AI, ML, Robots and Brains (23.11. - 29.11.2020)

Society

1 in 3 who are aware of deepfakes say they have inadvertently shared them on social media

Recommended Reading: Using AI to create alarmingly realistic fake people

When consumers trust AI recommendations--or resist them

Protecting consumers from collusive prices due to AI

Algorithms

Misinformation or artifact: a new way to think about machine learning

Flexible expressions could lift 3D-generated faces out of the uncanny valley

Optimizing complex modeling processes through machine learning technologies

Machine learning could teach us how to make manufacturing of materials cleaner and more sustainable

Identifying compound classes through machine learning

AI system discovers useful new material: CAMEO algorithm identifies new compound potentially useful for photonic devices and biologically inspired computers

How Archaeologists Are Using Deep Learning to Dig Deeper

Machine learning: A breakthrough in the study of stellar nurseries

Meet GPT-3. It Has Learned to Code (and Blog and Argue).

Google's 'Verse by Verse' AI can help you write in the style of famous poets

Google built an 'Infinite Bad Guy' generator using 15,000 YouTube covers

YouTube's AI-generated video chapters could help you skip lengthy intros

Health

Deep learning in the emergency department

AI 'doctor's assistant' among projects given £20m

Need a hypothesis? This A.I. has one

Algorithm accurately predicts COVID-19 patient outcomes: AI tool could help clinicians provide more effective COVID-19 intervention

AI detects COVID-19 on chest x-rays with accuracy and speed

Artificial intelligence technology helps Parkinson's patients during COVID-19 pandemic

AI helps scientists understand brain activity behind thoughts

Robots

Cutting-edge agricultural robots offers a low-cost lifeline to UK farmers

Next-generation drones could learn from bumblebees' amazing flight

Industrial drone maker Percepto raises $45M and integrates with Boston Dynamics' Spot

Cars

California allows companies to charge for autonomous car rides

Approaching commercialization for its autonomous radar nav system, Lunewave raises $7 million

Gatik's self-driving box trucks to shuttle groceries for Loblaw in Canada

Brains

Brains 'primed' for life on land

Scientists identify brain cells that help drive bodily reaction to fear, anxiety

Brain waves guide us in spotlighting surprises

Scientists reveal regions of the brain where serotonin promotes patience

Research shows the intrinsically nonlinear nature of receptive fields in vision

Stronger memories can help us make sense of future changes

Memories of past events retain remarkable fidelity even as we age

Psychosis symptoms linked to impaired information spread in the brain

Trinity researchers discover how the brain 're-wires' after disease