AI, ML, Robots and Brains (6.7. - 12.7.2020)

Society

Canadians can now opt out of Clearview AI facial recognition, with a catch

How some businesses are using AI to make sure customers are wearing masks
Context reduces racial bias in hate speech detection algorithms

Beyond the AI hype cycle: Trust and the future of AI
Empathy machines: what will happen when robots learn to write film scripts?

Algorithms

Machine learning reveals vulnerabilities in 3D-printed carbon-fiber composites

Breakthrough machine learning approach quickly produces higher-resolution climate data

Deep learning decodes the principles of differential gene expression

Deep learning enables early detection and classification of live bacteria using holography

Learning more about particle collisions with machine learning
A new way to train AI systems could keep them safer from hackers

AI enables efficiencies in quantum information processing

Scientists introduce new method for machine learning classifications in quantum computing
Quantum approximate Bayesian computation for NMR model inference

Health

Algorithm predicts risk for PTSD after traumatic injury

Machine learning helps grow artificial organs

Robots

Researchers build robot scientist that has already discovered a new catalyst

This MIT robot combats COVID-19 and may soon be in your grocery store

Tyson Foods is ramping up development of robots that can cut meat in response to coronavirus outbreaks in meatpacking plants

Heat-detecting drones are a cheaper, more efficient way to find koalas

Cars

What ethical models for autonomous vehicles don't address - and how they could be better

Tesla's Neural Network adaptability to hardware highlighted in new patent application

Elon Musk predicts Tesla will complete the 'basic functionality' needed for fully autonomous driving this year — 4 years after the company started selling 'full self driving' software

Tesla owner’s dog goes on hilarious Autopilot joy ride

Brains

Fishing for a theory of emergent behavior
Bright feathers, bright brains: hummingbirds 'can order numerically'
Like humans, beluga whales form social networks beyond family ties
Animals who try to sound 'bigger' are good at learning sounds
Cognitive map–based navigation in wild bats revealed by a new high-throughput tracking system
The human brain: not just large but finely shaped
New connection between the eyes and touch discovered
Critical early step of the visual process uncovered
More than meets the eye
Is what I see, what I imagine? Study finds neural overlap between vision and imagination
Research advances understanding of how the brain focuses while ignoring distractions