Active Learning and Data Influence: Core Concepts and Evolution

Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction Related work 2.1. Generative Data Augmentation 2.2. Active Learning and Data Analysis Preliminary Our method 4.1. Estimation of Contribution in the Ideal Scenario 4.2. Batched Streaming Generative Active Learning Experiments and 5.1. Offline Setting 5.2. Online Setting Conclusion, Broader Impact, and References A. Implementation Details B. More ablations … Read more

Google Photos Recap will tell you how many selfies you took this year

Google has added some new features to its end-of-year Photos app throwback experience, including a selfie count, CapCut integration, and photo curation capabilities. The Google Photos Recap includes insights and graphics that summarize what users have been snapping over the year, and follows the updated presentation format Google introduced in 2024, which looks like a … Read more

Anyone want to buy a car that drives itself?

Earlier this year, a mysterious new company called Tensor announced itself to the world by claiming it would be the first to sell fully autonomous vehicles to customers at scale. The news didn’t make much of a splash. No one had ever heard of Tensor, so it was the kind of announcement easy to dismiss … Read more

Big Tech Wants to Trade Electricity. What Could Go Wrong?

Welcome back to 3 Tech Polls, HackerNoon’s brand-new Weekly Newsletter that curates Results from our Poll of the Week, and 2 related polls around the web. Thanks for voting and helping us shape these important conversations! This week, we’re examining Big Tech’s increasing influence on the energy grid—from Meta and Microsoft seeking approval to trade electricity to … Read more