddings. This one was a great session! #paperreviewcalls #nlp #deeplearning https://t.co/bLhT8WpwqW
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Paper Reviews Call 006 - GloVe

Paper Reviews Call 006 - GloVe

"GloVe is an unsupervised learning algorithm for obtaining vector representations for words. Training is performed on aggregated global word-word co-occurren...

@PKathrani shared
On Feb 25, 2019
RT @JohnAFlood: AI vs. Lawyers: The Future of Artificial Intelligence and Law https://t.co/j0eA05V2ST
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AI vs. Lawyers: The Future of Artificial Intelligence and Law

For a human lawyer, it takes weeks to do research, but AI can do it in just a few seconds. Will all the AI, machine learning systems with their efficiency in harnessing data eradicate the need for lawyers?

@PKathrani shared
On Feb 25, 2019
RT @JohnAFlood: AI vs. Lawyers: The Future of Artificial Intelligence and Law https://t.co/j0eA05V2ST
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AI vs. Lawyers: The Future of Artificial Intelligence and Law

AI vs. Lawyers: The Future of Artificial Intelligence and Law

For a human lawyer, it takes weeks to do research, but AI can do it in just a few seconds. Will all the AI, machine learning systems with their efficiency in harnessing data eradicate the ...

@j2bryson shared
On Feb 17, 2019
RT @ClareAngelyn: Public told they “might be filmed." But really #FaceRec used to find "stalkers." But really #biometric "selfie stations" capture info for promotion & marketing purposes. Textbook example of why we need #FaceRec regulation STAT. https://t.co/1qGxXtLARS
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How Taylor Swift showed us the scary future of facial recognition

Surveillance at concerts is just the beginning, as fears grow around an unregulated, billion-dollar industry

@j2bryson shared
On Feb 17, 2019
RT @ClareAngelyn: Public told they “might be filmed." But really #FaceRec used to find "stalkers." But really #biometric "selfie stations" capture info for promotion & marketing purposes. Textbook example of why we need #FaceRec regulation STAT. https://t.co/1qGxXtLARS
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How Taylor Swift showed us the scary future of facial recognition

How Taylor Swift showed us the scary future of facial recognition

Surveillance at concerts is just the beginning, as fears grow around an unregulated, billion-dollar industry

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