AI, ML, Robots and Brains (5.10. - 11.10.2020)

Society

Applying artificial intelligence to science education

Facebook's nudity-spotting AI mistook a photo of some onions for 'sexually suggestive' content

Inside the strange new world of being a deepfake actor

A GPT-3 bot posted comments on Reddit for a week and no one noticed

Live facial recognition is tracking kids suspected of being criminals

The future of mobile AI

Algorithms

Machine learning speeds up quantum chemistry calculations

Researchers use artificial intelligence language tools to decode molecular movements

Deep learning enables identification and optimization of RNA-based tools for myriad applications

Health

Deep learning gives drug design a boost

Drugs aren't typically tested on women -- artificial intelligence could correct that bias

UCI biochip innovation combines AI and nanoparticle printing for cancer cell analysis

Robots

Researchers use drones to monitor water flows in the ground

Underwater robots to autonomously dock mid-mission to recharge and transfer data

This 'squidbot' jets around and takes pics of coral and fish

Robotic surgery in the COVID-19 era: Urologists take on the challenges

Cars

Elon Musk says Tesla's Full Self-Driving suite is coming to Japan

Tesla to release self-driving Beta capable of ‘zero intervention’ in a few weeks

Driverless taxis to be available in Phoenix 'in weeks'

Brains

Dogs’ brains ‘not hardwired’ to respond to human faces

Some bees are born curious while others are more single-minded

Scientists develop a device to allow monkeys in a Finnish zoo to play sounds and music

Why are most people right-handed? Do other primates share this imbalance?

Volcanic eruption turned man's brain into glass, 'froze' brain cells 2,000 years ago, scientists find

Scientists reveal how the brain may fuel intense neural communication: Results suggest retrieval of cellular powerplants via an energy feedback loop sustains communication

Nerve cell activity shows how confident we are

Scientists unpack how the brain separates present from past dangers

How the brain helps us navigate social differences

Alternating sequences of future and past behavior encoded within hippocampal theta oscillations

Cortex-wide variation of neuronal cellular energy levels depending on the sleep-wake states

Traveling brain waves help detect hard-to-see objects

Psychology: Human spatial memory prioritizes high calorie foods

Neuroscientists discover a molecular mechanism that allows memories to form

Discovery of a new key player in long-term memory

Deep-brain imaging at synaptic resolution with adaptive optics 2-photon endomicroscopy