Top news of the week: 10.08.2021.
Robotics
Boris Krumrey explains UiPath's dream of a robot for every office worker The Robot Brains Podcast
Show The Robot Brains Podcast, Ep Boris Krumrey explains UiPath's dream of a robot for every office worker - Aug 4, 2021
China Targets the Robotaxi Industry
Friendly regulatory environment bolsters efforts by 70 companies, including Baidu, Alibaba
Research
How to avoid machine learning pitfalls: a guide for academic researchers
This document gives a concise outline of some of the common mistakes that occur when using machine learning techniques, and what can be done to avoid them. It is intended primarily as a ...
Machine Learning for Creativity and Design
NeurIPS 2021 Workshop
Applied Use Cases
Bosch turns to Fetch.ai’s Collective Learning network for ‘AIoT’ trials
Engineering giant Bosch is turning to Cambridge-based startup Fetch.ai for innovative “AIoT” trials.
Airtable: The $7.7B Roblox of the Enterprise
At more than $100M ARR, we estimate spreadsheet-database hybrid Airtable, co-founded by CEO Howie Liu, to have a valuation at $7.7B based on their last round's 67x ARR multiple.
Ethics
(Un)Seeing China through Platform Trace Data
A guest post by Angela Xiao Wu. Angela is an Assistant Professor in Media, Culture, and Communication at New York University. She uses…
The Impact Summit
Inspiring and empowering young engineers to build a better world. We host a summit, coalition, fellowship program, and much more!
Marketing
How to do machine learning without an army of data scientists
Commentary: Machine learning is still harder than it needs to be. The open-source tool ModelDB and the ML model management platform Verta can help.
Looking for work? Here’s how to write a résumé that an AI will love.
Once you optimize your résumé, you may want to practice interviewing with an AI too.
Healthcare
As HIMSS approaches, plans for health tech’s biggest gathering are clashing with Covid-19 concerns
HIMSS is scheduled to begin Monday in Las Vegas. But the weeklong conference is unfolding amid a rising wave of Covid-19 cases.
Addressing AI bias with an algorithmic 'nutrition label'
Dr. John Halamka, in his HIMSS21 Digital session, proposes a public-private collaboration of government, academia and industry to take on the challenge of transparency in machine learning.
Cybersecurity
AI Wrote Better Phishing Emails Than Humans in a Recent Test
Researchers found that tools like OpenAI's GPT-3 helped craft devilishly effective spearphishing messages.
Why AI isn't the only answer to cybersecurity [Q&A]
Read about any new cybersecurity product today and the chances are that it will be keen to stress its use of AI in some form.