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summaries of the latest blog articles from your favorite tech companies.
SoundCloudSoundCloud

Speeding Up Builds with Dagger Reflect

Optimizing build times in Android apps by utilizing Dagger Reflect

1/30/2020
InstagramInstagram

Five things I learned about working on content quality at Instagram

The blogpost discusses five key learnings from working on content quality at Instagram, including the challenges of measuring quality, the importance of read-path models and sourcing-level filters, the need to track model performance, and the use of calibration and percentile frameworks.

1/25/2020
OpenAIOpenAI

Scaling laws for neural language models

Exploring the scalability of neural language models through scaling laws

1/23/2020
SoundCloudSoundCloud

The Power of Types for Errors

Exploring the benefits of using types to minimize the usage of primitives in code

1/20/2020
Jane StreetJane Street

Using Python and OCaml in the same Jupyter notebook

A guide on how to use Python and OCaml together in a Jupyter notebook

12/16/2019
OpenAIOpenAI

Dota 2 with large scale deep reinforcement learning

Exploring the application of large scale deep reinforcement learning in Dota 2

12/13/2019
InstagramInstagram

Instagram Data Saver Mode

The blogpost discusses the new Data Saver Mode feature on Instagram for Android that reduces mobile data consumption.

12/13/2019
Jane StreetJane Street

Deep-Learning the Hardest Go Problem in the World

Updates and a New Run

12/6/2019
OpenAIOpenAI

Deep double descent

Exploring the phenomenon of deep double descent in machine learning

12/5/2019
OpenAIOpenAI

Procgen Benchmark

Analyzing performance metrics of procedural generation algorithms in a benchmark study.

12/3/2019
InstagramInstagram

Powered by AI: Instagram’s Explore recommender system

The blogpost explores Instagram's Explore recommender system which is powered by AI.

11/26/2019
OpenAIOpenAI

Safety Gym

Utilizing cutting-edge technology to enhance workplace safety through virtual 'Safety Gym'

11/21/2019