5 ways Vertex Vizier Hyperparameter Tuning Improves ML Models
We recently launched Vertex AI to help you move machine learning (ML) from experimentation into production faster and manage your models with confidence—speeding up your ability to improve outcomes at your organization. But we know many of you are just getting started with ML and there’s a lot to learn! In tandem with building the Vertex AI …
Stanford Algorithm Helps Modern Quilters Focus On Creativity
Stanford University computer science graduate student Mackenzie Leake has been quilting since age 10, but she never imagined the craft would be the focus of her doctoral dissertation. Included in that work is new prototype software that can facilitate pattern-making for a form of quilting called foundation paper piecing, which involves using a backing made …
The Potential Of Artificial Intelligence To Bring Equity In Health Care
Health care is at a junction, a point where artificial intelligence tools are being introduced to all areas of the space. This introduction comes with great expectations: AI has the potential to greatly improve existing technologies, sharpen personalized medicines, and, with an influx of big data, benefit historically underserved populations. But in order to do …
Global Study: Adoption of AI Will Fundamentally Change The Next Generation Of Finance Leaders
Employees have been under immense pressure over the past year to help their organizations navigate the crisis, and they’re finding a new ally in robots to help them better manage their companies’ finances. To explore the impact of technology on the future of the finance profession, we partnered with finance expert Farnoosh Torabi to survey …
‘Eye In The Sky’ Sensors Reduce Stress Of In-Home Dementia Care
People caring around the clock for a parent, spouse or other loved one with dementia are at a high risk for clinical anxiety, depression, social isolation and even suicidal ideation, according to longitudinal research from UC Berkeley. But thanks to a blend of artificial intelligence (AI) and behavioral science, relief may be on the horizon. …
Slender Robotic Finger Senses Buried Items
MIT researchers developed a “Digger Finger” robot that digs through granular material, like sand and gravel, and senses the shapes of buried objects.Image courtesy of the researchers Over the years, robots have gotten quite good at identifying objects — as long as they’re out in the open. Discerning buried items in granular material like sand …
Lockheed Martin, General Motors Team-up To Develop Next-Generation Lunar Rover For NASA Artemis Astronauts To Explore The Moon
Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] and General Motors Co. [NYSE: GM] are teaming up to develop the next generation of lunar vehicles to transport astronauts on the surface of the Moon, fundamentally evolving and expanding humanity’s deep-space exploration footprint. NASA’s Artemis program is sending humans back to the Moon where they will explore and conduct scientific experiments …
Cloud AI In The Developer Community
Editor’s note: This post features third party projects built with AI Platform. At Google I/O on May 18, 2021 Google Cloud announced Vertex AI, a unified UI for the entire ML workflow, which includes equivalent functionality from the AI Platform and new MLOps services. Most of the sample code and materials introduced in this post …
Satellites May Have Underestimated Warming In The Lower Atmosphere
New research by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) climate scientists and collaborators shows that satellite measurements of the temperature of the troposphere (the lowest region of the atmosphere) may have underestimated global warming over the last 40 years. The research appears in the Journal of Climate The team studied four different properties of tropical climate …
Conversational AI Powers Drive-Thru
What’s New: Lee’s Famous Recipe Chicken Restaurant is using a new conversational artificial intelligence (AI) solution to increase the speed of service and shorten wait times in their drive-thrus. The solution, created by Hi Auto, greets each drive-thru guest and answers questions about the menu before taking and confirming their order. “The automated AI drive-thru has impacted …