Subsequent layers then compress the information, as if through a bottleneck. Irrelevant data, like the color of the cat’s coat, or the saucer of milk beside it, is forgotten, leaving only general ...

A new idea called the “information bottleneck” is helping to explain the puzzling success of today’s artificial-intelligence algorithms—and might also explain how human brains learn.

Machine learning applied to free-text pathology reports is shown to break a bottleneck that interferes with the process of turning electronically gathered clinical records into information that ...

A bottleneck is a point of congestion in a production system that prevents the system from functioning at full capacity. Learn more about bottlenecks in manufacturing.

Artificial intelligence is poised to upend much of society, removing human limitations inherent in many systems. One such limitation is information and logistical bottlenecks in decision-making ...

A new idea called the “information bottleneck” is helping to explain the puzzling success of today’s artificial-intelligence algorithms — and might also explain how human brains learn. Even as ...