Last Week in AI DeepMind‘s Rain Nowcasting, OpenAI‘s Book Summarization, Distracted Tesla Drivers, Amazon‘s $1k robot
Oct 8, 2021
This week explores the FDA's groundbreaking AI pathology program for detecting prostate cancer, showcasing AI's medical potential. DeepMind's innovative tool predicts rain with remarkable accuracy, enhancing weather forecasting. OpenAI unveils advanced book summarization techniques that rely on human feedback, addressing inherent biases in AI. A study reveals distracted driving risks with Tesla's Autopilot features. Finally, Amazon's $1k Astro raises eyebrows— is it a revolutionary companion or merely a luxury?
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AI-Powered Pathology's Impact
- FDA approval of Paige.ai's prostate cancer detection software is a major advancement.
- This encourages digitization of pathology and improves cancer detection rates.
DeepMind's Nowcasting Tool
- DeepMind's nowcasting tool, DGMR, accurately predicts rain in the next 90 minutes.
- Meteorologists preferred DeepMind's predictions over other tools.
Summarizing Books with AI
- OpenAI uses recursive summarization and human feedback to summarize books.
- This addresses the limitations of prompt size in large language models like GPT-3.