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summaries of the latest blog articles from your favorite tech companies.
Google DeepMindGoogle DeepMind

MuZero: Mastering Go, chess, shogi and Atari without rules

MuZero is a general-purpose algorithm that can master Go, chess, shogi, and Atari without being given the rules, using its ability to plan winning strategies in unknown environments.

12/23/2020
Google DeepMindGoogle DeepMind

Imitating Interactive Intelligence

Creating a simulated environment (Playroom) for virtual robots to engage in interactive intelligence, studying joint intentionality, cooperation, and communication of private knowledge.

12/11/2020
Google DeepMindGoogle DeepMind

Using JAX to accelerate our research

Using JAX to accelerate research on AI systems by evaluating new machine learning libraries and frameworks

12/4/2020
Jane StreetJane Street

Growing the Hardcaml toolset

Announcement of new Hardcaml libraries in the toolset

12/1/2020
Google DeepMindGoogle DeepMind

AlphaFold: a solution to a 50-year-old grand challenge in biology

The blog post discusses AlphaFold, an AI system that has solved the challenging protein-folding problem, showcasing the potential of AI in scientific discovery and its impact on accelerating progress in fundamental fields of biology.

11/30/2020
SoundCloudSoundCloud

Leveraging a Manager Weekly Newsletter for Team Communication

Leveraging a manager weekly newsletter as a means of team communication for an engineering manager transitioning from a software engineer role

11/25/2020
Jane StreetJane Street

Announcing Our Market Prediction Kaggle Competition

Jane Street's announcement of a market prediction Kaggle competition with real financial data and $100K in prizes

11/24/2020
Google DeepMindGoogle DeepMind

Using Unity to Help Solve Intelligence

Creating diverse, complex virtual simulations using Unity game engine for reinforcement learning purposes.

11/18/2020
Google DeepMindGoogle DeepMind

Breaking down global barriers to access

Highlighting the progress and expansion of the DeepMind scholarship program to foster global access and inclusivity in education

11/5/2020
Google DeepMindGoogle DeepMind

FermiNet: Quantum Physics and Chemistry from First Principles

Using deep learning, the FermiNet neural network architecture accurately computes the energy of atoms and molecules from first principles, paving the way for practical applications in quantum physics and chemistry.

10/19/2020
SoundCloudSoundCloud

Testing SQL for BigQuery

The blogpost explores the importance of testing SQL data pipelines and describes the approach taken to test them at SoundCloud.

10/16/2020
Google DeepMindGoogle DeepMind

Fast reinforcement learning through the composition of behaviours

Efficient machine learning by re-combining previously learned abilities to tackle new challenges.

10/12/2020