Wired

Neuron Bursts Can Mimic a Famous AI Learning Strategy

Every time a human or machine learns how to get better at a task, a trail of evidence is left behind. A sequence of physical changes—to cells in a brain or to numerical values in an algorithm—underlie ...
EurekAlert!

A backpropagation algorithm for mechanical neural networks (IMAGE)

Obtaining the gradient of what's known as the loss function is an essential step to establish the backpropagation algorithm developed by University of Michigan researchers to train a material. The ...
Semiconductor Engineering

In Situ Backpropagation Strategy That Progressively Updates Neural Network Layers Directly in HW (TU Eindhoven)

A new technical paper titled “Hardware implementation of backpropagation using progressive gradient descent for in situ training of multilayer neural networks” was published by researchers at ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Backpropagation Algorithm On Neuromorphic Spiking HW (U. Of Zurich, ETH Zurich, LANL)

A new technical paper titled “The backpropagation algorithm implemented on spiking neuromorphic hardware” was published by University of Zurich, ETH Zurich, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Royal ...
Diginomica

Generative AI needs better context - you can't talk about Large Language Models without reverse neural networks and backpropagation

The hype over Large Language Models (LLMs) has reached a fever pitch. But how much of the hype is justified? We can't answer that without some straight talk - and some definitions. Time for a ...
Quanta Magazine

Neuron Bursts Can Mimic Famous AI Learning Strategy

A new model of learning centers on bursts of neural activity that act as teaching signals — approximating backpropagation, the algorithm behind learning in AI. Every time a human or machine learns how ...