AI, ML, Robots and Brains (27.4. - 3.5.2020)

Society

How AI is changing the customer experience

UK spies will need artificial intelligence - Rusi report

Study indicates artificial intelligence could help stem tide of school violence

AI in Africa: Teaching a bot to read my mum's texts

New AI enables teachers to rapidly develop intelligent tutoring systems

Covid-19 and the workforce: Critical workers, productivity, and the future of AI

Algorithms

Researchers use machine learning to unearth underground Instagram 'pods'

Catching nuclear smugglers: Fast algorithm could enable cost-effective detectors at borders

Quantum autoencoders to denoise quantum measurements

Facebook claims its new chatbot beats Google’s as the best in the world

A new machine learning method streamlines particle accelerator operations

Scientists suggest using machine learning to predict materials' properties

Machine learning enhances light–Matter interactions in dielectric nanostructures

Superfast method for ceramic manufacturing could open door to AI-driven material discovery

These pop songs were written by OpenAI’s deep-learning algorithm

Mathematicians use machine intelligence to map gene interactions

Health

NUS-led team develops artificial intelligence platform to combat infectious diseases

Google’s medical AI was super accurate in a lab. Real life was a different story.

Artificial intelligence could serve as backup to radiologists' eyes

RSNA AI challenge breaks new ground

AI-supported test for very early signs of glaucoma progression

Robots

Researchers propose flexible pressure sensor for human-machine interaction

Researchers help give robotic arms a steady hand for surgeries

Robot helps Tunisia medics avoid infection from virus patients

Robot 'spy' gorilla records wild Ugandan gorillas singing and farting

Cars

Tesla's software and full self-driving infrastructure has Volkswagen 'worried'

Tesla has a Full Self-Driving subscription feature hidden in its vehicles' source code

Tesla's Traffic Light and Stop Sign Control shows impressive versatility in construction zone

Tesla's latest Autopilot Traffic Light update is hiding much more

Tesla set to launch a Full Self-Driving subscription service this year

Tesla CEO Elon Musk opens up about Robotaxi rollout for next year

Elon Musk admits Tesla's plan for a million-strong robotaxi network may not happen this year after all

Brains

3D tissue models provide unprecedented insight into human brain function and disease

How mistakes help us recognize things

New imaging technique sheds light on adult zebrafish brain

Improved neural probe can pose precise questions without losing parts of the answers

Eyes send an unexpected signal to the brain

Found: Neural circuit that drives physical responses to emotional stress