Tackling tuberculosis screening with AI

Favorite Today we’re sharing new AI research that aims to improve screening for one of the top causes of death worldwide: tuberculosis (TB). TB infects 10 million people per year and disproportionately affects people in low-to-middle-income countries. Diagnosing TB early is difficult because its symptoms can mimic those of common

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Shared by Google AI Technology May 18, 2021

Using AI to help find answers to common skin conditions

Favorite Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to help clinicians care for patients and treat disease — from improving the screening process for breast cancer to helping detect tuberculosis more efficiently. When we combine these advances in AI with other technologies, like smartphone cameras, we can unlock new ways for

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Shared by Google AI Technology May 18, 2021

Unveiling our new Quantum AI campus

Favorite Within the decade, Google aims to build a useful, error-corrected quantum computer. This will accelerate solutions for some of the world’s most pressing problems, like sustainable energy and reduced emissions to feed the world’s growing population, and unlocking new scientific discoveries, like more helpful AI. To begin our journey,

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Shared by Google AI Technology May 18, 2021

LaMDA: our breakthrough conversation technology

Favorite We’ve always had a soft spot for language at Google. Early on, we set out to translate the web. More recently, we’ve invented machine learning techniques that help us better grasp the intent of Search queries. Over time, our advances in these and other areas have made it easier

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Shared by Google AI Technology May 18, 2021

When artists and machine intelligence come together

Favorite Throughout history, from photography to video to hypertext, artists have pushed the expressive limits of new technologies, and artificial intelligence is no exception. At I/O 2019, Google Research and Google Arts & Culture launched the Artists + Machine Intelligence Grants, providing a range of support and technical mentorship to

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Shared by Google AI Technology April 28, 2021

A whale of a tale about responsibility and AI

Favorite A couple of years ago, Google AI for Social Good’s Bioacoustics team created a ML model that helps the scientific community detect the presence of humpback whale sounds using acoustic recordings. This tool, developed in partnership with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association, helps biologists study whale behaviors, patterns,

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Shared by Google AI Technology April 22, 2021

How we’re minimizing AI’s carbon footprint

Favorite The book that led to my visit to Google. When I first visited Google back in 2002, I was a computer science professor at UC Berkeley. My colleague John Hennessey and I were updating our textbook on computer architecture, and Larry Page — who rode a hot-rodded electric scooter

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Shared by Google AI Technology April 21, 2021

How fact checkers and Google.org are fighting misinformation

Favorite Misinformation can have dramatic consequences on people’s lives — from finding reliable information on everything from elections to vaccinations — and the pandemic has only exacerbated the problem as accurate information can save lives. To help fight the rise in minsformation, Full Fact, a nonprofit that provides tools and

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Shared by Google AI Technology March 31, 2021