The AI industry is moving so quickly that it's often hard to follow the latest research breakthroughs and achievements. To help you stay well prepared for 2020, we have summarized the latest trends across different research areas, including natural language processing, conversational AI, computer vision, and reinforcement learning. We also suggest key research papers in different areas that we think are representative of the latest advancements. Subscribe to our AI Research mailing list at the bottom of this article to be alerted when we release new research articles. In 2018, pretrained language models pushed the limits of natural language understanding and generation.

Companies ranging from high tech startups to global multinationals see artificial intelligence as a key competitive advantage in an increasingly competitive and technical market. But, the AI industry moves so quickly that it's often hard to follow the latest research breakthroughs and achievements, and even harder to apply scientific results to achieve business outcomes. To help you develop a robust AI strategy for your business in 2020, I've summarized the latest trends across different research areas, including natural language processing, conversational AI, computer vision, and reinforcement learning. I've also included external education you can follow to further your expertise. In 2018, pre-trained language models pushed the limits of natural language understanding and generation. These also dominated NLP progress last year.