Top news of the week: 04.08.2020.
#AI #femtech #LearnAI #AIAcademy #Cybersecurity #pharma #diversityinSTEM #STEM #Space #Robotics
Robotics
RT @WeeklyRobotics: This week in WR: Perseverance lift-off (!) and an open source Mars Rover project, using brushless motors in prosthesis design, human-controlled robot shaving, European Global Navigation Satellite Systems Agency competition and more!
https://t.co/S71z7bIZML
#Robotics #ROS #Space https://t.co/Gwhb3W4iIm
OpenWeekly Robotics #102
This week in WR: Perseverance lift-off (!) and an open source Mars Rover project you can probably build at home, using brushless motors in prosthesis design, human-controlled robot shaving, ...
Imagine a car going into "soothe" mode by playing relaxing music because it senses a driver's road rage. Would this be helpful or weird? 🤷 https://t.co/mQEVs6wywy
OpenCars Will Soon Be Able to Sense and React to Your Emotions
It wouldn’t just be a matter of your car soothing you when you’re upset—its sensors, camera, and microphone could collect all kinds of data about you.
Research
Philosophers On GPT-3
“It has many limitations and its work is full of glitches and mistakes. But the point is not so much GPT-3 but where it is going. Given the progress from GPT-2 to GPT-3, who knows what we can expect from GPT-4 and beyond?”
https://t.co/Rkz6IRueZm
OpenPhilosophers On GPT-3
Nine philosophers explore the various issues and questions raised by the newly released language model, GPT-3, in this edition of Philosophers On, guest edited by Annette Zimmerman. ...
RT @seb_ruder: Why You Should Do NLP Beyond English
7000+ languages are spoken around the world but NLP research has mostly focused on English. In this post, I give an overview of why you should work on languages other than English.
https://t.co/Nj0hk61ZXA
OpenWhy You Should Do NLP Beyond English
7000+ languages are spoken around the world but NLP research has mostly focused on English. This post outlines why you should work on languages other than English.
Applied Use Cases
Applications are now open for @OpenAI's Fall 2020 Scholars program, where underrepresented groups in STEM get to study deep learning full-time for 6 months.
Apply here by Sep. 8: https://t.co/jCcRLtoNJf
#diversityinSTEM #DiversityandInclusion #STEM #latinainSTEM #blackinstem https://t.co/SgH03zVIB1
OpenOpenAI Scholars Program: Fall 2020
We are now accepting applications for our fourth cohort of OpenAI Scholars. In this program, we will provide stipends and mentorship to 10 individuals from underrepresented groups in ...
just read this. learned a few things about Alibaba's CityBrain.
but taking Kratsios' line about "Western values" embedded in A.I. at face value? come on
https://t.co/NIqgEWuhVN
OpenChina Is What Orwell Feared
Xi Jinping is using artificial intelligence to enhance his government’s totalitarian control—and he’s exporting this technology to regimes around the globe.
Ethics
RT @_KarenHao: When people talk about "unintended consequences," says @png_marie, it sounds like they're saying the consequences couldn't have been predicted. But AI's unintended consequences are in fact highly predictable if you just look back at history. https://t.co/AzIqL0dKSY
OpenThe problems AI has today go back centuries
In March of 2015, protests broke out at the University of Cape Town in South Africa over the campus statue of British colonialist Cecil Rhodes. Rhodes, a mining magnate who had gifted the ...
RT @OttoSahlgren: @JoniKamarainen @RosalindPicard @lexfridman Tähän liittyen tuore raportti: https://t.co/OsiwYXq7QX
OpenThe Ethics of AI and Emotional Intelligence
This report is about artificial intelligence that targets emotions or other affective states and the ethical issues that it raises. It is for anyone who is thinking about how, as a society, ...
Marketing
RT @paulroetzer: Machine Learning 101 for Marketers with @jimsterne is one of our 5 certification courses now available on-demand in AI Academy for Marketers! #LearnAI #AIAcademy https://t.co/CEpJAJ7tqb
OpenMachine Learning 101 for Marketers
In this course, you will learn what machine learning is and how it works, discover how machine learning can drive performance in marketing and sales, and gain actionable insights on how to ...
How Can #AI and #ML Transform the Way We Read and Understand Data?
https://t.co/LX0F1B5FtY
#innovation
OpenHow Can AI and ML Transform the Way We Read and Understand Data?
Today's business is ruled by data and data-driven understanding. Understand data to interpret business decisions leading to business conversion and growth.
Healthcare
Femtech is expansive—it’s time to start treating it as such. A new report from @rock_health. https://t.co/0oii7Y6HiY #women #digitalhealth #pharma #femtech
OpenFemtech is expansive—it’s time to start treating it as such
We're powering the future of healthcare. Rock Health is a seed and early-stage venture fund that supports startups building the next generation of technologies transforming healthcare.
The real time health system: adapting healthcare to the new normal. #Interoperability https://t.co/PN1BHRUIF1
OpenThe real time health system: adapting healthcare to the new normal
A healthcare system in which stakeholders share, adopt and apply medical knowledge in real time enables improved care, accelerated workflows, streamlined business processes and a better ...
Cybersecurity
Mimecast acquires MessageControl
Mimecast has acquired MessageControl, a messaging security provider with solutions designed to help stop social engineering and human identity attacks.
Mimecast acquires communication security provider MessageControl https://t.co/T4o5wA3EUr
#CyberSecurity #digital #Hackers #infosec @reach2ratan #malware #cloud #cloudsecurity #dataprotection #Privacy #infosec https://t.co/e741m6dWVJ
OpenMimecast acquires communication security provider MessageControl
The email and data security firm says the deal will help protect customers against phishing campaigns.