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USC + Amazon Center on Secure and Trusted Machine Learning selects six new research projects

Amazon + USC just funded six new ML security projects. Here's what they're building.

Reporting by Amazon Science 1 min brief
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Major tech company investing in trustworthy ML research signals industry shift toward governance and security as competitive differentiators. Shows Amazon positioning itself as a leader in responsible AI deployment.

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  1. USC + Amazon Center on Secure and Trusted Machine Learning

  2. Six new research projects selected

  3. Focus areas: trustworthy machine learning, security, governance

  4. Faculty and academic-fellow involvement

  5. Published October 2023

  6. USC + Amazon Center on Secure and Trusted Machine Learning selected six new research projects

  7. Focus areas: trustworthy machine learning, secure ML systems

  8. Academic-fellow and faculty-led projects

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Publisher excerpt: Faculty and academic-fellow projects are focused on various aspects of trustworthy machine learning.
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