Top news of the week: 19.10.2021.
Robotics
Ghost Robotics strapped a gun to its robot dog
The company has previously made other machines for the military as well..
Celebrating Ada Lovelace Day and more
There's so much this month! I'm just going to get this newsletter out and hope to see you at one of our in person (or online) events! Happy Ada Lovelace Day!!
Research
SaLinA: SaLinA - A Flexible and Simple Library for Learning Sequential Agents (including Reinforcement Learning)
a Lightweight library for sequential learning agents, including reinforcement learning - GitHub - facebookresearch/salina: a Lightweight library for sequential learning agents, including ...
Deepmind
We research and build safe artificial intelligence systems. Our goal is to solve intelligence and advance scientifical discovery for all. We're a team of scientists, engineers, machine ...
Applied Use Cases
Facebook’s policing of vitriol is even more lackluster outside the US, critics say
Digital activists around the world are urging Facebook to take seriously how its algorithm incites misinformation and ethnic violence
Responsible-AI-Widgets
This project provides responsible AI user interfaces for Fairlearn, interpret-community, and Error Analysis, as well as foundational building blocks that they rely on. - GitHub - ...
Ethics
Facebook's Fall From Grace Looks a Lot Like Ford's
Before there was Big Tech, there were auto companies that prioritized profits over safety—until a leaked memo made it clear regulation was the only cure.
Trustworthiness Auditing for AI
A multidisciplinary research and teaching department of the University of Oxford, dedicated to the social science of the Internet
Marketing
The 2021 machine learning, AI, and data landscape
The 2021 machine learning, AI, and data landscape is marked by explosive growth. Here are some key areas to watch.
Mage aims to be the ‘Stripe for AI;’ raises $6.3M for developer tools to build AI into apps
Product developers want to use AI, but don't always have the right tools to do it without relying on data scientists.
Healthcare
Mt. Sinai launches dedicated department of AI and human health
In another sign of the growing importance of AI in healthcare, the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has announced the launch of its Department of Artificial Intelligence and Human ...
Department of Artificial Intelligence and Human Health
New department is the first of its kind at a US medical school, dedicated to advancing artificial intelligence to transform healthcare.
Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity: Why organisations must intensify awareness
By Juliet Umeh From records, in the last one year, the cyber security threat landscape has evolved rapidly, and attacks have increased in number and
Announcing the 2021 CyberScoop 50 awards winners
Scoop News Group is thrilled to announce the winners of the 2021 CyberScoop 50 awards. Voters nominated and selected the most impactful leaders in government and the private sector who ...