Dear readers,The horrific murders of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, and the inexcusable violent racism that has shocked our societies are painful reminders of deeply rooted problems and injustice in our society. Our communities and our work are enriched by having people from all walks of life collaborate towards the common goal of improving our collective future. There can only be strength in diversity. Racism has no place in global society.Nathan Benaich---Welcome back to regular readers and hello to everyone who is new. Enclosed you'll find Your Guide to AI: May 2020. I'll cover key developments in AI tech, geopolitics, health/bio, startups, research and blogs.Drop me a line if you enjoyed the issue or want to share a critique, and thanks for sharing this issue with your friends and collaborators.Before we kick off, a reminder that we're 3 weeks away from the 6th Research and Applied AI Summit on June 26th. You can sign up here - all proceeds from ticket sales fund open source AI projects, research and education via our non-profit RAAIS Foundation. Our lineup includes senior leadership from Cerebras, Lyft Level 5, ZOE, and Zama, research group leaders from Oxford, University of Vermont, and Moorfields Eye Hospital, and AI researchers from DeepMind and Google AI.
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🏡Your guide to AI: May 2020
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Dear readers,The horrific murders of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, and the inexcusable violent racism that has shocked our societies are painful reminders of deeply rooted problems and injustice in our society. Our communities and our work are enriched by having people from all walks of life collaborate towards the common goal of improving our collective future. There can only be strength in diversity. Racism has no place in global society.Nathan Benaich---Welcome back to regular readers and hello to everyone who is new. Enclosed you'll find Your Guide to AI: May 2020. I'll cover key developments in AI tech, geopolitics, health/bio, startups, research and blogs.Drop me a line if you enjoyed the issue or want to share a critique, and thanks for sharing this issue with your friends and collaborators.Before we kick off, a reminder that we're 3 weeks away from the 6th Research and Applied AI Summit on June 26th. You can sign up here - all proceeds from ticket sales fund open source AI projects, research and education via our non-profit RAAIS Foundation. Our lineup includes senior leadership from Cerebras, Lyft Level 5, ZOE, and Zama, research group leaders from Oxford, University of Vermont, and Moorfields Eye Hospital, and AI researchers from DeepMind and Google AI.