Top news of the week: 04.05.2021.
Robotics
Robot that can cook a paella is causing quite a stir in Spain
While paella purists may blanch at prospect, creator of robotic arm insists it’s just another labour-saving device
Shhhh, they’re listening: Inside the coming voice-profiling revolution
Marketers are on the verge of using AI-powered technology to make decisions about who you are and what you want based purely on the sound of your voice.
Research
Jax (Flax) RL
Jax (Flax) implementation of algorithms for Deep Reinforcement Learning with continuous action spaces. - ikostrikov/jax-rl
Is Natural Language Processing Ready to Take on Legal Hearings?
AI can help us read tens of thousands of case records within minutes, but some key Natural Language Processing challenges remain.
Applied Use Cases
Artificial Intelligence Is Misreading Human Emotion
There is no good evidence that facial expressions reveal a person’s feelings. But big tech companies want you to believe otherwise.
Yet another Google AI leader has defected to Apple
He will work under John Giannandrea, who also left Google for Apple.
Ethics
Interview with Steven Umbrello: Ethics, Technology, and the Future of Work
To explore these issues further, we sat down with the IEET’s Managing Director Steven Umbrello.
Artificial Intelligence for a Better Future
This open access book offers a novel conceptualization of the AI ethics debate by applying the discourse of innovation ecosystems to AI...
Marketing
The Financial Brand Launches Neobank Tracker
The Financial Brand, an online resource for retail banking, has launched the Neobank Tracker, a free, public online database that is indexed and searchable.
Data was the new oil, until the oil caught fire
We’ve been hearing how “data is the new oil” for more than a decade now, and in certain sectors, it’s a maxim that has more than panned out. From marketing and logistics to finance and ...
Healthcare
How to help C-suite leaders and clinicians trust artificial intelligence
A healthcare AI expert offers advice to help health system CEOs and CIOs, physicians and nurses appreciate the promise of burgeoning machine learning technologies.
Exploring health care disparities in minority populations
In recognition of National Minority Health Month, a number of Mayo Clinic experts participated in a virtual Mayo Clinic media [...]
Cybersecurity
Artificial Intelligence Trends in 2021
Because of their unconventional capacity to astound, spellbind, and scaring simultaneously, AI and ML are innovations that ought to be on…
Accenture acquires French cybersecurity firm Openminded
The bid is aimed at expanding Accenture’s European footprint.