Amazon’s Stefano Soatto on how learning representations came to dominate machine learning.Read More
Advances in text-to-speech technologies help computers find their voice
Generating natural sounding, human-like speech has been a goal of scientists for decades.Read More
How robots can adapt to new tasks — quickly
New approach to meta-reinforcement learning minimizes the need for costly interactions with the environment.Read More
8 science-related points from Jeff Bezos’s 2019 Shareholder Letter
Bezos’s Shareholder Letter has become a must read, along the lines of Warren Buffet’s letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders, or the Bill & Melinda Gates Annual Letter.Read More
Amazon scientist Dr. Nashlie Sephus focuses on ensuring accuracy in machine learning
Her work involves many stakeholders and challenges, but it’s an endeavor that is deeply meaningful to Sephus on both a professional and personal level.Read More
The Web Conference goes virtual
In the face of pandemic, the conference takes a step some participants have long advocated.Read More
The 10 fairness-in-AI projects funded by NSF in collaboration with Amazon
The $20 million program will support projects for three years.Read More
3 questions about the Amazon–NSF collaboration on fairness in AI
NSF deputy assistant director Erwin Gianchandani on the challenges addressed by funded projects.Read More
Learning computational tasks from single examples
New “meta-learning” approach improves on the state of the art in “one-shot” learning.Read More
Amazon German R&D center is dedicated to open AI research
‘Lablet’s’ leader, Yasser Jadidi, says the research center’s mission aligns with Amazon’s customer orientation and its responsibility to society.Read More