Data-driven techniques, such as imitation and offline reinforcement learning (RL), that convert offline datasets into policies are seen as solutions to control problems across many fields. However, recent research has suggested that merely increasing expert data and finetuning imitation learning can often surpass offline RL, even if RL has access to abundant data. This finding…
Researchers from New York University, Genentech, and CIFAR are pioneering a new approach to multi-modal learning in an attempt to improve its efficacy. Multi-modal learning involves using data from various sources to inform a target label, placing boundaries between the sources to allow for differentiation. This type of learning is commonly used in fields like…
Researchers from New York University, Genentech, and CIFAR have proposed a new paradigm to address inconsistencies in supervised multi-modal learning referred to as Inter & Intra-Modality Modeling (I2M2). Multi-modal learning is a critical facet of machine learning, used in autonomous vehicles, healthcare, and robotics, among other fields, where data from different modalities is mapped to…
The field of radiology has seen a transformative impact with the advent of generative vision-language models (VLMs), automating medical image interpretation and report generation. This innovative tech has shown potential in reducing radiologists’ workload and improving diagnostic accuracy. However, a challenge to this technology is its propensity to produce hallucinated content — text that is…
Machine learning (ML) is transforming the healthcare industry by enhancing the evaluation of treatments through the prediction of treatment impacts on patient outcomes. This methodology, known as causal ML, uses data from various sources including randomized controlled trials, clinical registries, and electronic health records to measure treatment effects. By providing personalized outcome predictions under different…
Modern software development can be a complex venture, requiring skills in managing large codebases, verifying code accuracy, maintaining vast documentation, and enhancing performance. All of these tasks demand considerable effort and time from developers. While there are traditional code editors and integrated development environments (IDEs) that offer basic features like syntax highlighting, error detection, and…