AI, ML, Robots and Brains (7.9. - 13.9.2020)

Society

AI standards launched to help tackle problem of overhyped studies

A sheriff launched an algorithm to predict who might commit a crime. Dozens of people said they were harassed by deputies for no reason.

Spotlight on artificial intelligence: ONR to highlight AI research at DoD Symposium

Portland becomes the first city to ban the use of facial recognition technology by government agencies and private entities in public spaces

Experiments reveal why human-like robots elicit uncanny feelings

Algorithms

A developer used a tool from the AI company Elon Musk cofounded to create an app that lets you build websites simply by describing how they work

AI used to show how hydrogen becomes a metal inside giant planets

New machine learning-assisted method rapidly classifies quantum sources

Health

Machine learning aids gene activation discovery

New standards for AI clinical trials will help spot snake oil and hype

Researchers show how AI-controlled sensors could save lives in 'smart' hospitals and homes

Novel AI technique identifies viral control of intracellular changes

Artificial intelligence helps cut down on MRI no-shows

Robots

Israeli startup’s counter-drone augmented reality system to deploy with US forces

Robotics company Kraken signs deal to help Danish navy hunt for mines

Cars

Tesla Full Self-Driving gives epileptic student hope for normalcy

Hardware

Producing technicolor through brain-like electronic devices

Brains

The temporal lobes of Homo erectus were proportionally smaller than in H. sapiens

When did we become fully human? What fossils and DNA tell us about the evolution of modern intelligence

OHSU discovers cell in zebrafish critical to brain assembly, function

Glial cells play an active role in the nervous system

Star-cells "shine" to make sense of touch

Rubbing skin activates itch-relief neural pathway

Children use both brain hemispheres to understand language, unlike adults

Research unravels what makes memories so detailed and enduring

As information flows through brain's heirarchy, higher regions use higher frequency waves