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Learn with Google AI: Making ML education available to everyone

During college, while doing a geophysics internship aboard an oil rig, I realized that software was the future—so I switched my major to computer science. After more than a decade working at Google, I had a similar moment where I realized that AI is the future of computer science. Today, I lead Google’s machine learning education effort, in the hope of making AI and its benefits accessible to everyone.

AI can solve complex problems and has the potential to transform entire industries, which means it’s crucial that AI reflect a diverse range of human perspectives and needs. That’s why part of Google AI’s mission is to help anyone interested in machine learning succeed—from researchers, to developers and companies, to students like Abu.

To help everyone understand how AI can solve challenging problems, we’ve created a resource called Learn with Google AI. This site provides ways to learn about core ML concepts, develop and hone your ML skills, and apply ML to real-world problems. From deep learning experts looking for advanced tutorials and materials on TensorFlow, to “curious cats” who want to take their first steps with AI, anyone looking for educational content from ML experts at Google can find it here.

Learn with Google AI also features a new, free course called Machine Learning Crash Course (MLCC). The course provides exercises, interactive visualizations, and instructional videos that anyone can use to learn and practice ML concepts.

Our engineering education team originally developed this fast-paced, practical introduction to ML fundamentals for Googlers. So far, more than 18,000 Googlers have enrolled in MLCC, applying lessons from the course to enhance camera calibration for Daydream devices, build virtual reality for Google Earth, and improve streaming quality at YouTube. MLCC’s success at Google inspired us to make it available to everyone.

There’s more to come from Learn with Google AI, including additional courses and documentation. We’re excited to help everyone learn more about AI.

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Survival arena brawler ‘Darwin Project’ launches March 9th

Been waiting for Scavengers Studio’s Darwin Project ever since it stole the spotlight at last year’s Microsoft E3 conference? Don’t worry: your wait is almost over. The early access version of the Hunger Games-style battle royale title will be available for purchase on Windows 10 and Xbox Game Preview, the platform’s pre-release program for Xbox One, on March 9th. Darwin Project is a multiplayer game that combines various aspects of popular titles in the genre, such as Don’t Starve and PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds. In our previous write-up, Engadget Senior Reporter Jessica Conditt described the game as “Katniss Everdeen running around Pochinki Hill, chopping down trees like Wilson the Gentleman Scientist.”

While you can play as one of the ten contestants fighting in an arena to be the only one left standing, Darwin Project also allows you to take on the Show Director’s role. When you play as the Director, you’ll be able to see everything happening in the arena from aboard a drone and will have the power to unleash gravity storms, blow up areas with nukes and put up zone closures to make things harder for the contestants. If you’d rather take on a more passive role, though, you can also just watch streams of ongoing games through platforms like Mixer. As a spectator, you’ll be able to vote on what disaster to unleash and who to target if the Show Director asks.

Scavengers Studio’s Jessica Beaudoin says they’re collecting feedback from the early release to be able to fine-tune the game over the next few months. You can buy the early access version of the Darwin Project, featuring a snowy arena where you’ll have to withstand extreme cold and darkness, for $15

Source: Xbox

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Xbox One tests spring update with controller sharing via Mixer

The next big Xbox One software update is closing in, and as Microsoft rolled it out to Preview Update testers, the company also explained what to expect. Once the Spring update arrives, gamers can check out a new 1440p option that fits in between 1080p and 4K displays to make it just right for anyone using a quad HD monitor. It’s also adding an algorithmic “What’s Hot” feed for club posts that should make things more like Reddit (or Facebook), and a Top Posts option that shows which ones are the most popular of all time.

The other highlight feature lets Mixer streamers share access to their controller with viewers via an on-screen gamepad or by plugging a controller into their own PC — we assume its low-latency streams come in handy here. A few other tweaks mean Xbox One streamers no longer come to a full stop while switching games or going to the dash, and they can start streams at any time.

The built-in Microsoft Edge browser is apparently more controller-friendly (also it can upload or download files now), and there’s an option to change the balance between in-game audio and background music in the guide so you can substitute your own Spotify, SoundCloud or MP3-based soundtracks. Clubs can filter invitation requests to keep riffraff out based on criteria like Gamerscore for a particular game, and it’s easier to join tournaments.

Separately, Major Nelson also noted three new security features on the Xbox One that make it easier to recover your account if someone has taken it over maliciously, find an account name or update your account recovery info from the console itself.

The first 1804.180227-1801 preview alpha is already going out and there’s a list of known issues here.

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Strava simplified how to opt out of its heat map data collection

In January, Strava came under fire for its activity heat map, which showed the locations of military bases in places like Afghanistan, Syria and Somalia. You could even see details like user routes named “Base Perimeter” and “Sniper Alley” near US bases in Iraq and Afghanistan. While Strava did offer the option for its users to opt out of its heat map data collection, many pointed out that doing so required some navigation through the app and was a process that wasn’t very straightforward. But Strava recently updated its app and has quietly changed the opt-out process.

Strava’s app now includes a simple option for opting out of heatmaps. 🤷‍♂️ All your base are no longer belong to Strava. https://t.co/IvlpKnoeCP pic.twitter.com/jzjU3ETlUo

— Matt Cagle (@Matt_Cagle) February 28, 2018

Spotted by ACLU attorney Matt Cagle, Strava now includes the option to hide data from its heat map feature on the first page of its privacy settings tab. The change wasn’t mentioned in any of the version history updates in Apple’s App Store but a spokesperson told The Verge that the change was rolled out to Strava users in February.

Strava received a lot of backlash over its data collection and heat map — the Pentagon even called for a review of its fitness app policies — and the company’s CEO released a statement to address the issue. In it, he said that the company was working on simplifying its privacy and safety features “to ensure you know how to control your own data.” You can see from an earlier blog post how complicated the process could be prior to the recent changes.

Simplifying its opt-out procedure is definitely a good call, but the whole situation serves as a reminder to fitness app users and developers alike that privacy in data-tracking apps is still an under-addressed issue.

Via: The Verge

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Playboy drops ridiculous copyright suit against Boing Boing

Earlier this month, a federal judge had dismissed a lawsuit that Playboy brought against Boing Boing, stating that the court is “skeptical that plaintiff has sufficiently alleged facts to support either its inducement or material contribution theories of copyright infringement.” Yesterday, Playboy released a statement that it won’t refile the case.

It all started last November, when Playboy sued Boing Boing after the online outlet published a link to an Imgur gallery entitled “Every Playboy Playmate Centerfold Ever” (The gallery has since been taken down). Boing Boing was not responsible for any of the content; all it did was link to it. But Playboy had sued it anyway, accusing it for profiting from those unauthorized images.

The Electronic Frontier Foundation, which represented Boing Boing in this case, said at the time that Boing Boing‘s reporting of the Playboy photos is protected by copyright’s fair use doctrine. EFF Senior Staff Attorney Daniel Nazer stated that “journalists, scientists, researchers, and everyday people on the web have the right to link to material, even copyrighted material, without having to worry about getting sued.”

In a post on EFF’s website, Nazer wrote: “It’s hard to understand why Playboy brought this case in the first place, turning its legal firepower on a small news and commentary website that hadn’t uploaded or hosted any infringing content. We’re also a little perplexed as to why Playboy seems so unhappy that the Boing Boing post is still up when the links they complain about have been dead for almost two years.”

In a statement sent to Ars Technica, Playboy said: “Although we are not refiling an amended complaint at this time, we will continue to vigorously enforce our intellectual property rights against infringement.”

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