Machine Learning News Issue 26

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When It Comes To Security, It's Time For A Machine Learning Sanity Check Is machine learning really the only solution to our cybersecurity woes?

Machine learning algorithm can identify drunken tweeting Maybe the one single thing more regrettable than drunk texting is drunk tweeting. Publicly broadcasting intoxication is definitely not the best way to bolster one's social media clout, and yet a lot of people can't resist boasting about their alcoholic escapades.

Creating a March Madness bracket with Machine Learning March Madness is upon us here in the US. This annual college basketball competition pits 64 teams in a single-elimination tournament, and the team that goes undefeated for all 6 rounds will be named NCAA Champion.

New Tech That Raises Red Flags About Prospective Clients A prospective client recently telephoned Rob Hockett and asked if he could, through Hockett's firm, invest $5 million in emerging market funds. To most advisors, such a scenario probably would sound enticing, but also prompt wariness. It sure did for Hockett. "The first question we asked was, 'Does this follow our investment philosophy?'

What's Next In Machine Learning? What are good research topics in machine learning in 2016? originally appeared on Quora - the knowledge sharing network where compelling questions are answered by people with unique insights. Answer by Carlos Guestrin, Amazon Professor of Machine Learning in Computer Science & CEO of Dato, Inc., on Quora.

How real businesses are using machine learning There is no question that machine learning is at the top of the hype curve. And, of course, the backlash is already in full force: I've heard that old joke "Machine learning is like teenage sex; everyone is talking about it, no one is actually doing it" about 20 times in the past week alone.

Remember a movie but not its name? This website will solve that. If you've ever remembered vague details about a movie but couldn't remember its name, whatismymovie.com is for you. Dubbed 'the world's first ever descriptive movie search engine', the website could be the difference between remembering that movie where the 'equestrian reporter meets an actress' and Notting Hill.

First Person: A conversation with Jeff Dean, senior fellow at Google Research While both flattered and a little embarrassed by this April Fools joke that keeps on giving, Dean is actually quite serious about his work. As a senior fellow at Google Research, Dean spends his days working on deep neural networks (also known as "deep learning," a subset of machine learning), which is modeled after the human brain.

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Adobe Lightroom Taps Machine Learning For Improved Search That Can ID Your Photos Adobe is testing out new features for their Creative Cloud suite of programs. Dubbed 'Technology Previews,' the first one up for public testing is a new Search feature for Lightroom on the web that uses machine learning to help users find specific images using certain keywords.