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Natural language processing (NLP) is a fast-growing AI technology, but data labeling for NLP is complex. Here is what to look for in an NLP data workforce.
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Doctor shortages are impacting healthcare innovators’ ability to label data for computer vision solutions. Outsourcing the work will help.
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Computer vision improves patient care, streamlines medical decisions, and lowers costs. Ask these questions before outsourcing healthcare data annotation.
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Learn 3 key takeaways from our latest LinkedIn Live event where we explored what it takes to combine human and machine intelligence effectively.
![Optimizing Decision Making by Combining Automation and People](https://www.cloudfactory.com/hs-fs/hubfs/04-blog-img/optimizing-decision-by-combining-people-and-automation.png?width=346&height=181&name=optimizing-decision-by-combining-people-and-automation.png)
An incremental design approach to automation and machine learning affords strategic opportunities for choosing to route exceptions to machines or people.
![4 Reasons You Should Outsource Data Entry](https://www.cloudfactory.com/hs-fs/hubfs/04-blog-img/outsource-data-entry.jpg?width=346&height=181&name=outsource-data-entry.jpg)
Data entry is a crucial part of any digital transformation project. Sometimes it makes more sense to outsource than to burden your own team.
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How can you determine if a data labeling service will deliver quality work? How they communicate and handle quality control are key indicators.
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How can you determine if a data labeling service will deliver quality work? It starts with their vetting, hiring, and training processes.
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People have unconscious biases that affect hiring decisions. People also can hard-code their biases into an AI system. Humans in the loop can help.
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Humans play a critical role throughout the AI lifecycle, from data cleaning and labeling to quality control and automation monitoring.
![Accelerating ML Model Development with Human in the Loop](https://www.cloudfactory.com/hs-fs/hubfs/04-blog-img/ml-model-development-with-human-in-loop.jpg?width=346&height=181&name=ml-model-development-with-human-in-loop.jpg)
Developing ML models requires a lot of data and skilled people to work with it. Here’s our HITL approach for machine learning model development.
![4 Essentials for the Data Labeling Pipeline](https://www.cloudfactory.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Image%20Resizing%20for%20Blog%20and%20Social%20%287%29-Nov-23-2020-09-31-39-55-PM.png?width=346&height=181&name=Image%20Resizing%20for%20Blog%20and%20Social%20%287%29-Nov-23-2020-09-31-39-55-PM.png)
Supervised learning requires a lot of labeled data. Here’s what it takes to design a high-performance data labeling pipeline for machine learning.
![Boiling the Ocean: Processing the Data that Powers AI](https://www.cloudfactory.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Image%20Resizing%20for%20Blog%20and%20Social%20%288%29-Nov-23-2020-09-33-02-03-PM.png?width=346&height=181&name=Image%20Resizing%20for%20Blog%20and%20Social%20%288%29-Nov-23-2020-09-33-02-03-PM.png)
Even in uncertain times, you’re swimming in an ocean of data. How you are processing data that powers AI and use that data will determine the future of your business.
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Data scientists at Hivemind created 3 data labeling tasks and hired 2 teams to complete them. The differences in data accuracy, speed, and cost may surprise you.
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Not all outsourced data labeling partners are a good fit for every AI project. Here are 5 things you need to consider before, during, and after vendor evaluations.