"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic" –Arthur C. Clarke Our fear of technology is deeply rooted in society. Some countries, mostly in East-Asia are more open to embrace unknown technologies than others. Those from my own t... (more…)

Graphcore announced that its AI accelerator chips have arrived in preview on Microsoft Azure. Customers can sign up for access now. (more…)

As AI systems become more general and more useful in the real world, ensuring they behave safely will become even more important. To date, the majority of AI safety research has focused on developing a theoretical understanding about the nature and causes... (more…)

The Applied Machine Learning group helps Facebook see, talk, and understand. It may even root out fake news. (more…)

Sofia Crespo describes her work as the "natural history book that never was." The Berlin-based artist uses artificial neural networks to generate illustrations that at first glance, resemble Louis Renard's 18th Century renderings or the exotic specimens o... (more…)