December 29, 2024

AI

Superposition: What Makes it Difficult to Explain Neural Network

When there are more features than model dimensions Shuyang Xiang · Follow Published in Towards Data Science · 6 min read · 13 hours ago — Introduction It would be ideal if the world of neural network represented a one-to-one relationship: each neuron activates on one and only one feature. In such a world, interpreting the model would be straightforward: this neuron fires for the dog ear feature, and that neuron fires for the wheel

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The Top 7 Robotics Stories of 2024

4 min read Evan Ackerman is IEEE Spectrum’s robotics editor. Clockwise from top left: Figure; Boston Dynamics; Machina Labs; Evan Ackerman; Boston Dynamics; NASA (2); Nvidia 2024 was the best year ever for robotics, which I’m pretty sure is not something that I’ve ever said before. But that’s the great thing about robotics—it’s always new, and it’s always exciting. What may be different about this year is the real sense that not only is AI

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Robotics

Figure AI ships Figure 02 humanoid robots to a paying customer – The Robot Report

The F.02 humanoid is already at work at a Figure AI customer site. Source: Brett Adcock via LinkedIn Humanoid robots are starting to move from development and trials to commercial use. Figure AI Inc. this month announced that it has delivered its Figure 02 systems to a customer. “Exciting news — today, Figure officially became a revenue-generating company!” Brett Adcock, founder and CEO of Figure AI, posted to LinkedIn. “This week, we delivered F.02 humanoid

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AR/VR

Epic Games files its argument for upholding antitrust ruling against Google

Epic Games filed its another answer to Google’s appeal of its guilty verdict in its antitrust trial over how it governs its Google Play Store. Epic Games, which has been in litigation with Google ever since the latter (and Apple) removed Epic’s Fortnite battle royale game from the Google Play Store after Epic Games sued for antitrust violations in 2020. “This case is a reckoning long overdue. The trial record is replete with proof of

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AI

Segmenting Water in Satellite Images Using Paligemma

Some insights on using Google’s latest Vision Language Model Dr. Carmen Adriana Martínez Barbosa · Follow Published in Towards Data Science · 9 min read · 15 hours ago — Hutt Lagoon, Australia. Depending on the season, time of day, and cloud coverage, this lake changes from red to pink or purple. Source: Google Maps. Multimodal models are architectures that simultaneously integrate and process different data types, such as text, images, and audio. Some examples

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AI

Measuring Cross-Product Adoption Using dbt_set_similarity

Enhancing cross-product insights within dbt workflows Matthew Senick · Follow Published in Towards Data Science · 5 min read · 14 hours ago — Introduction For multi-product companies, one critical metric is often what is called “cross-product adoption”. (i.e. understanding how users engage with multiple offerings in a given product portfolio) One measure suggested to calculate cross-product or cross-feature usage in the popular book Hacking Growth [1] is the Jaccard Index. Traditionally used to measure

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