Top news of the week: 21.04.2020.

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Robotics

On Apr 18, 2020
@RobotLaunch shared
svrobo: Community, Art and the Vernacular in Technological Ecosystems - #HRI2020 Keynote with Stephanie Dinkins https://t.co/QmwEZqTmzW https://t.co/JAQzPdvt2l
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HRI 2020 Keynote: Stephanie Dinkins

HRI 2020 Keynote: Stephanie Dinkins

HRI 2020 Keynote: Stephanie Dinkins

On Apr 15, 2020
@veobot shared
RT @MMSOnline: Cutting through buzzwords and broad generalizations is key to investing in technology like artificial intelligence intelligently. https://t.co/hLQkfw4KOD https://t.co/DyPjpv6aRl
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What Makes Smart Robots Smart?

What Makes Smart Robots Smart?

How manufacturing technology “thinks,” and the extent to which it should, are critical considerations in applying artificial intelligence intelligently.>

Research

On Apr 16, 2020
@erichorvitz shared
Meet the 2020 Microsoft Research Faculty Fellows https://t.co/zn0YK5tv5g. Fabulous group of folks, early in their career trajectories, working on intriguing, challenging problems & making impt contributions @compcomcon @TheOfficialACM @Cornell @Stanford @UWMadison @msftresearch
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Microsoft Research Faculty Fellowship 2020: Researchers in academia at the forefront of technology

Microsoft Research Faculty Fellowship 2020: Researchers in academia at the forefront of technology

  The Microsoft Research Faculty Fellowship recognizes innovative, promising new faculty, whose exceptional talent for research and innovation identifies them as emerging leaders in their ...

On Apr 16, 2020
@xamat shared
RT @StanfordHAI: From crowdsourcing COVID-19 solutions to the search for a vaccine, AI has played a role in the battle against the pandemic. https://t.co/ZdDKL4jfjU
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Treating COVID-19: How Researchers Are Using AI to Scale Care, Find Cures, and Crowdsource Solutions

Treating COVID-19: How Researchers Are Using AI to Scale Care, Find Cures, and Crowdsource Solutions

Experts offer insights on combating the coronavirus during Stanford HAI's COVID-19 and AI Conference.

Applied Use Cases

On Apr 18, 2020
@AdamSerwer shared
RT @TheAtlantic: Facebook wired a machine into electoral decision making, and the Trump campaign knew exactly how to use it, @ibogost and @alexismadrigal report. https://t.co/q4CMb8YFqc
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How Facebook Works for Trump

How Facebook Works for Trump

Donald Trump won the presidency by using the social network’s advertising machinery in exactly the way the company wanted. He’s poised to do it again.

On Apr 20, 2020
@AINowInstitute shared
RT @ambaonadventure: We wrote a (long) thing on the use of tech tools to "police" the pandemic in India, tracing its colonial origins. Tech placebos could distract from major gaps in the medical & data infrastructure these tools will depend on to work https://t.co/thkDHveimU w/ @divijualsuspect
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India’s digital response to COVID-19 risks inefficacy, exclusion and discrimination

India’s digital response to COVID-19 risks inefficacy, exclusion and discrimination

Beyond privacy concerns, narratives of technological efficiency of India's COVID-19 apps also mask the discriminatory and punitive usage of these tools.

Ethics

On Apr 18, 2020
@johnchavens shared
AI researchers propose ‘bias bounties’ to put ethics principles into practice https://t.co/qXJDiHX7IM via @VentureBeat
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AI researchers propose ‘bias bounties’ to put ethics principles into practice

AI researchers propose ‘bias bounties’ to put ethics principles into practice

AI researchers from 30 organizations propose a toolkit for turning ethics principles into practice, including implementing "bias bounties" for AI.

On Apr 17, 2020
@KayFButterfield shared
RT @HelenMargetts: Come work with us (well, virtually to start)! We need 2 Ethics Fellows in the Public Policy Programme https://t.co/JkewyPtzw1 @ The Alan Turing Institute @turinginst to help us advance the ethics of data science & AI for public policy & service delivery https://t.co/S4M1KsJjqo
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Public policy

Public policy

Introduction The public policy programme works alongside policy makers to explore how data-driven public service …

Marketing

On Apr 20, 2020
@MotivaHQ shared
AI Still Thinks More Than It Knows: Three Marketing Missteps To Avoid via @Forbes https://t.co/kQAXHwM4D7 https://t.co/1Nrx9rPWE8
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AI Still Thinks More Than It Knows: Three Marketing Missteps To Avoid

AI Still Thinks More Than It Knows: Three Marketing Missteps To Avoid

It’s all too easy to believe AI eliminates the need to think critically about what we’re doing.

On Apr 20, 2020
@RAlexJimenez shared
Urgency without Clarity on #DigitalTransformation https://t.co/mSGE99S9JI @marketoonist | @tomfishburne #innovation
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urgency without clarity on digital transformation

urgency without clarity on digital transformation

My cartoon last week on the COVID-19 digital transformation wrecking ball seems to have touched a nerve. That cartoon was shared and licensed more than just about any cartoon I've created ...

Healthcare

On Apr 16, 2020
@vishalpanchal85 shared
RT @terence_mills: #Healthcare is a wide open ocean of opportunity for an intelligent system of engagement that solves business problems for providers and payers alike https://t.co/odSPaznU81 @Forbes #AI #ML #BigData cc @ahier @EvanKirstel @KirkDBorne @SpirosMargaris @MikeQuindazzi @Ronald_vanLoon
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On Apr 16, 2020
@Doctor_V shared
RT @AndrewYNg: One of the fastest-growing AI applications is medicine. I'm excited to announce Courses 1&2 of @deeplearningai_‘s new AI For Medicine Specialization are now available on @Coursera! You’ll learn to diagnose from X-rays and build your own prognostic models: https://t.co/EyxhcWRs4p
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AI for Medicine Specialization

AI for Medicine Specialization

Learn AI for Medicine from deeplearning.ai. AI is transforming the practice of medicine. It’s helping doctors diagnose patients more accurately, make predictions about patients’ future ...

Cybersecurity

On Apr 20, 2020
@mclynd shared
RT @AudreyDesisto: Leveraging AI to Battle This Pandemic — And The Next One https://t.co/sHUPNgD8Xj via @HarvardBiz #AI #Technology #Healthcare #coronavirus #COVID19 #TechTrends #ML #Privacy #CyberSecurity cc: @sallyeaves @cybersecboardrm @mdkail @BosBorn1 @mclynd @Kevin_Jackson https://t.co/mfNDDYpD90
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Leveraging AI to Battle This Pandemic — And The Next One

Leveraging AI to Battle This Pandemic — And The Next One

We may need to rethink the rules around data sharing.

On Apr 16, 2020
@ChuckDBrooks shared
RT @cybersecboardrm: How hackers can use AI to hide their malware and target you https://t.co/ooHwNtkv9d #CyberSecurity #cybercrime #hackers #infosec #AI #malware https://t.co/B0ofPPnfkd
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How hackers can use AI to hide their malware and target you

How hackers can use AI to hide their malware and target you

Hackers can use the same technology powering your appliances to create smart AI-powered malware can identify and prey upon its target.