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Joyce Shen

Considerations in Utilizing Synthetic Data for AI/ML

Synthetic data is expected to grow in the coming years, based on research from IT analysts firms such as Gartner. What is synthetic data? Synthetic data is artificially generated data that mimics real-world data. Synthetic datasets can be created through various methods, including computer simulations, statistical methods, or algorithmic generation

Joyce’s picks: musings and readings in AI/ML, July 1, 2024

📌 Musings and Readings “The Only App That Always Wins the Battle for Your Attention” (WSJ) “AI Work Assistants Need a Lot of Handholding” (WSJ) “Data curation via joint example selection further accelerates multimodal learning” (Deepmind) “Gemma 2: Improving Open Language Models at a Practical Size” (Google) “CriticGPT, a model based

Joyce’s picks: musings and readings in AI/ML, June 24, 2024

📌 Musings and Readings Youtube updated its user privacy complaint process to include generated content by AI. (Link) “SoftBank CEO says AI that is 10,000 times smarter than humans will come out in 10 years” (CNBC) “AI took their jobs. Now they get paid to make it sound human” (BBC)

Joyce Shen’s picks: musings and readings in AI/ML, June 17, 2024

📌 Musings and Readings “The AI bill that has Big Tech panicked” (Vox) “AI ‘might take over’ one day if it isn't developed responsibly, Geoffrey Hinton warns (CBS) “Technique improves the reasoning capabilities of large language models” (MIT) 👏 Deals Jump, a Salt Lake City-based startup automating administrative tasks for

Joyce’s picks: musings and readings in AI/ML, June 10, 2024

📌 Musings and Readings Perplexica is looking to challenge Perplexity as the open-source alternative (link) Meta Announces Plans to Use Facebook and Instagram Posts to Train AI (link) Microsoft says AI feature that captures screenshots on new PCs will be off by default after backlash (link) Alice in Wonderland: Simple Tasks

Joyce’s picks: musings and readings in AI/ML, June 3, 2024

📌 Musings and Readings “Computer Industry Joins NVIDIA to Build AI Factories and Data Centers for the Next Industrial Revolution” (Nvidia) “AMD Announces Future AI Chips, Will Speed Rollout of New Models” (Link) “Google’s A.I. Search Leaves Publishers Scrambling” (NYTimes) “Small Language Models for Application Interactions: A Case Study”

Joyce’s picks: musings and readings in AI/ML, May 27, 2024

📌 Musings and Readings “OpenAI to start using news content from News Corp. as part of a multiyear deal” (Link) “Mapping the Mind of a Large Language Model” (Link). Longer paper here. “GPT-4o’s Chinese token-training data is polluted by spam and porn websites” (Link) 👏 Deals Overland AI, a WA-based startup

The Power of "I don't know"

In our world where influencers are giving advice nonstop on social media and many people seem to know more than us, we may feel like we have to be "know it all." The reality is that in this fast moving, dynamic, and competitive world, it is very hard

Joyce’s picks: musings and readings in AI/ML, May 20, 2024

📌 Musings and Readings Reflections from Google I/O 2024 (Link) Stability AI may be looking for a buyer (Reuters) “Prepare to Get Manipulated by Emotionally Expressive Chatbots” (Wired) “pfl-research: simulation framework for accelerating research in Private Federated Learning” (Apple) 👏 Deals Lucid Bots, a NC-based company building robotics for labor-intensive work,

Observations from Google I/O 2024

I had the opportunity to join Google I/O earlier this week. To me, the macro theme was applications. How do we apply generative AI to our work and our day-to-day lives? In my view, for the first time, without any reservation, Google showed us the future of those who