AI, ML, Robots and Brains (28.12.2020 - 3.1.2021)

Society

Why 2020 was a pivotal, contradictory year for facial recognition

Hitting the Books: What do we want our AI-powered future to look like?

Alphabet's Wing argues new US drone rules will hurt privacy

Robots

The Morning After: VW shows off an EV charging robot that comes to you

Watch the Boston Dynamics robot family dance like 2020 was a good year

China's adaptive robot maker Flexiv raises over $100 million

Spontaneous robot dances highlight a new kind of order in active matter

Army research leads to more effective training model for robots

Cars

Tesla FSD Beta performs flawless U-turn in real-world inner-city test

Tesla Semi 10-camera setup observed in production Autopilot code

Hardware

AI chipmaker Graphcore raises $222M at a $2.77B valuation and puts an IPO in its sights

DUAL takes AI to the next level

Brains

Cuttlefish took something like a marshmallow test. Many passed.

Big bumblebees learn locations of best flowers

General anesthesia and normal sleep affect brain in an amazingly similar way as consciousness fades

Why do we dream? A new theory on how it protects our brains

The brain network driving changes in consciousness