FocusAI - Edition #79
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Edition #79 - November 5th, 2021
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📈 Large Language Models: A New Moore's Law?
Julien Simon, 'chief evangelist' of NLP startup HuggingFace, says in a blogpost that large language models are resource-intensive and bad, and researchers should spend more time prioritizing the use of smaller models. Do you agree?
📺 Open-Sourcing a Monitoring GUI for Metaflow, Netflix’s ML Platform
Netflix is open-sourcing its GUI for Metaflow. The Metaflow GUI allows data scientists to monitor their workflows in real-time, track experiments, and see detailed logs and results for every executed task. The GUI can be extended with plugins, allowing the community to build integrations to other systems, custom visualizations, and embed upcoming features of Metaflow directly into its views.
💹 G-Research Crypto Forecasting
Use your ML expertise to predict real crypto market data. In this competition, you will use your machine learning expertise to forecast short term returns in 14 popular cryptocurrencies
📰 How Facebook’s formula fostered rage and misinformation
Facebook’s recommendation algorithm is a closely guarded secret. Newly leaked documents shed light on the company’s formula for prioritizing posts in an individual user’s feed. The Washington Post analyzed internal documents and interviewed employees to show how the company’s weighting of emojis, videos, subject matter, and other factors have evolved in recent years.
📱 Google Tensor debuts on the new Pixel 6
Google debuted the Tensor chip last week along with the global release of the new Pixel 6 smartphones. Company executives say the chip is well over four times faster than Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 765G in the Pixel 5, released last year. Tensor serves as a power-efficient AI inference engine for on-device functions like voice transcription, language translation, and some image processing features.
🖼️ This AI Can Spot an Art Forgery
Accusations of fraud hang over some of the world’s most highly valued artworks. Machine learning engineers are evaluating the authenticity of these famous pieces. Independent researchers determined that Salvator Mundi, the most expensive painting ever sold, was not painted entirely by Renaissance master Leonardo da Vinci, as had been claimed.
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