AI, ML, Robots and Brains (6. - 12.5.2019)

Society

Facebook and Google's Fierce and Nerdy Rivalry Over A.I. Software

America may outsmart China in 5G with AI and blockchains

'Robopets' can benefit health and wellbeing of older care home residents

When the machines come for government jobs, will efficiency crush equity?

How to prepare students for the rise of artificial intelligence in the workforce

Low Computer Skills Make for an Uneven Race Against the Robots

Does artificial intelligence deserve the same ethical protections we give to animals?

People more likely to trust machines than humans with their private information

Setting a precedent in the use of artificial intelligence

Walmart's robot zips along in tech revolution that's raising big questions for workers

Algorithms

AI develops human-like number sense – taking us a step closer to building machines with general intelligence

A.I. Can Now Turn Your Thoughts Into Words and Images

Dataset bridges human vision and machine learning

Deep learning could reveal why the world works the way it does

Scientists Figured Out How to Make Neural Networks 90 Percent Smaller—but Just as Smart

Artificial intelligence improves power transmission

Mackmyra Whiskey Partners With Microsoft and Fourkind - AI-Generated Whisky

Lab builds autopilot software allowing UAVs to soar on thermals

Health

Novel artificial intelligence method predicts future risk of breast cancer

CMU researchers make transformational AI seem 'unremarkable'

Study: AI can detect depression in a child's speech

Machine learning reveals metabolic pathways disrupted by the drugs, offering new targets to combat resistance

Machine learning overtakes humans in predicting death or heart attack

Artificial intelligence could prevent unneeded tests in patients with stable chest pain

Is Artificial Intelligence the future of Health Analytics? *

Robots

Six ways robots are used today that you probably didn't know about

NASA is designing flexible robots that could find a home on Mars

Here's the autonomous robot Ford built. It's one of the company's newest employees at a factory in Spain

Autonomous boat makes oyster run

Training AI to win a dogfight

Hummingbird robot uses AI to soon go where drones can't

Study explores the use of robots and artificial intelligence to understand the deep-sea

Drones can be crucial for search and rescue teams. So why don't we use them more?

Root AI unveils its tomato-picking robot Virgo

Cars

Tesla cars can now order parts for itself when in need of service repair

GM Cruise autonomous vehicle unit gets $1.15B investment

Watch a Tesla Model 3 quickly swerve on its own to avoid an accident at the last second

Waymo defends laser sensors after Elon Musk drags them

China’s Robocars Are Being Lapped By Their U.S. Competitors

Believing machines can out-do people may fuel acceptance of self-driving cars

Tesla's Robotaxi service will be an inevitable player in the autonomous taxi race

Tesla Autopilot saves innocent rabbit from potential roadkill scenario

Hardware

An all-optical neural network on a single chip

Brains

Paper wasps capable of behavior that resembles logical reasoning

Research clarifies role of posterior parietal cortex in decision-making 

Scientists locate brain area where value decisions are made

How to generate a brain of correct size and composition

Mathematical framework explores how the brain keeps a beat