AI researchers create testing tool to find bugs in NLP from Amazon, Google, and Microsoft

Natural language processing has achieved impressive results! However, ...



"“The [sentiment analysis] failure rate is near 100% for all commercial models when the negation comes at the end of the sentence (e.g. ‘I thought the plane would be awful, but it wasn’t’), or with neutral content between the negation and the sentiment-laden word,” the paper reads."



AI researchers create testing tool to find bugs in NLP from Amazon, Google, and Microsoft | VentureBeat



Here is the underlying research paper: Semantically Equivalent Adversarial Rules for Debugging NLP models

Teleoperated scooters: Go X and Tortoise test micromobility's future in Georgia pilot

Amazing stuff! If this e.g. prevents scooters from being parked in the wrong places as they so often are, I am for it!



Teleoperated scooters: Go X and Tortoise test micromobility's future in Georgia pilot | VentureBeat: Tortoise and Go X have launched an experiment in Peachtree Corners, Georgia -- deploying 100 scooters that can be remotely operated.

Facebook civil rights audit urges 'mandatory' algorithmic bias detection

Welcome the return of medieval inquisitions! (Caution: irony)

This so called "bias" in AI is much more a figment of vivid human imagination and zealotry than it is real!

Facebook civil rights audit urges 'mandatory' algorithmic bias detection | VentureBeat

Microsoft open-sources state-of-the-art real time multi object tracking AI model

Very recommendable! State of the art multi object tracking in video! However, notice that Microsoft collaborated with a technical university in China for this project. Sure, China has some expertise in people surveillance as evidenced in the western most province of Xinjiang. 

Here is the github site: https://github.com/ifzhang/FairMOT
Here is the underlying preprint research paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2004.01888

Researchers open-source state-of-the-art object tracking AI | VentureBeat: Researchers at Microsoft and Huazhong University open-sourced an AI model -- FairMOT -- that can track multiple objects with state-of-the-art performance.

FCC sets 6GHz Wi-Fi vote for April 23, opening door to Wi-Fi 6E

Good news! What took so long Big Government!

"Makers of Wi-Fi components have been pushing for this development since at least 2018, asking the FCC to free up a 1,200MHz-wide swath of 6GHz and adjacent frequencies to augment existing 5GHz Wi-Fi spectrum."

FCC sets 6GHz Wi-Fi vote for April 23, opening door to Wi-Fi 6E | VentureBeat: Wi-Fi is about to get a major speed boost in the United States, as the FCC will vote on adding new 6GHz spectrum to 2.4GHz and 5GHz frequencies.

Intel debuts Pohoiki Springs, a powerful neuromorphic research system for AI workloads

Good news! Hardware is the limiting factor of AI, but with every passing day less so!

"... a powerful self-contained neuromorphic system that’s about the size of five standard servers. ... a tool to scale up their neuromorphic research and explore ways to accelerate workloads that run slowly on today’s conventional architectures. ... is similar in neural capacity to the brain of a small mammal, with 768 Loihi chips and 100 million neurons spread across 24 Arria10 FPGA Nahuku expansion boards (containing 32 chips each) that operate at under 500 watts. ... "

Intel debuts Pohoiki Springs, a powerful neuromorphic research system for AI workloads | VentureBeat: Intel this morning debuted Pohoiki Springs, a powerful neuromorphic research system for AI workloads. It'll be made available to select partners soon.

AI, AI, Captain! How the Mayflower Autonomous Ship will cross the Atlantic

The future of shipping is here! How soon will autonomous ships cross the oceans? Perhaps sooner than autonomous cars will be on our streets!

AI, AI, Captain! How the Mayflower Autonomous Ship will cross the Atlantic | VentureBeat: Th IBM and Promare will trial a prototype of an AI-powered maritime navigation system ahead of an attempt to send a crewless ship across the Atlantic.