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Can AI Reduce Harm to Children?: Gabriel Fernandez and the Case for Machine Learning

By Niki LaGrone on April 9th, 2020

Could AI have saved Gabriel Fernandez’s life? Data and social scientists argue that machine learning might have kept him alive. What exactly is this potentially life-saving AI? Learn more about predictive risk modeling, how governments currently use similar AI, and the ethical questions such work raises.
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Software Engineering

Labeling Satellite Imagery for Machine Learning

By Niki LaGrone on March 24th, 2020

Definitions and visuals of the most common ways to label satellite imagery for machine learning. Includes tips for managing annotations for each type.
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Join the OpenCities AI Challenge and Detect Building Footprints from Aerial Imagery

By Simon Kassel on January 16th, 2020

We partnered with Driven Data and the World Bank to develop the Open Cities AI Challenge. This challenge uses machine learning to extract building footprints in unmapped areas to promote disaster resilience.
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3 Ways to Analyze the Results of a Supervised Machine Learning Model

By Joe Morrison on December 13th, 2019

How accurate are our supervised machine learning models and what are they really doing? We offer 3 tips to help you better understand these models.
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Software Engineering

Ethical Machine Learning for Disaster Relief: Rage for Machine Learning

By Niki LaGrone on December 10th, 2019

ML's predictive powers are driving a rage for deep learning in the crisis management and disaster relief industries. How can these powers be harnessed for ethical machine learning?

Software Engineering

Ethical Machine Learning for Disaster Relief: Avoiding the Second Disaster

By Niki LaGrone on November 25th, 2019

Machine learning on satellite imagery is revolutionizing disaster relief. What does ethical machine learning mean in this field?
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