AI, ML, Robots and Brains (15.3. - 21.3.2021)

Society

Mother uses deepfakes to get her daughter's cheerleading “rivals” kicked off the team

Face editing: Japanese biker tricks internet into thinking he is a young woman

Britain could use nuclear weapons against 'emerging technology' threats such as cyber and AI

Use of AI to fight COVID-19 risks harming 'disadvantaged groups', experts warn

Algorithms

Researchers enhance quantum machine learning algorithms

Solving 'barren plateaus' is the key to quantum machine learning

How artificial intelligence can help curb traffic accidents in cities

Technique based on artificial intelligence permits automation of crop seed analysis

Standard digital camera and AI to monitor soil moisture for affordable smart irrigation

PAWS anti-poaching AI predicts where illegal hunters will show up next

Health

Large-scale study finds AI-powered COVID-19 solution by RADlogics reduces turnaround time

Common pitfalls and recommendations for using machine learning to detect and prognosticate for COVID-19 using chest radiographs and CT scans

Machine learning models for diagnosing COVID-19 are not yet suitable for clinical use

Using cameras and AI to help exoskeletons adapt to their environment

Faster drug discovery through machine learning

Artificial intelligence system detects errors when medication is self-administered

New AI model learns from thousands of possibilities to suggest medical diagnoses & tests

An automated framework for efficiently designing deep convolutional neural networks in genomics

Physical human–robot interaction for clinical care in infectious environments

Researchers enhance Alzheimer's disease classification through artificial intelligence

AI method can detect precursors to cervical cancer

Machine learning can identify cancerous cells by their acidity

Artificial intelligence system can help prevent anemia in patients undergoing hemodialysis

At face value: Using facial analysis algorithm to track changes due to Parkinson's disease

Robots

Robot farmers mean British strawberries year round

Talking robots with Ford

Researchers use "swarmalation" to design active materials for self-regulating soft robots

Real-world embodied AI through a morphologically adaptive quadruped robot

Cars

Tesla Robotaxi, Autonomy, and Insurance drive new price target from ARK Invest

Tesla navigates through more skepticism over its self-driving systems

Betting on China's driverless future, Toyota, Bosch, Daimler jump on board Momenta's $500M round

Yandex's autonomous cars have driven over six million miles in 'challenging conditions'

Baidu earns permission to test paid driverless taxi in Cangzhou

Cruise acquires self-driving startup Voyage

BMW's iDrive 8 helps drivers using machine learning and natural language processing

Hardware

Researchers present spontaneous sparse learning for PCM-based memristor neural networks

Artificial neuron device could shrink energy use and size of neural network hardware

Brains

Sperm whales taught each other how to avoid hunters' harpoons 200 years ago, according to new study

Sheep vs. goats: Who are the best problem solvers?

Brain disease research reveals differences between sexes

Babies pay attention with down payment from immature brain region

People searching for objects in 3D image stacks are less successful than those searching for the same in 2D

What happens in your brain when you 'lose yourself' in fiction

Not just for numbers: Anchoring biases decisions involving sight, sound, and touch

How the brain learns from subconscious stimuli

How organisms filter out the noise to make accurate predictions

The shape of things to come: Shifting rewards are encoded using special neuronal patterns

Neuroscientists identify brain circuit motifs that support short-term memory

Holographic microscopy illuminates pain-driven changes in neuronal network activity

Researchers identify a class of neurons that are most active during non-REM sleep

Neurobiologists take an unexpected detour to decode decision-making

How neural circuits achieve a balance between excitation and inhibition

Flat brain organoids grown on 3D-printed scaffolds show intrinsic gyrification

Tiny machine poised to unlock brain's mysteries

Ultrasound reveals the human brain vasculature down to the microscopic scale