AI, ML, Robots and Brains (22.3. - 28.3.2021)

Society

AI at work: Staff 'hired and fired by algorithm'

Algorithms

How blockchain and machine learning can deliver the promise of omnichannel marketing

After AIs mastered Go and Super Mario, scientists have taught them how to 'play' experiments

Mixed reality gets a machine learning upgrade

Recurrent neural network advances 3D fluorescence imaging

Machine learning shows potential to enhance quantum information transfer

Faster fusion reactor calculations thanks to machine learning

Virtual lab finds the right AI tool for each chemistry problem

New machine learning tool diagnoses electron beams in an efficient, non-invasive way

Researchers use AI to estimate focal mechanism parameters of earthquake

AI software developed in N.S. provides glimpse into wild and murky Bay of Fundy

Protecting and managing forests with AI

Artificial intelligence can help spot traces of natural selection

Health

Artificial intelligence for health care equity

FDA clears first AI device to spot hidden signs of COVID-19

X-rays combined with AI offer fast diagnostic tool in detecting COVID-19

Scientists develop AI platform to assess blood vessel anomalies and eye disease

Artificial neurons help decode cortical signals

Researchers developed an AI backpack system to guide vision-impaired wearers

AI used in battle against asbestos-linked cancer

Researchers use machine learning to rank cancer drugs in order of efficacy

Image analysis based on machine learning reliably identifies haematological malignancies

Robots

Expressing some doubts about android faces

Mystery drones hovered over Navy destroyers off California, report says

Samsung will use drone deliveries for Galaxy products in Ireland

Video: SeaClear project develops the first autonomous robots for underwater trash collection

Tiny silver flakes can improve conductivity in soft robots

Small robot swimmers that heal themselves from damage (video)

Soft robotic dragonfly signals environmental disruptions

Underwater swimming robot responds with feedback from soft 'lateral line'

Researchers' algorithm designs soft robots that sense

Cars

Australian lidar maker Baraja collects $31M B round to illuminate the future of autonomy

TuSimple's IPO filing reveals roadblocks for self-driving startups with Chinese ties

Hardware

A bio-inspired mechano-photonic artificial synapse

Brains

How tiny machines become capable of learning

Talking to horses as we talk to young children

Octopuses have two alternating sleep states, study shows

Scientists discover how humans develop larger brains than other apes

Massive study reveals few differences between men and women's brains

The astonishing self-organization skills of the brain

Brain rewires itself after injury 'on the edge of what's compatible with life'

The brain area with which we interpret the world

Using AI to map how the brain understands sentences

Pain differs: Researchers unveil distinct neural circuits

Focusing on the unhealthy brain to speed drug discovery

Healthy sleep may rely on long-overlooked brain cells