AI, ML, Robots and Brains (26.10. - 1.11.2020)

Society

Beware of fictional AI narratives

AI teachers must be effective and communicate well to be accepted

Trust levels in AI predicted by people's relationship style, study shows

Researcher uses computer vision to determine which politicians' Instagram posts resonate most

To see what makes AI hard to use, ask it to write a pop song

Algorithms

AI has cracked a key mathematical puzzle for understanding our world

How to figure out what you don't know

Banks roll out robots as pandemic shakes up IT plans

How computer scientists and marketers can create a better CX with AI

With trust in AI, manufacturers can build better

Sensors driven by machine learning sniff-out gas leaks fast

Artificial intelligence dives into thousands of WW2 photographs

Big data, machine learning shed light on Asian reforestation successes

Location and extent of coral reefs mapped worldwide using advanced AI

Super-resolution microscopy and machine learning shed new light on fossil pollen grains

Deep-learning algorithms helping to clear space junk from our skies

New artificial intelligence spots previously undiscovered craters on Mars

Astronomers enlist AI in the search for 'lethal' baby star eruptions

Health

Deep learning and bioinformatics tools enable in-depth study of glycan molecules for understanding infections

Computer vision helps find binding sites in drug targets

Machine learning helps hunt for COVID-19 therapies

Machine learning helps pinpoint sources of the most common cardiac arrhythmia

Artificial intelligence (AI)-aided disease prediction

Artificial intelligence-based algorithm for the early diagnosis of Alzheimer's

Robots

Dog training methods help JHU teach robots to learn new tricks

Multi-drone system autonomously surveys penguin colonies

Raptor-inspired drone with morphing wing and tail

Using off-the-shelf drones to spot deadly jellyfish

New drone technology improves ability to forecast volcanic eruptions

Cars

The chemistry behind self-driving cars

Videos of Tesla's new 'full self-driving' software look futuristic — but show just how far it is from full autonomy

Tesla's beta test of "full self-driving" system worries drivers, pedestrians — and even owners

Tesla's limited FSD beta is learning how to slow down for speed bumps

Tesla's FSD Beta is navigating through roundabouts with great confidence

Tesla FSD beta impressively navigates unpaved, partially covered road with ease

Tesla FSD Beta breezes through parking lot torture test

Tesla FSD beta takes on San Francisco’s famed Lombard Street and its 8 hairpin turns

Tesla plans to roll out incredibly frequent FSD Beta updates

Mercedes-Benz throws in the towel on self-driving efforts: 'We can no longer win'

Hardware

Surrey device takes us closer to high-performing wearable and eco-disposable AI electronics

Graphene-based memory resistors show promise for brain-based computing

Brains

Time-keeping brain protein influences memory: Signaling factor that sets time in the brain also required for normal memory in fruit flies

Efforts to control monkey brains get a boost

War songs and lullabies behind origins of music

How do basal ganglia neurons convey information for the control of voluntary movements?

Mouse studies link some autism to brain cells that guide sociability and platonic love

Single brain region links depression and anxiety, heart disease, and treatment sensitivity

A malformation illustrates the incredible plasticity of the brain

Brainstem neurons control both behaviour and misbehaviour

Should I run, or should I not? The neural basis of aggression and flight