StrainBrain: A Recommender System for Weed
I just stumbled upon StrainBrain, a Cannabis Strain Recommendation Engine. According to their website, they are supported, among others, by Google Cloud for Start-Ups. The...
Amazon’s so-far private Machine Learning ‘University’ offers courses for everyone
Douglas Gantenbein from Amazon announced that Amazon would publish some machine learning courses. So far, these courses were only available to Amazon staff. There will...
Mozilla is Crowdsourcing Research into (Harmful) YouTube Recommendations [Ashley Boyd @ Mozilla]
YouTube recommendations can be delightful, but they can also be dangerous. The platform has a history of recommending harmful content — from pandemic conspiracies to...
A prototype of a “Similar Shoe” (Sneaker) Recommender-System with Source Code [Josh Barua]
Josh Barua created https://runningshoesforyou.com/, a recommender-system for shoe recommendations. Users can provide as input either a specific shoe model or their preferences (comfort; weight; looks;...
Case study how simple recommendation techniques improve user experience in e-Commerce [Emilio Carrión @ MercadonaTech]
Emilio Carrión (MercadonaTech) wrote a blog post about how simple recommendations to substitute ‘ghost’ products improve conversion rate and user experience. He defines ‘ghost’ products...
NVIDIA launches “Building Intelligent Recommender Systems” online course
NVIDIA announced in their Blog to offer several new online courses, one of them about Building Intelligent Recommender Systems. The courses are taught by James...
Google Podcast gets Personalized Audio News Recommendations [Liz Gannes @ Google]
“Your News Update” is coming to Google Podcast as announced by Liz Gannes, Product Manager News at Google. “Your News Update” was originally introduced in...
Facebook documents its recommender system — a little bit. [Sarah Perez @ Techcrunch]
Facebook has not been very open about how its recommender system works exactly. This may be about to change though. Today, Techcrunch announced that Facebook...
Bingie is an app for all your streaming recommendations and debates [Anthony Ha @ TechCrunch]
If you’re overwhelmed trying to choose the next movie or TV show to watch on Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, HBO Max or any other streaming service, Bingie could be...
Google Assistant app now uses your searches to make personalized recommendations [Sarah Perez @ TechCrunch]
Google is revamping its two-year old “Snapshot” feature in Google Assistant for iOS and Android. The company in 2018 had first introduced Google Assistant Snapshot as a...