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High-tech microscope with ML software for detecting malaria in returning travellers
Frontiers Science News
13 Sep 2023
Method not as accurate as human experts, but shows promise.
Prompt engineering: is being an AI ‘whisperer’ the job of the future or a short-lived fad?
The Conversation
08 Sep 2023
As generative AI settles into the mainstream, growing numbers of courses and certifications are promising entry into the “hot job” of prompt engineering.
AI helps robots manipulate objects with their whole bodies
MIT News
06 Sep 2023
With a new technique, a robot can reason efficiently about moving objects using more than just its fingertips.
How sure is sure? Incorporating human error into machine learning
University of Cambridge
04 Sep 2023
Researchers are developing a way to incorporate uncertainty into machine learning systems.
monthly digest
AIhub monthly digest: August 2023 – ML for biological research, methods in computational creativity, and conferences galore
Lucy Smith
30 Aug 2023
Welcome to our monthly digest, where you can catch up with AI research, events and news from the month past.
#ICML2023 invited talk: Shakir Mohamed on ML with social purpose
Lucy Smith
29 Aug 2023
We summarise the invited talk by Shakir Mohamed at the recent International Conference on Machine Learning.
Three ways AI is transforming music
The Conversation
24 Aug 2023
How will AI systems affect human musicians?
Using quantum computing to protect AI systems from attack
Pursuit, University of Melbourne
22 Aug 2023
AI systems can be fooled into making mistakes, sometimes risking lives, but quantum computing could provide a defence.
Artificial intelligence helps elucidate the precise spatial structure of complex chiral molecules
University of Amsterdam
15 Aug 2023
Combining a genetic algorithm and hierarchical clustering to analyse chiroptical spectra.
A ‘black box’ AI system has been influencing criminal justice decisions for over two decades – it’s time to open it up
The Conversation
11 Aug 2023
Melissa Hamilton and Pamela Ugwudike investigate the use of automated decision-making systems in courts and prisons.
#ICML2023 invited talk: Jennifer Doudna on machine learning for biological research
Lucy Smith
09 Aug 2023
We summarise the invited talk from Nobel Prize winner Jennifer Doudna.
Machine learning enhances X-ray imaging of nanotextures
Cornell University
08 Aug 2023
Combining high-powered X-rays, phase-retrieval algorithms and machine learning for imaging of thin films.
The flawed algorithm at the heart of Robodebt
Pursuit, University of Melbourne
03 Aug 2023
Robodebt teaches us that even simple automated decision-making systems come with the biases of the people, systems and policies that conceive them.
On the stepwise nature of self-supervised learning
BAIR blog
01 Aug 2023
Presenting a mathematical picture of the training process of large-scale SSL methods.
monthly digest
AIhub monthly digest: July 2023 – RoboCup, predicting dynamics of supercooled liquids, and a visually-grounded speech model
Lucy Smith
28 Jul 2023
Welcome to our monthly digest, where you can catch up with AI research, events and news from the month past.
“Open” alternatives to ChatGPT are on the rise, but how open is AI really?
Radboud University
25 Jul 2023
Insight into training data and algorithms is key for responsible use of generative AI.
Navigating to objects in the real world
ML@CMU
24 Jul 2023
Research shows that modular learning is a reliable approach to navigate to objects.
Studying plant-climate relationships using machine learning
University of New South Wales
19 Jul 2023
Machine learning can help extract important information from the huge number of plant specimens stored in herbaria.
If AI image generators are so smart, why do they struggle to write and count?
The Conversation
17 Jul 2023
Exploring the underlying reasons helps sheds light on the complex numerical nature of AI systems, and the nuance of their capabilities.
Generating 3D molecular conformers via equivariant coarse-graining and aggregated attention
BAIR blog
14 Jul 2023
Introducing a variational encoder for molecular conformer generation.
monthly digest
AIhub monthly digest: June 2023 – combining learning and reasoning, physics from videos, and the EU AI act
Lucy Smith
28 Jun 2023
Welcome to our monthly digest, where you can catch up with AI research, events and news from the month past.
GPT-4 + Stable-Diffusion = ?: Enhancing prompt understanding of text-to-image diffusion models with large language models
BAIR blog
26 Jun 2023
Our LLM-grounded model delivers improved prompt understanding in cases including negation, numeracy, and spatial relationships.
Algorithms can be useful in detecting fake news, stopping its spread and countering misinformation
The Conversation
23 Jun 2023
Laks V.S. Lakshmananand colleagues have developed algorithms for detecting dense structures from communication networks, information which can be used for identifying instances of misinformation campaigns.
Researchers use AI to identify similar materials in images
MIT News
14 Jun 2023
This machine-learning method could assist with robotic scene understanding, image editing, or online recommendation systems.
Bridging the gap between learning and reasoning
Marianne Defresne
07 Jun 2023
Combining deep learning with automated reasoning to solve real-world problems.
On privacy and personalization in federated learning: a retrospective on the US/UK PETs challenge
ML@CMU
05 Jun 2023
Studying the use of differential privacy in personalized, cross-silo federated learning.
PeSTo: an AI tool for predicting protein interactions
EPFL
01 Jun 2023
The model can predict the binding interfaces of proteins when they bind other proteins, nucleic acids, lipids, ions, and small molecules.
Tetris reveals how people respond to an unfair AI algorithm
Cornell University
31 May 2023
An experiment in which two people play a modified version of Tetris revealed that players who get fewer turns perceive the other player as less likeable, regardless of whether a person or an algorithm allocates the turns.
monthly digest
AIhub monthly digest: May 2023 – mitigating biases, ICLR invited talks, and Eurovision fun
Lucy Smith
30 May 2023
Welcome to our monthly digest, where you can catch up with AI research, events and news from the month past.
Using engineered bacteria and AI to sense and record environmental signals
Columbia University in the City of New York
24 May 2023
Synthetic biologists engineer bacterial swarm patterns to visibly record environment and use deep learning to decode patterns.
Writing with AI help can shift your opinions
Cornell University
23 May 2023
A study investigates whether a language-model-powered writing assistant that generates some opinions more often than others impacts what users write – and what they think.
AI is helping astronomers make new discoveries and learn about the universe faster than ever before
The Conversation
22 May 2023
As the technology has become more powerful, AI algorithms have begun helping astronomers tame massive data sets and discover more about the universe.
Mitigating biases in machine learning
Max Springer
17 May 2023
Max Springer examines the notion of fairness in hierarchical clustering.
Researchers create a tool for accurately simulating complex systems
MIT News
16 May 2023
The system they developed eliminates a source of bias in simulations, leading to improved algorithms that can boost the performance of applications.
Engineering molecular interactions with machine learning
EPFL
12 May 2023
By using deep learning-generated "fingerprints" to characterize millions of protein fragments, researchers have computationally designed novel protein binders that attach to key targets.
#ICLR2023 invited talk: Data, history and equality with Elaine Nsoesie
Lucy Smith
11 May 2023
Elaine Nsoesie talked about how the neighbourhood in which you live impacts your health outcomes.
