Top news of the week: 11.05.2021.
Robotics
What’s New in Robotics? 05.05.2021
News briefs for the week take a look at a robot solution for retail out-of-stock’s massive $1 trillion inventory problem, smart robots sorting dumb trash, life-changing wearable robots for ...
Google's AI photo app uses crowdsourcing to preserve endangered languages
Google has unveiled an app, Woolaroo, that uses AI and crowdsourcing to preserve and foster endangered languages..
Research
Now DeepMind is using AI to transform football
The Alphabet-owned company is working with Liverpool to apply AI smarts to the high-stakes world of football tactics
It Began As an AI-Fueled Dungeon Game. It Got Much Darker
The game touted its use of the GPT-3 text generator. Then the algorithm started to generate disturbing stories, including sex scenes involving children.
Applied Use Cases
Why hasn’t Waymo expanded its driverless service? Here’s my theory
Suburban ride-hailing is a lousy business to be in.
PhD position Space-time Neural Memory Models and (Differential) Geometry
PhD position Space-time Neural Memory Models and (Differential) Geometry
Ethics
Managing the Risks of AI Research: Six Recommendations for Responsible Publication
Once a niche research interest, artificial intelligence (AI) has quickly become a pervasive aspect of society with increasing influence over our lives. In turn, open questions about this ...
Killer Robots and Value Sensitive Design with Steven Umbrello
Listen to this episode from The Radical AI Podcast on Spotify. What is Value Sensitive Design and how can it inform the development and deployment of killer robots and autonomous weapon ...
Marketing
Capital One’s Digital Diaspora: How One Bank Became A Wellspring Of CIO Talent For Many Companies
The financial giant used software to turn itself into a banking success story. Now more and more of its alumni are cropping up in IT leadership positions across the business world.
Marketing AI Institute Announces Chief Growth Officer, $1 Million Seed Round
/PRNewswire/ -- Marketing Artificial Intelligence Institute has appointed Cathy McPhillips to chief growth officer, and announced the closing of a $1 million...
Healthcare
WHO, Germany launch a global ‘pandemic and epidemic intelligence’ hub
The hub will lead data analytics innovations to predict, prevent, detect prepare for and respond to public health emergencies.
AI is ready to take on a massive healthcare challenge
Shortening the diagnostic journey and reducing the associated costs was, until recently, a moonshot challenge, but is now within reach. Technology and AI advances are combining to make ...
Cybersecurity
Industry 4.0: the fourth industrial revolution – guide to Industrie 4.0
Industry 4.0 is the evolution to cyber-physical systems, representing the fourth industrial revolution on the road to an end-to-end value chain with IoT and decentralized intelligence in ...
AI consumes a lot of energy. Hackers could make it consume more.
The latest generation of neural networks are vulnerable to a new kind of attack that makes them use too much energy.