Our current machine learning (ML) models achieve impressive performance on many benchmark tasks. Yet, these models remain remarkably brittle, susceptible to manipulation and, more broadly, often behave in ways that are unpredictable to users. Why is this the case? In this talk by Aleksander Madry, Professor of Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, we identify human-ML misalignment as a chief cause of this behavior.

Zorroa Corp., a leading provider of accessible machine learning (ML) integration solutions backed by Gradient Ventures, Google’s AI-focused venture fund, today officially launched a first-of-its-kind ML SaaS platform, Boon AI. Boon unlocks the ML API ecosystem through a single point-and-click visual interface, reducing cost of ML adoption and making ML accessible as a competitive differentiation in media-driven organizations.

Prophecy.io announced the rollout of the new SaaS version of its unique low code data engineering platform, the only solution designed for data practitioners. Prophecy helps businesses accelerate the development and deployment of data pipelines so that massive incoming data streams can be prepared for analytics and machine learning.

In this special guest feature, Nick Vandivere, CEO of ThoughtTrace, discusses how AI is real estate’s secret weapon for efficiency, accuracy and customer satisfaction. When a business can locate the critical information in their contracts in a timely manner, they’re empowered to reduce waste, capitalize on newfound opportunities, and increase their bottom line.

In this contributed article, Erick Galinkin, Principal Artificial Intelligence Researcher at Rapid7, suggests that for businesses looking to implement more AI into their security stack in 2021, it’s important to follow these six steps to ensure the effective use of AI – without compromising security anywhere else down the line.

In this contributed article, Barrett Thompson, General Manager of Commercial Excellence at Zilliant, highlights that while 2020 has provided no shortage of supply chain challenges, adopting AI and price optimization can offset negative financial impacts. When equipped with advanced pricing science and software, companies can correct course on the pitfalls of the traditional pricing approach and regain anywhere from 1 to 3% in lost margin.

In this special guest feature, Kyle Dardashti, CEO & Founder of Heali, discusses how machine learning and data science bring exciting potential to the world of personalized nutrition. Combining these two technologies together on a cohesive platform that supports continuous tracking would allow for real-time validated nutrition recommendations tailored to an individual’s lifestyle.

Above the Trend Line: your industry rumor central is a recurring feature of insideBIGDATA. In this column, we present a variety of short time-critical news items grouped by category such as M&A activity, people movements, funding news, financial results, industry alignments, customer wins, rumors and general scuttlebutt floating around the big data, data science and machine learning industries including behind-the-scenes anecdotes and curious buzz.

Digitate, a leading autonomous enterprise software provider, announced the results of its inaugural Autonomous Enterprise survey. Digitate surveyed leading European AIOps influencers in September 2020. The report aimed to better understand how Artificial Intelligence (AI)-enabled Intelligent IT Operations and automation are impacting IT Infrastructure, applications, end-user services for European companies, and the barriers that might be preventing them from realizing its full potential.

In this special guest feature, Aviran Yaacov, CEO, and Co-founder of EcoPlant, believes that both AI and ML technologies are making impactful strides in manufacturing, and there is no time like the present for manufacturers to get on board and explore ways to transform their processes to benefit across all fronts.