ArXiv, 2017. Apple has published an official blog dedicated to machine learning, an unusual move for the company. The first post refers to work being done to enable the use of synthetic – as opposed to real – images to train image recognition neural nets. While synthetic images are cheaper to produce, they can lack realism, which hampers the image recognition software's ability to learn. Apple's new approach is a departure from its previous stance on artificial intelligence.
Apple has published an official blog dedicated to machine learning, an unusual move for the company. The first post refers to work being done to enable the use of synthetic – as opposed to real – images to train image recognition neural nets. While synthetic images are cheaper to produce, they can lack realism, which hampers the image recognition software's ability to learn. Apple's new approach is a departure from its previous stance on artificial intelligence.