AI, ML, Robots and Brains (13.7. - 19.7.2020)

Society

How a Colombian market is using AI to combat Covid-19 outbreaks

Algorithms

Artificial intelligence predicts which planetary systems will survive

AI upscales Apollo lunar footage to 60 FPS

A concept in psychology is helping AI to better navigate our world

New learning algorithm should significantly expand the possible applications of AI

Predictive policing algorithms are racist. They need to be dismantled.

Using neural-network soundscapes to protect natural environments

Skoltech scientists use ML to optimize hydraulic fracturing design for oil wells

250,000 tonnes of shipping CO2 emissions saved thanks to machine learning insight

OpenAI’s fiction-spewing AI is learning to generate images

Machine learning accurately predicts who's who in the health care workforce

AI model to forecast complicated large-scale tropical instability waves in Pacific Ocean

Actor neural networks for the robust control of partially measured nonlinear systems showcased for image propagation through diffuse media

Health

A new Rx: AI for operations in health care

Robots

Transparent, reflective objects now within grasp of robots

"Alexa, go to the kitchen and fetch me a snack"

Wireless aquatic robot could clean water and transport cells

Drones and artificial intelligence show promise for conservation of farmland bird nests

Hardware

Nanoelectronics learn the same way as the human brain

Scientists identify new material with potential for brain-like computing

Artificial 'neurotransistor' created: Imitating the functioning of neurons using semiconductor materials

Giving robots human-like perception of their physical environments

New artificial skin will allow robots to detect touch and textures

Cars

Tech to help autonomous vehicles better scan for nearby fast-moving objects

Brains

This parrot beat 21 Harvard students in a classic memory game

Researcher develops method for mapping brain cell change, development in mice

How to map brain connections using DNA barcodes

A brainwide atlas of synapses across the mouse life span

Why are memories attached to emotions so strong?

Study shows how our brains remain active during familiar, repetitive tasks

Neuronal circuits in the brain 'sense' our inner state

Paper: Mundane behavioral decisions, actions can be 'misremembered' as done