The Library of Congress Labs has just released a really excellent report on the prospects for machine learning in libraries prepared by Professor Ryan Cordell of Northeastern University. Here's a pointer to the LC Labs post announcing the report and providing some valuable context:

https://blogs.loc.gov/thesignal/2020/07/machine-learning-libraries-a-report-on-the-state-of-the-field/

Direct link to the report

https://labs.loc.gov/static/labs/work/reports/Cordell-LOC-ML-report.pdf

Very much worth reading.

Clifford Lynch
Director, CNI