AI, ML, Robots and Brains (21.12. - 27.12.2020)

Society

Thousands of ocean fishing boats could be using forced labor – we used AI and satellite data to find them

The year deepfakes went mainstream

Deepfake Queen Elizabeth II will deliver 'alternative' Christmas message

Algorithms

Let this eerily accurate AI dunk on your Spotify habits

An AI is livestreaming a never-ending bass solo on YouTube

DeepMind's AI agent MuZero could turbocharge YouTube

No rules, no problem: DeepMind's MuZero masters games while learning how to play them

National Grid sees machine learning as the brains behind the utility business of the future

Artificial intelligence solves Schrödinger's equation

Using AI to count and map craters on the moon

Health

Artificial intelligence predicts gestational diabetes in Chinese women

AI-designed serotonin sensor may help scientists study sleep and mental health

AI gauges the mental health of cancer patients through eye movements

Researcher uses machine learning to demonstrate that DNA impacts cancer risk

Robots

On Point: The Navy's robot war in the South China sea

The Air Force’s secret new fighter jet will come with an R2-D2

In California, little robot cars will deliver pizza, groceries, and medicine as a paid service in 2021 for the first time

Cars

Tesla Full Self-Driving subscriptions get a tentative release date

Tesla driver caught cheating license exam using Autopilot

Mercedes teases an AI-powered version of its MBUX infotainment system

Chinese autonomous driving startup WeRide bags $200M in funding

Nuro acquires autonomous trucking startup Ike

Hardware

Horizon Robotics, a Chinese rival to Nvidia, seeks to raise over $700M

Brains

Silkworm's brain determines diapause by thermal information

How roundworms decide the time is right

Brain gene expression patterns predict behavior of individual honey bees

Survival of the thickest: Big brains make mammal populations less dense

Wolves show signs of self-cognition with innovative sniff test

Don't interrupt: Bonobos are sensitive to joint commitments in social interactions

Orangutans yawn contagiously when they see others yawn

Scientists uncover mechanisms that wire the brain's cerebral cortex

Even after long-term exposure, bionic touch does not remap the brain

Scientists discover how our brains track where we and others go

Brain tissue yields clues to causes of PTSD

Scientists discover a new type of brain cell that could help detect distance

Astrocytes eat connections to maintain plasticity in adult brains

Brain stem cells divide over months