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Top news of the week: 29.06.2021.

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Robotics

@RobotLaunch shared
On Jun 24, 2021
svrobo: Here's my 500 word quick take on the state of robotics and the future of work! via Global Aussies - https://t.co/OPw7YnWbeD https://t.co/BLPwhHcSum
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#GlobalAussies: Robotics expert Andra Keay is helping Aussie deep tech startups go global

#GlobalAussies: Robotics expert Andra Keay is helping Aussie deep tech startups go global

Andra is an Advance member based in California, who's continuously growing opportunities for Australia on the global stage. She discusses her journey and provides some tips to help ...

@engadget shared
On Jun 24, 2021
What Neuralink and other BCIs can and can't do https://t.co/KR4AuTmAZ6 https://t.co/BPgj5lP0e8
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What Neuralink and other BCIs can and can't do

What Neuralink and other BCIs can and can't do

Elon Musk's BCI startup wants to make people more than human by putting computers in their heads but a number of neurology researchers aren’t quite so bullish on these fantastical promises..

Research

@deliprao shared
On Jun 22, 2021
RT @GoogleAI: Today, we are announcing the open source release of DeepLab2, a modern TensorFlow library for deep labeling that aims to facilitate future research on dense pixel labeling by providing a unified, state-of-the-art, and easy-to-use TensorFlow codebase → https://t.co/WOhaO7tl4S https://t.co/yZWti1OVCw
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google-research / deeplab2

google-research / deeplab2

DeepLab2 is a TensorFlow library for deep labeling, aiming to provide a unified and state-of-the-art TensorFlow codebase for dense pixel labeling tasks. - google-research/deeplab2

@mxlearn shared
On Jun 26, 2021
[R] Machine Learning with Applications journal on Elsevier https://t.co/zkpLuqLPM9
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Applied Use Cases

@davegershgorn shared
On Jun 28, 2021
RT @ByronTau: Gig work comes to intelligence and surveillance. Micro-tasking app Premise Data recruited thousands around the world to do basic tasks for small payments. But one of its clients is the Pentagon, which is tasking users and harvesting the data. https://t.co/17petYxXkV
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App Taps Unwitting Users Abroad to Gather Open-Source Intelligence

App Taps Unwitting Users Abroad to Gather Open-Source Intelligence

The Premise app pays users, many in the developing world, to do tasks like taking photos and completing surveys for clients including the U.S. military.

@Miles_Brundage shared
On Jun 24, 2021
RT @timnitGebru: We (@cephaloponderer & I) are organizing a workshop at CVPR this Friday June 25 (website below) https://t.co/UXWtjFc4Hg If you're not attending CVPR & would like to attend our workshop please register below (free) so that we can send you the link. https://t.co/6o36ilUlSf
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Beyond Fairness: Towards a Just, Equitable, and Accountable Computer Vision

Beyond Fairness: Towards a Just, Equitable, and Accountable Computer Vision

Workshop to discuss works (and bringing invited speakers) hoping to move the computer vision field beyond the fairness rhetoric.

Ethics

@wimlds shared
On Jun 29, 2021
RT @mmitchell_ai: Great piece from @ShannonVallor discussing what AI ethics *really* is. "Right now the technological imagination is sterile...we are not feeding the moral and historical...imaginations of those pursuing advanced scientific and technical education." https://t.co/sxH6SwuDnS
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Mobilising the intellectual resources of the arts and humanities

Mobilising the intellectual resources of the arts and humanities

Challenging and redrawing framings of technology to serve human flourishing and justice

@RobMcCargow shared
On Jun 23, 2021
9 ethical #AI principles for organisations to follow | by @PwC colleagues @GolbinIlana & @maria_axente for @wef https://t.co/pnDCsNOvpR
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9 ethical AI principles for organizations to follow

9 ethical AI principles for organizations to follow

As organizations increasingly apply artificial intelligence, they must address ethical and moral concerns. This analysis proposes 9 ethical principles.

Marketing

@nigewillson shared
On Jun 24, 2021
Podcast: Hired by an algorithm https://t.co/2QT5nzVAWo #ai #ArtificialIntelligence #MachineLearning #DeepLearning #jobs #futureofwork #algorithm https://t.co/XHaUbS5pSC
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Podcast: Hired by an algorithm

Podcast: Hired by an algorithm

Major companies are turning to AI to screen applicants and predict future job performance.

@RAlexJimenez shared
On Jun 28, 2021
How WesternUnion is fighting back against fintech startups https://t.co/OUYV18fcUn #Fintech #Finserv #Banking
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How WesternUnion is fighting back against fintech startups

How WesternUnion is fighting back against fintech startups

The saying goes that, “You can’t teach an old dog new tricks.” That may or may not be true, but at least one “old dog” is working hard to disprove that saying. Western Union has been ...

Healthcare

@Colin_Hung shared
On Jun 24, 2021
RT @connectedmed: Leaders from @DukeMedSchool, @UPMC, and Realyze Intelligence think about the effectiveness and promising future use cases of #AI in #healthcare in the CCM’s Executive Outlook: Artificial Intelligence in Health Care. https://t.co/aeKuGnNy22 https://t.co/TfSO1oWFCP
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Executive Outlook: Artificial Intelligence in Health Care

Executive Outlook: Artificial Intelligence in Health Care

Experts address how health systems should harness the power of AI in new CCM report available to download.

@WIRED shared
On Jun 28, 2021
RT @LaurenGoode: Artificial intelligence is supposed to make medicine smarter. But what happens when it doesn't work as advertised? @tsimonite joins the @WIRED @gadgetlab #podcast to tell us about the perils of potentially flawed software in healthcare https://t.co/Higi3VU0KS
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The Alarming Blind Spots in Health Care AI

The Alarming Blind Spots in Health Care AI

Artificial intelligence promises to make medicine smarter. But what happens when these software systems don't work as advertised?

Cybersecurity

@WorldTrendsInfo shared
On Jun 27, 2021
RT @ipfconline1: Fourth Industrial Revolution Guide to #Industry40 https://t.co/Qgk4osmfNj @iscoopbiz #4IR #AI #Robots #DigitalTransformation #IoT #IIoT #Cloud #SmartCities Cc @AghiathChbib @Xbond49 @HeinzVHoenen @Droit_IA @albertogaruccio @diioannid @ingliguori @Nicochan33 @Fisher85M @avrohomg https://t.co/SiCLmZ8uJd
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Industry 4.0: the fourth industrial revolution – guide to Industrie 4.0

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 ...

@dws_ch shared
On Jun 26, 2021
Fact check: Quantum computing may transform cybersecurity eventually – but not yet https://t.co/8eSXOjzCqT
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Fact check: Quantum computing may transform cybersecurity eventually – but not yet

Fact check: Quantum computing may transform cybersecurity eventually – but not yet

Most organizations will need to protect their data from quantum codebreaking in the future. But when is too early (or too late) to buy?