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Top news of the week: 26.10.2021.

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Robotics

@engadget shared
On Oct 20, 2021
Egyptian authorities 'detain' robotic artist for 10 days over espionage fears https://t.co/VVOtGx2eMX https://t.co/bj80LQmByK
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Egyptian authorities 'detain' robotic artist for 10 days over espionage fears

Egyptian authorities 'detain' robotic artist for 10 days over espionage fears

Egyptian authorities detained a robotic artist and her human handler for 10 days over fears that he was actually a sophisticated spying device..

@engadget shared
On Oct 21, 2021
Google starts licensing Stadia tech to other companies https://t.co/t0SqBwP2Yz https://t.co/uE7XE3zTCP
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Google starts licensing Stadia tech to other companies

Google starts licensing Stadia tech to other companies

AT&T wireless customers can stream 'Batman: Arkham Knight' for free...

Research

@weballergy shared
On Oct 25, 2021
RT @hardmaru: Under the right conditions, an unsupervised neural net absorbing a sufficient amount of diversified experiences may lead to a general understanding of its data, meta-learning, and perhaps even a consciousness to emerge! Fascinating article by @ericjang11. https://t.co/xzjeakmSgb
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Just Ask for Generalization

Just Ask for Generalization

This blog post outlines a key engineering principle I’ve come to believe strongly in for building general AI systems with deep learning. This principle guides my present-day research tastes ...

@ylecun shared
On Oct 22, 2021
RT @jnsgehring: Excited to announce our upcoming NeurIPS paper on unsup. skill discovery (w/ @syhw, @arkrause, Nicolas Usunier)! It's time to move beyond navigation in continuous control, so here's a new benchmark and an effective hierarchical skill discovery method: https://t.co/nwyOdlM4zs 1/4 https://t.co/C09rGksnVM
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Hierarchical Skills for Efficient Exploration

Hierarchical Skills for Efficient Exploration

Abstract In reinforcement learning, pre-trained low-level skills have the potential to greatly facilitate …

Applied Use Cases

@andersen shared
On Oct 22, 2021
RT @ibogost: For ages now, an idea has been echoing through my brain: People aren’t meant to talk to one another this much. That, I think, is the fundamental problem with the internet today. I finally wrote about it. https://t.co/YberoyQCws
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People Aren’t Meant to Talk This Much

People Aren’t Meant to Talk This Much

Breaking up social-media companies is one way to fix them. Shutting their users up is a better one.

@kaliouby shared
On Oct 22, 2021
Excited to be part of @RadInstitute’s #ScienceSymposium today chatting all about #AI & #AIEthics. As AI is rapidly permeating many facets of our lives, we HAVE to ask the practical, political & philosophical qs. about humans & their interaction Register👇 https://t.co/FwMPQJ87th
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Decoding AI: The Science, Policies, Applications, and Ethics of Artificial Intelligence

Decoding AI: The Science, Policies, Applications, and Ethics of Artificial Intelligence

The Harvard Radcliffe Institute Science Symposium will examine artificial intelligence (AI), its impact, and its ethics by exploring current and potential applications of AI in a range of ...

Ethics

@EleHrwch shared
On Oct 21, 2021
RT @Reema__Patel: It was a real pleasure to have been part of the grant review process for these bids - but the real stars here are the excellent @Brhmie and @joshkeith plus also @sobia_r for doing such great work on this strand of work led by @HealthFdn and @NHSX! https://t.co/JNvK5EcyG5
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AI projects to tackle racial inequality in UK healthcare, says Javid

AI projects to tackle racial inequality in UK healthcare, says Javid

Health secretary signs up to hi-tech schemes countering health disparities and reflecting minority ethnic groups’ data

@erikbryn shared
On Oct 23, 2021
On November 9-10, @StanfordHAI will host a major conference on Policy and AI. It will feature Four Radical Proposals for Better Society. Here's an interview with @DanHo1 and me discussing the conference: https://t.co/kycW8INsr7
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Four Radical Policy Proposals to Shape AI’s Impact on Society

Four Radical Policy Proposals to Shape AI’s Impact on Society

The Stanford HAI Fall Conference will debate data cooperatives, algorithmic audits, and more.

Marketing

@techreview shared
On Oct 22, 2021
Three key ways artificial intelligence is changing what it means to compute. https://t.co/ROTsHDiYWs
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How AI is reinventing what computers are

How AI is reinventing what computers are

Three key ways artificial intelligence is changing what it means to compute.

@JimMarous shared
On Oct 25, 2021
RT @DeepLearn007: My Article: The Journey of #AI & #MachineLearning @BBNTimes_en https://t.co/Clj2FUlXpS @sallyeaves @pierrepinna @Xbond49 @SpirosMargaris @JimMarous @jblefevre60 @Nicochan33 @HaroldSinnott @gvalan @Shi4Tech @PawlowskiMario @debashis_dutta #DeepLearning #DataScience #Fintech #5G https://t.co/VchgxWuIxm
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The Journey of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

The Journey of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly affecting the world around us. It is increasingly making an impact in retail, financial services, along with other sectors of the

Healthcare

@SerrahL shared
On Oct 22, 2021
French government to invest €650 million in digital health https://t.co/OiBxmmsqkD
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French government to invest €650 million in digital health

French government to invest €650 million in digital health

France has the potential to be a "leader in digital health", Health Minister Olivier Véran has said, announcing an investment plan of €650 million, divided into five axes, to accelerate the ...

@Berci shared
On Oct 21, 2021
Kudos to French policy makers for this bold step trying to replicate Germany's fast track process of adopting digital health technologies. This is what I talked about the other day. Many innovations get published but not so many reach patients... 👉https://t.co/oTUjth5P6C https://t.co/BubmDcCSUQ
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France to enable rapid market access for digital therapeutics

France to enable rapid market access for digital therapeutics

Emmanuel Macron announced plans to replicate Germany’s DiGA Fast Track process.

Cybersecurity

@ipfconline1 shared
On Oct 26, 2021
RT @Xbond49: 🏛 #ArtificialIntelligence (#AI) in #Finance https://t.co/TupWnvbOzt #fintech #NLP #Algorithm #DataScience @DeepLearn007 @efipm @sallyeaves @JimMarous @TheRudinGroup @ipfconline1 @FinMKTG @SimonCocking @psb_dc @Shi4Tech @andi_staub @BetaMoroney @Nicochan33 @jblefevre60 @AkwyZ
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Finance

Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Finance

How is artificial intelligence (AI) being used by finance professionals? See how here:

@cybersecboardrm shared
On Oct 25, 2021
How We Can Narrow the Talent Shortage in Cybersecurity #Cybersecurity #security https://t.co/hvmAqKOorP
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How We Can Narrow the Talent Shortage in Cybersecurity

How We Can Narrow the Talent Shortage in Cybersecurity

Filling crucial roles in cybersecurity and addressing the talent shortage requires rethinking who qualifies as a "cybersecurity professional" and rewriting traditional job descriptions.