IT links (15. - 21.7.2019)

New round of AWS Online Tech Talks - for July

Multiple ways how to access current directory in Java

The first signs of JDK 14 are starting to appear

Recent Java trends according to InfoQ

And how to enable preview features in Java?

AI, ML, Robots and Brains (1. - 7.7.2019)

Society

Building trust in artificial intelligence

Rise of the robots: Coming to a first-year Intro to Journalism class near you

Automated forklifts elevate firms' profit hopes

'Difficulties on the road to AI': man pours water on Baidu chief at conference

London police’s face recognition system gets it wrong 81% of the time

Wimbledon reworks AI tech to reduce bias in game highlights

James Lovelock: 'AI is a new form of life'

When convenience meets surveillance: AI at the corner store

Algorithms

Automated de novo molecular design by hybrid machine intelligence and rule-driven chemical synthesis

Machine detection of human-object interaction in images and videos

Using artificial intelligence to better predict severe weather

The answer to forecasting Bitcoin may lie in artificial intelligence

Computer scientists predict lightning and thunder with the help of artificial intelligence

Machine learning has been used to automatically translate long-lost languages

Researchers cast neural nets to simulate molecular motion

Deep-CEE: The AI deep learning tool helping astronomers explore deep space

Successful automatic landing with vision assisted navigation

With little training, machine-learning algorithms can uncover hidden scientific knowledge

AI-designed heat pumps consume less energy

Health

A new way to use the AI behind deepfakes could improve cancer diagnosis

Scientists claim to have developed world's first vaccine with artificial intelligence

Cardiologist Eric Topol: 'AI can restore the care in healthcare'

Robots

Sharing control with robots may make manufacturing safer, more efficient

Robot uses machine learning to harvest lettuce

How robots could help keep the lights on as climate change worsens

Cars

Are self-driving cars really the answer for older drivers?

Hardware

Waterproof artificial synapses for pattern recognition in organic environments

Portable polarization-sensitive camera could be used in machine vision, autonomous vehicles, security and more

Brains

Scientists track the source of the 'Uncanny Valley' in the brain

Unraveling the brain's reward circuits

Sleep readies synapses for learning

Stored in Synapses: How Scientists Completed a Map of the Roundworm’s Brain

Columbia researchers controlled the behavior in a mouse's brain with single-cell precision

AI, ML, Robots and Brains (10.6. - 30.6.2019)

Society

Facebook’s AI system can speak with Bill Gates’s voice

Deepfakes have got Congress panicking. This is what it needs to do.

Deepfakes may be a useful tool for spies

Experts: Spy used AI-generated face to connect with targets

'Deepfakes' called new election threat, with no easy fix

Schiff Calls ‘Deepfakes’ a Nightmarish Threat to 2020 Elections

Identifying a fake picture online is harder than you might think

Facebook has promised to leave up a deepfake video of Mark Zuckerberg

'Deepfakes' pose conundrum for Facebook, Zuckerberg says

Looking Closely at Deepfakes Helps Protect Against Them

Deepfakes of Canadian politicians emerge on YouTube

Why people will beat machines in recognizing speech for a long time

Too many businesses failing to properly embrace AI into processes, not reaping benefits

Should we tax robots? A debate.

Amazon speaks out in favor of regulating facial-recognition technology

Police cam maker nixes facial recognition deployment

How a century-old tech giant is making a comeback with AI

Using AI technology to prevent cyberbullying

A New Robot Questions How Creative AI and Machines Can Be

AI, robots, data software helping create new approach for planning cities of the future

US CEO hands Oxford University $189 million for AI studies

Here are 10 ways AI could help fight climate change

How humans and robots work side-by-side in Amazon fulfillment centers

New study suggests automation will not wipe out truck-driving jobs

The future of AI research is in Africa

Robots may care for you in old age—and your children will teach them

An AI app that “undressed” women shows how deepfakes harm the most vulnerable

San Francisco prosecutors turn to AI to reduce racial bias

Algorithms

Artificial intelligence-enhanced journalism offers a glimpse of the future of the knowledge economy

Researchers find connectivity more important that thought for specialized optimizing machines

Lettuce have it! Machine learning for cr-optimization

AI software reveals the inner workings of short-term memory

Machine behavior: A field of study to explore intelligent machines as independent agents

Translating university lectures in multiple languages

Artificial intelligence improves seismic analyses

Artificial intelligence sees construction site accidents before they happen

AI can tell when actors are kissing—and maybe when you are, too

Facebook has built stunning virtual spaces for its AI programs to explore

New AI system manages road infrastructure via Google Street View

Biological evolution inspires machine learning

Latest artificial intelligence research from China in Big Data

Adobe’s new AI tool can spot when a face has been Photoshopped

Detecting deepfakes by looking closely reveals a way to protect against them

Advancing AI for video: Startup launches powerful video processing platform

Predictive AI is the newest weapon in the battle to protect endangered animals

Machine learning is about to revolutionize the study of ancient games

Researchers develop 'vaccine' against attacks on machine learning

Machine learning unlocks mysteries of quantum physics

The intersection of vision and language

A new set of images that fool AI could help make it more hacker-proof

Neural networks taught to recognize similar objects on videos without accuracy degradation

Protecting emergency personnel: Platform shows potential of AI in hazardous environments

Setting the standard for machine learning

Machine learning reveals how strongly interacting electrons behave at atomic level

The first AI universe sim is fast and accurate -- and its creators don't know how it works

Algorithm designed to map universe, solve mysteries

Health

AI is getting smarter and creepier, and it can even predict when a person will die

Machine learning approach for low-dose CT imaging yields superior results

The 'AI turn' for digital health: A futuristic view

The whisper of schizophrenia: Machine learning finds 'sound' words predict psychosis

Scientists use machine learning to improve gut disease diagnosis: Machines use Google-type algorithms on biopsy images to help children get treatment faster

'Alexa, monitor my heart': Researchers develop first contactless cardiac arrest AI system for smart speakers

Artificial intelligence identifies 'kissing bugs' that spread Chagas disease

From one brain scan, more information for medical artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence could be 'game changer' in detecting, managing Alzheimer's disease

Artificial intelligence improves heart attack risk assessment

Machine learning makes a better Luke Skywalker hand

New AI tool captures top players' strategies in RNA video game

Robots

Anyone can program this cheap robot arm in just 15 minutes

Training robots to relieve chronic pain

The Next Generation of Robots Will Be Powered By Artificial Intelligence: Eye on A.I.

New energy-efficient algorithm keeps UAV swarms helping longer

The Latest: Airbus is ready for autonomous planes; are you?

Now your phone can become a robot that does the boring work

The first robot for scrubbing dishes will check each plate for dirt

Game of drones: Airports rally firms to battle threat from above

Robot traps ball without coding

'Robot blood' powers machines for lengthy tasks

Stanford researchers teach robots what humans want

Sandia's crawling robots, drones detect damage to save wind blades

For less than $200, engineering students built a realistic robotic fish

Study: Social robots can benefit hospitalized children

Tesco Working on Cashierless Stores as Competition With Amazon Heats Up

If you did the Mannequin Challenge, you are now advancing robotics research

A solar-powered robot bee shows how insect drones may take flight

Soft robots for all

Robot arm tastes with engineered bacteria

Safe, low-cost, modular, self-programming robots

Artificial intelligence controls robotic arm to pack boxes and cut costs

Cars

Driverless cars are going to disrupt the airline industry

As cars become increasingly driverless, people are already seeking analogue motoring experiences

Algorithm tells robots where nearby humans are headed

Florida law to allow autonomous cars—when they're ready

What's in a name? When it comes to trusting self-driving technology, a lot

Uber Trying to Steer Its Vision of Flying Cars Though Regulators

Uber will test unmanned aircraft at Fort Worth Alliance Airport's new technology zone

Uber, Volvo Cars launching new self-driving vehicle

Uber buys AI firm to advance push on autonomous cars

Fiat Chrysler taps Aurora for self-driving commercial vehicles

VW drops partnership with US self-driving car firm Aurora

Tesla's full self-driving technology is 'undervalued,' says Morgan Stanley

Tesla Arcade is priming us for the self-driving future, we just don't know it yet

Study: Tesla Autopilot misleading, overestimated more than similar technology

Ford opens Israel tech lab in move toward driverless cars

Walmart’s Kickstarting a $1 Trillion Driverless Delivery Market

Apple buys self-driving car startup Drive.ai

Apple’s Silence Hurts Efforts to Take Drivers Out of Cars

Hardware

Bill Gates just backed a chip startup that uses light to turbocharge AI

A new chip lets robots “imagine” their actions before they make a move

The world’s best supercomputers are being updated to run AI software faster

Brains

How the brain changes when mastering a new skill: Research reveals new neural activity patterns that emerge with long-term learning

Reaching and grasping -- Learning fine motor coordination changes the brain

Learning constrains further learning, neuroscientists find

Your nose knows when it comes to stronger memories

Learning from experience is all in the timing

Hidden brain signals behind working memory

Our brains appear uniquely tuned for musical pitch

Brain structure determines individual differences regarding music sensitivity

Small cluster of neurons is off-on switch for mouse songs

Poison dart frog brains can hold a mental map

Brain signals can reveal how “awake” a fly’s brain is

Bats' brains sync when they socialize

Fruit bats can transform echoes into images

Researchers model how octopus arms make decisions (+ video)

Color and orientation are jointly coded and spatially organized in primate primary visual cortex

What squid neurons and an octopus on ecstasy can teach us about ourselves

Snails show that variety is the key to success if you want to remember more

Frustrated fish give up thanks to glia, not just neurons

Pigs help scientists understand human brain

Scientists identify a novel neural circuit mediating visually evoked innate defensive responses

Breakthrough in understanding how human eyes process 3D motion

Going the distance: Brain cells for 3D vision discovered

Deciphering how the brain encodes color and shape

Rules of brain architecture revealed in large study of neuron shape & electrophysiology

Structural development of the brain

Studying the human brain through craniovascular traits

Understanding brain activity when you name what you see

Scientists closer to unraveling mechanisms of speech processing in the brain

'Goldilocks' neurons promote REM sleep

Researchers identify new hunger pathway in the brain

Culture shapes how we learn to reason?

Babies can learn link between language and ethnicity, study suggests

Mood neurons mature during adolescence

How the brain helps us make good decisions -- and bad ones

IT links (17.6. - 23.6.2019)

Two articles from JetBrains:

The state of developer ecosystem 2019 - Java

List of security vulnerabilities in JetBrains products

And another security issue - in official OpenJDK Docker images

Small reminder - Java Platform Module System - unfortunatelly there was not chance yet to use it

jcmd utility adds possibility to watch JVM events

Experience with Java apps running with Graal VM

And new GA version of Graal VM was released

Interesting summary of experience with TDD