James Bradbury
Deep learning systems @GoogleAI. Previously @Salesforce Research, @Stanford Linguistics, @Caixin. Spends too much time reading about Things that are Happening.
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‘It’s a disaster over there’: Commerce reaches new heights of dysfunction
Under Secretary Wilbur Ross, the department is chaotic and adrift.
Toyota plans to launch its first full EVs, in a deal with China’s BYD
Toyota is finally diving into fully electric vehicles, striking a deal with China’s BYD to jointly develop batteries, sedans, and SUVs for the world’s largest automobile market.Japan’s top automaker expects to deliver its first Toyota-branded EV in...
What I learned today about SNCF and California HSR
If you’ve been following me on Twitter, you’ll know that I spent this afternoon on the phone with folks in California, looking into the recent SNCF-CHSRA bombshell. To summarize: SNCF, the highly experienced French national high-speed rail operator,...
1 council vote kills San Bruno housing plan near transit that the city had sought
The San Bruno City Council’s surprise rejection of a 425-unit housing project by one council vote shocked advocates. They say it’s a poster child for why the state needs to strip away local control of housing development.
An integrated brain-machine interface platform with thousands of channels
Brain-machine interfaces (BMIs) hold promise for the restoration of sensory and motor function and the treatment of neurological disorders, but clinical BMIs have not yet been widely adopted, in part because modest channel counts have limited their...
Secret Deal for Chinese Naval Outpost in Cambodia Raises U.S. Fears of Beijing’s Ambitions
China has signed a secret agreement allowing its armed forces to use a Cambodian navy base, as Beijing works to boost its ability to project military power around the globe, according to U.S. and allied officials familiar with the matter.
Russia's Secret Intelligence Agency Hacked: 'Largest Data Breach In Its History'
Hackers successfully targeted Russia's state security agency last week through a major contractor, stealing and publishing details of secret internet projects including social media scraping and Tor de-anonymization.
He Wasn’t Seeking to Kill a Mob Boss. He Was Trying to Help Trump, His Lawyer Says.
In new court documents, the lawyer for Anthony Comello says he became obsessed by far-right QAnon conspiracy theories.
Chaos and bloodshed in Hong Kong district as hundreds of masked men assault protesters, journalists, residents
Hundreds of masked assailants dressed in white have assaulted residents, protesters, journalists and a lawmaker in Yuen Long, hours after an anti-extradition law march ended. The group used bamboo sticks and other weapons to attack people in the...
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Elon Musk’s Neuralink Says It’s Ready for Brain Surgery
The startup just unveiled its plan to implant paralyzed patients with electrodes that’ll let them work computers with their minds. First, it’ll have to move beyond mice.
Conservative leadership race: Boris Johnson’s tearful tale of stolen bike spins the truth
It was, Boris Johnson said, the last time he had shed a tear. After riding the same bicycle for over a decade he had become “lachrymose” when he discovered it had been stolen from outside parliament.
John Paul Stevens, Supreme Court Justice Who Became Leader of Liberal Wing, Dies at 99
When he retired in 2010, Justice Stevens was the second-oldest and the second-longest-serving justice ever to sit on the court.
What Happened After A Border Agent Asked A Toddler To Pick A Parent
NPR's Noel King talks to reporter Bob Moore about a Border Protection agent who asked a three year-old migrant to choose which of her parents would be allowed to accompany her into the U.S.
Nancy Pelosi Has Lost Control
New York's corrupt machine is running its own show for House Democrats.
Puerto Rico Leadership in Turmoil Amid Calls for Ricardo Rosselló to Resign
Two senior members of Gov. Ricardo A. Rosselló’s cabinet have stepped down amid a widening political crisis in Puerto Rico.
Exclusive: BBC Accepts Iran’s Demand Of Blackout On Its Persian Sites Amid Regime’s Attacks On Press Freedom
A deal to not share reporting from Iran on BBC Persian has angered staffers who see it as complicity with a government that imprisons, tortures and kills...
Hello, It's GPT-2 -- How Can I Help You? Towards the Use of Pretrained Language Models for Task-Oriented Dialogue Systems
Data scarcity is a long-standing and crucial challenge that hinders quick
development of task-oriented dialogue systems across multiple domains:
task-oriented dialogue models are expected to learn grammar, syntax, dialogue
reasoning, decision...