Slightly tangential question, but on reading the article I was surprised that it mentioned multiple anonymous submissions, given that this was a workshop at one of the most prestigious ML conferences. Any particular reason for this that you can think of?
Furthermore, the journalist managed to write an entire article about a workshop without once naming it, giving a link, or even defining backpropagation.
Edit: I want to say that I understand it's hard to cover an area that you're not an expert in. But if the journalist had googled the title of the articles he was writing about, he would have found the authors' names. Instead he gave the reader the impression that the articles are still anonymous.