The Batch

Jun 28, 2023

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Meta’s Generative Strategy, Robots Invade Mechanical Turk, U.S. Gears Up to Regulate, Better Fine-Tuning
Jun 28, 2023

Meta’s Generative Strategy, Robots Invade Mechanical Turk, U.S. Gears Up to Regulate, Better Fine-Tuning

The Batch - AI News & Insights: Suddenly it seems like everyone wants to regulate AI. The European Union is on the verge of enacting a comprehensive AI Act that’s intended to mitigate risks and protect individual rights.
What Lawmakers Need to Know About AI: Few people in the world have the information required to regulate AI effectively. Governments need to get it.
Jun 28, 2023

What Lawmakers Need to Know About AI: Few people in the world have the information required to regulate AI effectively. Governments need to get it.

Suddenly it seems like everyone wants to regulate AI. The European Union is on the verge of enacting a comprehensive AI Act that’s intended to mitigate risks and protect individual rights. In the United States, Senate Majority leader Chuck Schumer foresees legislation possibly within months.
Finer Tuning: Surgical fine-tuning modifies layers based on data differences.
Jun 28, 2023

Finer Tuning: Surgical fine-tuning modifies layers based on data differences.

Fine-tuning a neural network typically involves retraining every layer on new data. But research shows that networks may perform better when fine-tuning modifies only a subset of layers.
Where Is Meta’s Generative Play?: Why Meta still lacks a flagship generative AI service
Jun 28, 2023

Where Is Meta’s Generative Play?: Why Meta still lacks a flagship generative AI service

While Microsoft and Google scramble to supercharge their businesses with text generation, Meta has yet to launch a flagship generative AI service. Reporters went looking for reasons why.
Generated Data Fouls Human Datasets: Some crowdworkers are using ChatGPT to generate data.
Jun 28, 2023

Generated Data Fouls Human Datasets: Some crowdworkers are using ChatGPT to generate data.

The crowdworkers you hire to provide human data may use AI to produce it. Researchers at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne found that written material supplied by workers hired via Amazon Mechanical Turk showed signs of being generated by ChatGPT.

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