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How can AI be used to improve mental health care?

Therify is a mental health startup using artificial intelligence to help match patients and mental healthcare providers. The company was founded by James Edward Murray with the mission to make

Clearview AI: Facial Recognition Tech Invites Big Funding and Fines

Britain’s independent authority to uphold data privacy rights, the ICO, announced on Monday that it intends to fine Clearview AI, a facial recognition company, $22.6 million for breaking UK data

New Solutions to Climate Change, Lab-Grown Meat, and Covid-19 with Machine Learning

For years, YCombinator (YC) has published a Request for Startups (RFS), calling on startups that are working on some of today’s biggest problems to apply to the selective startup accelerator;

A Greener Earth, Cleaner Food and More Affordable Healthcare: The Future of Materials Discovery and ML

In 2007, Apple contracted with Corning Inc. to use their durable, thin, scratch resistant Gorilla Glass for the first iPhone. Since then, Gorilla Glass has come out with five new versions of the

Brivo is Building Security using Machine Learning

One of the classic applications of machine learning is in the area of fraud detection. We often read about the utility of ML when it comes to, for example, spotting credit card fraud or other

9 Ways to Use Machine Learning to Build Startups YC Wants to See

For years, YCombinator (YC) has published their Requests for Startups (RFS). This is a broad list of ideas that YC is interested in seeing startups work on. The list includes AI, Biotech, and Brick

3 Ways Machine Learning is Changing How We Email

Despite the proliferation of countless new modes of communication, email remains a centerpiece of many people’s online lives. Machine learning has the potential to remake how we interact with email,

Machine Learning for NYC Rental Market App

StreetEasy is an online real estate directory that connects interested buyers, renters and sellers. The app hosts tens of thousands of for-sale and rental listings posted by brokers, owners and

Key Differences Between Unsupervised and Supervised Machine Learning

One of the earliest distinctions you may encounter in machine learning is that between “supervised” and “unsupervised” machine learning. The distinctions between these two types of learning are

Breakthroughs in 3D Printing with Machine Learning

Three-dimensional (3D) printing is being used in ground-breaking ways. Nonprofits like WaterScope are using 3D printing to create lightweight, inexpensive microscopes to detect bacteria in water.

Google Launches New Pixel Phone with ML Front and Center

Google announced today their pathway to creating a more personal mobile experience - Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 pro. There are many reasons why Google might want to create a more personalized phone: one,

Is Machine Learning a National Security Matter?

A few weeks ago, trade between the United States, France and Australia became front-page news. Australia committed to a submarine deal with France worth billions of dollars but in the final moments

Refugees and Machine Learning

Tremendous advances in machine learning that are boosting profits and consumer experiences are being built on the backs of exploited refugees. Or, at least, that’s the claim made recently by Phil

$11M Investment to Make AI More Accessible for Writers

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) in business often conjures images of big enterprises using the technology to optimize internal processes, but with tools that make AI more accessible, a

Machine Learning for Open Table

OpenTable and similar tools have made it significantly easier for users to make restaurant reservations, and for restaurants to manage those reservations. Using machine learning, these tools can

MIT Uses Deep Learning to Predict Car Crashes

Car accidents are a leading cause of children and young adults, with an average of 6 million collisions happening in the US every year alone. More than 90 people die in a car accident, on average

Are Biased Algorithms Even Preventable?

Technology promises a wide range of efficiencies; one of the most promising and yet elusive is the removal of human bias from decision making. A recent paper published by New York University (NYU)

What is the difference between ML and AI?

You can find yourself in the throes of some surprisingly contentious discussions depending on when and how you use the terms “machine learning” (ML) and/or “artificial intelligence” (AI). Rather than

$50M for More AI in Customer Support

Customer service and support has been transformed by technology, and analysts predict it will experience even greater change in the coming years as it invests in and embraces artificial intelligence.

ML for Weight Loss on WW (WeightWatchers) App

Wellness is big business. But while the total market value of the weight loss industry has recently grown to all-time highs, the growing role of machine learning technology in weight loss products

$35 million to leverage AI for better water management

Water has been referred to as the oil of the 21st century-- and, for reasons good and bad, that may prove to be a very apt metaphor. Water has always been a major driver of growth, and this is

ML in the News: Music and Artificial Intelligence

machine learning · ML in the News: Artificial Intelligence and Music Above: Andrew Blumenfeld, co-founder of Telepath, and Lily Adelstein, creative project manager, discuss the topic of music and AI.

Is Machine Learning the Future of Cybersecurity?

machine learning · Machine Learning is the Future of Cybersecurity Above: Andrew Blumenfeld, co-founder of Telepath, and Lily Adelstein, creative project manager, discuss the topic of ML and

Machine Learning in Africa

machine learning · Machine Learning in Africa Above: Andrew Blumenfeld, co-founder of Telepath, and Lily Adelstein, creative project manager, discuss Google, ML and Africa. Yesterday, Google

ML in the News: Small and Mid Size Businesses

machine learning · ML in the News: Small and Mid Size Businesses Above: Andrew Blumenfeld, co-founder of Telepath, and Lily Adelstein, creative project manager, discuss ML for small and mid size

5 Ways Facebook Uses Machine Learning

Above: Andrew Blumenfeld, co-founder of Telepath, and Lily Adelstein, creative project manager, discuss Facebook and 5 ways the company uses ML. On Monday morning, many logged into their computers,

Facebook's Meaningful Social Interaction Metric

Above: Andrew Blumenfeld, co-founder of Telepath, and Lily Adelstein, creative project manager, discuss Facebook's meaningful social interaction metric. It’s been a bad few weeks for Facebook,

New ML Startup on a Mission to Improve Video Conferencing

machine learning · New ML Startup on a Mission to Improve Video Conferencing Above: Andrew Blumenfeld, co-founder of Telepath, and Lily Adelstein, creative project manager, discuss Read AI. One of

YouTube Bans Vaccine Misinformation: How AI Moderates What You See

Today, YouTube announced that it will ban any content calling common vaccines, approved by health authorities, "ineffective or dangerous.” This move builds off of an earlier ban of similar claims

ML in the News: Amazon's Alexa Announcement

Lily Adelstein · AmazonAnnouncement Above: Andrew Blumenfeld, co-founder of Telepath, and Lily Adelstein, creative project manager, discuss Amazon's Alexa announcement. Among the many new

How WaterScope is Using Machine Learning to Ensure Safe Drinking Water

As part of our Machine Learning in Product series, I spoke with Sammy Madhi, lead project engineer at WaterScope, about using machine learning to help provide safe drinking water worldwide. While

From Software Developer to Machine Learning Pro: A Chat with Santiago Valdarrama

One of my favorite ML voices online these days is Santiago Valdarrama. Santiago is a software developer who has transitioned into a machine learning expert, and has built a following of those who are

Machine Learning in Product: Swayable

As part of the series Machine Learning in Product, Swayable CTO and co-founder, Valerie Coffman, discusses the business wins and challenges of using machine learning in customer-facing products.

Machine Learning in Product: The Current Landscape for Software Developers

With twenty years of experience in software development, Dustin Boss, CEO and co-founder of Telepath and CallTime, talks about his experience building machine learning products and what the current

Machine Learning in Product: How ML is Improving Communication

Andrew Blumenfeld, co-founder of Telepath spoke with Eugene Joseph, founder of Overtone Labs, about the future of machine learning and the impact of machine learning on product development. Below

What is the Best Programming Language for Machine Learning?

Python is the leading programming language for machine learning, however, if you come from a background of JavaScript, Java, C/C++ or R, you don’t need to immediately change to Python. This article

ML 101: Training Data

What is training data? Machine learning is all about using data to make smarter, faster, more accurate decisions and predictions. To accomplish this, we build models that understand both the subtle

Machine Learning: Build or Buy?

It’s a cliche because it’s true: the question is not if you’re going to incorporate machine learning into your products, it’s how you’re going to do it. But whereas the demands were previously on

Top Five Qualities of a Data Scientist

If you are a developer or founder of a startup, it can be difficult to know what to look for in a data scientist, or hard to tell if you even need one. In this article, we will explore the most

What data should I use to train my model?

Figuring out what data you should use to train your model is very important and can sometimes feel a bit overwhelming. On the one hand, it can feel like you have troves of data and you don’t know