Top news of the week: 26.10.2021.
Robotics
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..
Google starts licensing Stadia tech to other companies
AT&T wireless customers can stream 'Batman: Arkham Knight' for free...
Research
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 ...
Hierarchical Skills for Efficient Exploration
Abstract In reinforcement learning, pre-trained low-level skills have the potential to greatly facilitate …
Applied Use Cases
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.
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
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
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
How AI is reinventing what computers are
Three key ways artificial intelligence is changing what it means to compute.
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
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 ...
France to enable rapid market access for digital therapeutics
Emmanuel Macron announced plans to replicate Germany’s DiGA Fast Track process.
Cybersecurity
Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Finance
How is artificial intelligence (AI) being used by finance professionals? See how here:
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.