AI, ML, Robots and Brains (1.3. - 7.3.2021)

Society

AI panel urges US to boost tech skills amid China's rise

Biden urged to back AI weapons to counter China and Russia threats

Will we enjoy our work more once routine tasks are automated? Not necessarily, suggests a recent study

Algorithms

We first need to understand how the brain works if we want true AI

Beauty is in the brain: AI reads brain data, generates personally attractive images

AI algorithms rank our attractiveness

Key task in computer vision and graphics gets a boost

Facebook taught a computer vision system how to supervise its own learning process

Extreme-scale computing and AI forecast a promising future for fusion power

Teaching a machine how to identify imperfections in 2-D materials

New AI tool can revolutionize microscopy

Researchers publish roadmap to harness data science and artificial intelligence for electron microscopy

NFL hopefuls are turning to AI video analysis to up their game

Health

AI shows public attitude toward COVID-19 is more 'infectious' than disease itself

Filming a 3D video of a virus with instantaneous light and AI

Expanding functional protein sequence spaces using generative adversarial networks

Out-of-the-box deep learning prediction of pharmaceutical properties by broadly learned knowledge-based molecular representations

'Self-trained' deep learning to improve disease diagnosis

Robotic systems for patient evaluation

Sensing robot healthcare helpers

Code-free deep learning for multi-modality medical image classification

Artificial intelligence reveals current drugs that may help combat Alzheimer's disease

Researchers find AI can predict new atrial fibrillation, stroke risk

Robots

The (robotic) doctor will see you now

The future of contactless care: robotic systems gain patient approval

Autonomous drone maker Skydio raises $170M led by Andreessen Horowitz

Space startup Gitai raises $17.1M to help build the robotic workforce of commercial space

Toro acquires robotic tractor/snow blower maker, Left Hand Robotics

Uber spins out delivery robot startup as Serve Robotics

Insect-like drones can take a beating and keep flying

Researchers create a swimming robot that can 'heal' itself

A world first: A robot able to "hear" through the ear of a locust

Novel soft tactile sensor with skin-comparable characteristics for robots

Helping soft robots turn rigid on demand

Cars

Tesla's Full Self-Driving subscription is coming in Q2 2021

Tesla FSD Beta takes on Waymo’s autonomous taxi in real-world test

Honda will sell 100 of its level 3 self-driving Legend sedans in Japan

California bill would require all self-driving vehicles to be zero emission by 2025

Hardware

Nanoprinted high-neuron density optical linear perceptrons performing near-infrared inference on a C

Brains

Scientists discover how microorganisms evolve cooperative behaviors

Hammer time! Baby fish brain lights up listening to U Can't Touch This

Quick-learning cuttlefish pass 'the marshmallow test'

'A Bluetooth mouse'--you can wirelessly read a mouse's mind

Neandertals had the capacity to perceive and produce human speech

The human brain grew as a result of the extinction of large animals

Left- and right-brain projections

Improved tool to help understand the brain, one section at a time

A new theory for how memories are stored in the brain

Brain state behind social interaction uncovered

Differences related to sexual orientation found in the brain, no link to mental illness

Food for thought: New maps reveal how brains are kept nourished

New molecular driver of frontal circuit maturation discovered

Learning hierarchical sequence representations across human cortex and hippocampus

Unveiling the weaving fractal network of connecting neurons

Research team unlocks strategies driving neuron connections

Noisy brain activity contributes to aging-related navigation impairments

When peeking at your brain may help with mental illness

Astrocytes derived from patients with bipolar disorder malfunction