Algorithms That Learn with Less Data Could Expand AI's Power

Last year Microsoft and Google both showed that their image-recognition algorithms had learned to best humans. They independently created software that could exceed the average human score on a standard test that challenges software to recognize images of a thousand different objects, from mosques to mosquitoes. But to get good enough to defeat humanity, each company's software scrutinized 1.2 million labeled images. A child can learn to recognize a new kind of object or animal using only one example. Startup Geometric Intelligence said Monday that it has developed machine-learning software that is a much quicker study.