Top news of the week: 14.05.2019.

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Research

On May 14, 2019
@weballergy shared
RT @chipro: Top trends I saw at #ICLR2019 include the rise of unsupervised representation learning, RNN losing its luster, GANs still dominating, RL moving towards meta-learning, the return of old school ideas. Great conference for not only ideas but also motivation https://t.co/gmqbnfXgly
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Top 8 trends from ICLR 2019

Disclaimer: This post doesn’t reflect the view of any of the organizations I’m associated with and is probably peppered with my personal and institutional bi...

On May 13, 2019
@mat_kelcey shared
RT @ericjang11: One of the best ways to advance the "large-scale Deep RL" agenda for robotics is to provide the world with our system. To that end, we're open-sourcing Tensor2Robot, a library for reducing boilerplate in TensorFlow + robotics research. https://t.co/3SbQzax2Ee
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Tensor2Robot

Distributed machine learning infrastructure for large-scale robotics research - google-research/tensor2robot

On May 9, 2019
@Miles_Brundage shared
RT @pabbeel: New BAIR Blog Post by Anusha Nagabandi and Ignasi Clavera covering this work, collaboration with @svlevine and @chelseabfinn. Includes real robot results. https://t.co/RpEDNfkylI https://t.co/SpO85nzQCz
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Robotics

On May 10, 2019
@IEEESpectrum shared
Drone delivery inside your home. https://t.co/JFJZZ5I30E
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On May 10, 2019
@IEEESpectrum shared
Drone delivery inside your home. https://t.co/JFJZZ5I30E
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On May 7, 2019
@ericoguizzo shared
This Robot Hummingbird Is Almost as Agile as the Real Thing https://t.co/HgcP5K1fqE
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This Robot Hummingbird Is Almost as Agile as the Real Thing

Purdue roboticists have built a bio-inspired micro air vehicle that flies much like a real hummingbird

On May 10, 2019
@RobotLaunch shared
svrobo: RT OpenRoboticsOrg: Microsoft is bringing the Robot Operating System to Windows 10 https://t.co/UcckngisnM via ZDNet & maryjofoley rosorg #robotics
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Microsoft is bringing the Robot Operating System to Windows 10

Microsoft is bringing ROS, a set of libraries and tools for building complex robots, to Windows and Azure.

On May 7, 2019
@ericoguizzo shared
This Robot Hummingbird Is Almost as Agile as the Real Thing https://t.co/HgcP5K1fqE
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This Robot Hummingbird Is Almost as Agile as the Real Thing

Purdue roboticists have built a bio-inspired micro air vehicle that flies much like a real hummingbird

On May 10, 2019
@RobotLaunch shared
svrobo: RT OpenRoboticsOrg: Microsoft is bringing the Robot Operating System to Windows 10 https://t.co/UcckngisnM via ZDNet & maryjofoley rosorg #robotics
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Microsoft is bringing the Robot Operating System to Windows 10

Microsoft is bringing ROS, a set of libraries and tools for building complex robots, to Windows and Azure.

Ethics

On May 12, 2019
@CSERCambridge shared
RT @FLIxrisk: A new report from @PAXforpeace looks in-depth at how 7 key countries — the US, China, Russia, the UK, France, Israel, & South Korea — are weaponizing #AI. We've summarized their key points: https://t.co/HSrb9vfjFI https://t.co/aVCovMPOMr
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State of AI: Artificial Intelligence, the Military and Increasingly Autonomous Weapons

As artificial intelligence works its way into industries like healthcare and finance, governments around the world are increasingly investing in another of its applications: autonomous ...

On May 11, 2019
@PKathrani shared
Giving citizenship to bots https://t.co/e43969HdCC @JohnAFlood @David_Gunkel @EmergTechEthics @PabloRedux @sd_marlow
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Giving citizenship to bots

The crypto friendly island of Malta wants to give civil liberties to bots and other forms of artificial intelligence. Some experts say this is a profoundly bad idea.

On May 12, 2019
@CSERCambridge shared
RT @FLIxrisk: To learn more about how the @UN is handling the issue of lethal autonomous weapons, check out this article from @BulletinAtomic by FLI's @ArielConn. https://t.co/sdfriMQRB2 https://t.co/EcNyzNKlJ3
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The United Nations and the future of warfare

The United Nations has debated whether to ban lethal autonomous weapons for years now. As countries make rapid progress in the autonomous capabilities of weapons systems, will any ban be ...

Applied Use Cases

On May 14, 2019
@thinkmariya shared
RT @chipro: Top trends I saw at #ICLR2019 include the rise of unsupervised representation learning, RNN losing its luster, GANs still dominating, RL moving towards meta-learning, the return of old school ideas. Great conference for not only ideas but also motivation https://t.co/gmqbnfXgly
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Top 8 trends from ICLR 2019

Disclaimer: This post doesn’t reflect the view of any of the organizations I’m associated with and is probably peppered with my personal and institutional bi...

On May 12, 2019
@Miles_Brundage shared
RT @apilipis: Thrilled to have our Grid Resilience & Intelligence Platform (GRIP) featured in today's @nytimes piece on AI & Climate! GRIP is a $6M project funded by @ENERGY led by @SLAClab w/ @BerkeleyLab @NRECANews @PacketizedE @PresenceProdGrp @Theteamatx @SCE: https://t.co/lXrnfBZZh1
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How A.I. Can Help Handle Severe Weather

Researchers from industry, academia and government agencies are finding new ways to repair the problems of hurricanes, flooding, drought and wildfires.

On May 9, 2019
@johnchavens shared
RT @SwissCognitive: From automated medical procedure to #SelfDrivingVehicles, #AI has demonstrated its implications on every single application. But what really is driving the #ArtificialIntelligence? @alexjc @fabiomoioli @johnchavens @petitegeek @SnapMunk https://t.co/pPVtFvoZZ3
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Top 5 Factors Driving Development of Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Big Data

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (ML) joined with consistently expanding measures of big data are changing our business and social landscapes. AI has demonstrated its ...