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Monthly report: October 2018

This month, The Essentials Report, has curated & analyzed the content published by 204 influencers like Mariya and WIRED Science, discussing hashtags such as #AI , #ML and #NLP.
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@RichardSocher shared
On Oct 29, 2018
RT @baxterkb: Blown away to be included on list of 100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics to Follow in 2019 & beyond! Humbled to be listed w/ @katecrawford @PopTechWorks @mathbabedotorg @jovialjoy @timnitGebru @ruchowdh @KayFButterfield @feraldata @terahlyons @michellercarney https://t.co/cESjq3NtUs
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100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics to Follow in 2019 and beyond

Meet the women working relentlessly to save humanity from the dark side of AI

@RichardSocher shared
On Oct 29, 2018
RT @baxterkb: Blown away to be included on list of 100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics to Follow in 2019 & beyond! Humbled to be listed w/ @katecrawford @PopTechWorks @mathbabedotorg @jovialjoy @timnitGebru @ruchowdh @KayFButterfield @feraldata @terahlyons @michellercarney https://t.co/cESjq3NtUs
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100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics to Follow in 2019 and beyond

100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics to Follow in 2019 and beyond

Meet the women working relentlessly to save humanity from the dark side of AI

@hardmaru shared
On Oct 9, 2018
RT @ch402: Reminder: There are a growing number of AI residency programs. Consider applying to multiple. :) Google: https://t.co/F6iOLhAoGo OpenAI: https://t.co/APhlgoXW17 Facebook: https://t.co/sI7qJu1rjI Uber: https://t.co/GRJvvWqNGW Microsoft: https://t.co/KvQBWdhxpF
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Google AI Residency Program

The Google AI Residency Program is a 12-month research training role designed to jumpstart or advance your career in machine learning research.

@hardmaru shared
On Oct 9, 2018
RT @ch402: Reminder: There are a growing number of AI residency programs. Consider applying to multiple. :) Google: https://t.co/F6iOLhAoGo OpenAI: https://t.co/APhlgoXW17 Facebook: https://t.co/sI7qJu1rjI Uber: https://t.co/GRJvvWqNGW Microsoft: https://t.co/KvQBWdhxpF
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Google AI Residency Program

Google AI Residency Program

The Google AI Residency Program is a 12-month research training role designed to jumpstart or advance your career in machine learning research.

@thinkmariya shared
On Oct 15, 2018
Thinking of building a chatbot? Be sure you have solid answers to these fundamental questions before you begin your project https://t.co/YX7RjsCdxV #chatbot #chatbots #bot #bots #AI #NLP #automation #custserv #CX
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Answer These 5 Basic Questions Before You Build A Chatbot

Many brands have launched chatbots to allow customers to access information via messaging apps and virtual assistants. With both of these examples, chatbots simply allow customers to interact with information that’s already easily available through a website or mobile app. No chatbot can ...

@thinkmariya shared
On Oct 15, 2018
Thinking of building a chatbot? Be sure you have solid answers to these fundamental questions before you begin your project https://t.co/YX7RjsCdxV #chatbot #chatbots #bot #bots #AI #NLP #automation #custserv #CX
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Answer These 5 Basic Questions Before You Build A Chatbot

Answer These 5 Basic Questions Before You Build A Chatbot

Many brands have launched chatbots to allow customers to access information via messaging apps and virtual assistants. With both of these examples, chatbots simply allow customers to ...

@etzioni shared
On Oct 18, 2018
RT @puiwingtam: The @nytimes is rolling out a series of stories on A.I. this week, here https://t.co/aukYKgsXAW. One of the first up is a @DavidStreitfeld tale about how A.I. is starting to help novelists with their creative writing https://t.co/GB36wOmRtk
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Artificial Intelligence Special Report

If the world gets into an A.I. arms race, it will almost certainly guarantee the worst possible outcome.

@etzioni shared
On Oct 18, 2018
RT @puiwingtam: The @nytimes is rolling out a series of stories on A.I. this week, here https://t.co/aukYKgsXAW. One of the first up is a @DavidStreitfeld tale about how A.I. is starting to help novelists with their creative writing https://t.co/GB36wOmRtk
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Artificial Intelligence Special Report

Artificial Intelligence Special Report

If the world gets into an A.I. arms race, it will almost certainly guarantee the worst possible outcome.

@WIREDScience shared
On Apr 14, 2018
Pepper is a (very) primitive entry into the robot future sometimes depicted in science fiction https://t.co/MAoXQJdOuD
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Catching up With Pepper, the Surprisingly Helpful Humanoid Robot

Pepper is part of the first wave of intelligent machines that promise to not only make our lives easier, but to bring a strange new form of interaction into being.

@WIREDScience shared
On Apr 14, 2018
Pepper is a (very) primitive entry into the robot future sometimes depicted in science fiction https://t.co/MAoXQJdOuD
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Catching up With Pepper, the Surprisingly Helpful Humanoid Robot

Catching up With Pepper, the Surprisingly Helpful Humanoid Robot

Pepper is part of the first wave of intelligent machines that promise to not only make our lives easier, but to bring a strange new form of interaction into being.

@jeremyphoward shared
On Oct 18, 2018
RT @mmitchell_ai: Delighted to announce Google's launch of Introduction to Fairness in Machine Learning! A collaboration between many of us, including my team. =) Also features a short video (with me =P) speaking to human biases in the ML cycle, and many other resources. https://t.co/u1fta2lrfY
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A new course to teach people about fairness in machine learning

Google’s engineering education and ML fairness teams developed a 60-minute self-study training module on fairness, which is now available publicly as part of our popular Machine Learning Crash Course

@jeremyphoward shared
On Oct 18, 2018
RT @mmitchell_ai: Delighted to announce Google's launch of Introduction to Fairness in Machine Learning! A collaboration between many of us, including my team. =) Also features a short video (with me =P) speaking to human biases in the ML cycle, and many other resources. https://t.co/u1fta2lrfY
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A new course to teach people about fairness in machine learning

A new course to teach people about fairness in machine learning

Google’s engineering education and ML fairness teams developed a 60-minute self-study training module on fairness, which is now available publicly as part of our popular Machine Learning ...

@shakir_za shared
On Oct 19, 2018
RT @lilaibrahim: We have good reason to be optimistic - although never complacent - about the promise of AI to change the world for the better. My piece in the @nytimes: https://t.co/n5pjVLtjPh
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Five Artificial Intelligence Insiders in Their Own Words

Data and tech expects share their takes on the current A.I. revolution

@shakir_za shared
On Oct 19, 2018
RT @lilaibrahim: We have good reason to be optimistic - although never complacent - about the promise of AI to change the world for the better. My piece in the @nytimes: https://t.co/n5pjVLtjPh
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Five Artificial Intelligence Insiders in Their Own Words

Five Artificial Intelligence Insiders in Their Own Words

Data and tech expects share their takes on the current A.I. revolution

@NandoDF shared
On Sep 29, 2018
Microsoft is bringing the Robot Operating System to Windows 10 https://t.co/9UDoFFW7jJ
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Microsoft is bringing the Robot Operating System to Windows 10

Microsoft is bringing ROS, a set of libraries and tools for building complex robots, to Windows and Azure.

@NandoDF shared
On Sep 29, 2018
Microsoft is bringing the Robot Operating System to Windows 10 https://t.co/9UDoFFW7jJ
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Microsoft is bringing the Robot Operating System to Windows 10

Microsoft is bringing the Robot Operating System to Windows 10

Microsoft is bringing ROS, a set of libraries and tools for building complex robots, to Windows and Azure.

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