Shira Perlmutter, head of US copyright office, fired after AI fair use report. Librarian of Congress also dismissed.
Training linear SVR is challenging due to its non-calculus differentiable loss function, leading to the exploration of PSO over evolutionary algorithms. Using PSO for linear SVR training yielded superior results, showcasing the importance of parameter tuning for optimizing predictive models.
Tech CEOs aim to automate all labor with AI, capturing workers' salaries. Founder of Fairly Trained warns of elite's determination to replace human workers.
House of Lords backs amendment to data bill, forcing AI companies to disclose use of copyrighted material, against government wishes. Peers demand transparency in AI models, a blow to government's plans for copyright protection.
Recent large language models like OpenAI's o1/o3 and DeepSeek's R1 use chain-of-thought (CoT) for deep thinking. A new approach, PENCIL, challenges CoT by allowing models to erase thoughts, improving reasoning efficiency.
WebAssembly extends browser capabilities beyond HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Pyodide library enables running Python code in the browser, benefiting data scientists and ML professionals.
Article explores data leakage in Data Science, emphasizing examples over theory. Identifies types of leakage like Target Leakage and Train-Test Split Contamination, providing fixes for each.
Ukrainian President invites Pope Leo XIV to Ukraine, urging media to end polarizing language. Leo advocates for responsible use of artificial intelligence in journalism.
AI is not yet reliable for work tasks, despite its potential. Tim Cook from Apple highlights AI's role in efficiency and growth.
Dr. Roman Raczka warns against AI therapy chatbots replacing human support in mental health care, highlighting the importance of genuine human interaction. While AI offers benefits, concerns about data privacy and dependency on technology persist, yet it can provide a valuable 24/7 anonymous space to complement in-person mental health services.
AI safety advocate Max Tegmark calls for existential threat assessments before releasing powerful AI systems, drawing parallels to Oppenheimer's calculations before the first nuclear test. Tegmark's research indicates a 90% probability that highly advanced AI could pose a catastrophic risk, emphasizing the importance of safety calculations akin to those conducted before the Trinity test.
UK creative industry leaders, including Coldplay and Dua Lipa, urge PM to protect artists' copyright from big tech. Major artists fear livelihoods at risk as AI companies push to use copyright-protected work without permission.
African-accented English poses a challenge for ASR systems, but AccentFold offers a unique solution by learning accent embeddings from over 100 African accents. This method helps ASR systems generalize to accents they have never seen before, making it a significant contribution to the field of ML research.
Skewed data in energy consumption analysis led to log transformation for normalization. Comparing models using log-transformed outcomes vs log links showed significant AIC difference.
The article delves into how statistical misunderstandings can lead to data deception, highlighting the importance of correlation not implying causation. It also emphasizes the significance of remembering base proportions in interpreting data accurately.