AI, ML, Robots and Brains (30.11. - 6.12.2020)

Society

A leading AI ethics researcher says she’s been fired from Google

A new horizon: Expanding the AI landscape

Entry barriers for women are amplified by AI in recruitment algorithms, study finds

Living with autonomous systems "we can trust"

Fundr, launching its first portfolio, uses an algorithm to remove bias from investing

Learning at your own pace with AI

Algorithms

One of biology's biggest mysteries 'largely solved' by AI

Imagining perfect molecules using AI - a benchmarking system for generative chemistry

A machine learning solution for designing materials with desired optical properties

AI reduces computational time required to study fate of molecules exposed to light

Unlocking the secrets of chemical bonding with machine learning

New machine learning tool tracks urban traffic congestion

Shrinking massive neural networks used to model language

WaveOne aims to make video AI-native and turn streaming upside down

Health

AI predicts which drug combinations kill cancer cells

Genesis Therapeutics raises $52M A round for its AI-focused drug discovery mission

Deep learning predicts woman's risk for breast cancer

AI abdominal fat measure predicts heart attack and stroke

AI model uses retinal scans to predict Alzheimer's disease

Automatic deep-learning AI tool measures volume of cerebral ventricles on MRIs in children

AI-based 'OxyGAN' is a robust, effective method to measure tissue oxygen levels

Robots

A soft robot that adapts to environments through shape change

MIT builds a system to help robots design themselves.

Army computer models unveil secret to quieter small drones

Droning the drove: Israeli cow-herders turn to flying tech

Surface Forces: Turkish Naval Robots

Food robotics startup Karakuri unveils automated canteen, plus $8.4M investment led by firstminute

ANYbotics, Swiss company behind quadrupedal ANYmal robot, announces $22M A round

Google AI is now piloting Loon's internet-beaming balloons

Cars

How automated vehicles can impede driver performance, and what to do about it

Self-driving trucks startup TuSimple raises $350M from US rail, retail and freight giants

Tesla Autopilot tops China ranking for best Advanced Driver Assistance System

China's first fully driverless robotaxis hit the streets of Shenzhen

Hardware

Neuromorphic computing with memristors

AWS launches Trainium, its new custom ML training chip

Brains

World's smallest primate reveals incredible preservation of our visual system through millions of years of evolution

How the shrew brain adapts to winter

How networks form: Charting the developing brain

How we learn words and sentences at the same time

Research unlocks new information about reading through visual dictionary in the brain

Cortex over reflex: Study traces circuits where executive control overcomes instinct

Common neural circuit and potential target for anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder

A new view of how the brain decides to make an effort

The tree of cortical cell types describes the diversity of neurons in the brain

Adaptive Image Receive (AIR) coil from GE shows promise for whole-brain imaging