AI, ML, Robots and Brains (24.5. - 30.5.2021)

Society

AI emotion-detection software tested on Uyghurs

Clearview AI's facial recognition tech comes under fire in Europe

New AI technology protects privacy

Researchers explore ways to detect 'deep fakes' in geography

AI still sucks at moderating hate speech

AI tools reveal lack of non-white, non-male characters in 'mainstream' books

The role of computer voice in the future of speech-based human-computer interaction

A rogue killer drone 'hunted down' a human target without being instructed to, UN report says

Algorithms

Microsoft's first OpenAI-powered feature helps beginners build productivity apps

Microsoft uses GPT-3 to let you code in natural language

AI music app AiMi lets you set the tempo and mood of endless playlists

Laser-driven ion acceleration with deep learning

Less is more? New take on machine learning helps us "scale up" phase transitions

Artificial intelligence enables smart control and fair sharing of resources in energy communities

Artificial Intelligence may be planning your next flight

How AI could alert firefighters of imminent danger

Can AI unlock the secrets of animal communication?

Trust the machine -- it knows what it is doing

New AI supercomputer will help create the largest-ever 3D map of the universe

Researchers fine-tune control over AI image generation

2D natural clay offers a platform for machine learning algorithm

AI is learning how to create itself

UTSA researchers among collaborative improving computer vision for AI

Health

CMU Team develops machine learning platform that mines nature for new drugs

Machine learning brings an early diagnostic for pancreatic cancer a step closer to reality

AI outperforms humans in creating cancer treatments, but do doctors trust it?

Artificial intelligence technique can detect cancerous tissue in real time

New tool uses AI technology to assess the severity of lung infections and inform treatment

AI with swarm intelligence learns to detect cancer, lung diseases and COVID-19

Medical AI models rely on 'shortcuts' that could lead to misdiagnosis of COVID-19

Researchers create machine learning model to predict treatment with dialysis or death for hospitalized COVID-19 patients

Research team improves fetal heart defect detection using machine learning

Artificial intelligence that predicts heart attacks in use in hospitals

AI algorithm aids early detection of low ejection fraction

Researchers use artificial intelligence to determine extent of damage in kidney disease

AI technique reveals gut biome's role in depression and high blood pressure

AI spots neurons better than human experts

Machine learning platform identifies activated neurons in real-time

Robots

Researchers boost robotic arm movement by adding a sense of touch

Slender robotic finger senses buried items

The path to more human-like robot object manipulation skills

A helping hand for working robots

A new soft electronic material for human-machine-interfacing

Researchers develop prototype of robotic device to pick, trim button mushrooms

The world's smallest fruit picker controlled by artificial intelligence

The robot smiled back

Living with Moxie, the robot companion for kids

DHL will deploy 2,000 Locus Robotics units by 2022

Google-backed autonomous flight company Merlin will power a fleet of 55 aircraft

Shoot better drone videos with a single word

Drone-mounted millimeter-wave radar sees through inner walls of chimneys

Trials of new robot submarines begin in Scotland to reduce cost and environmental impact of future ocean missions

Cars

Tesla updates website to reflect pure vision, no-radar Autopilot and FSD approach

Tesla has activated its in-car camera to monitor drivers using Autopilot

Facebook CTO shares insights on Tesla’s shift to pure vision for Autopilot

Tesla FSD price increase and Enhanced Autopilot’s return spotted in source code

Waymo's driverless taxi service can now be accessed on Google Maps

Autonomous vehicle startup Aurora in final talks to merge with Reid Hoffman's newest SPAC

Cruise can now give passengers rides in driverless cars in California

Aurora brings in outsiders to boost safety efforts, public trust of driverless vehicles

JD.com, Meituan and Neolix to test autonomous deliveries on Beijing public roads

Germany gives greenlight to driverless vehicles on public roads

Hacking and loss of driving skills are major consumer concerns for self-driving cars

Driving in the snow is a team effort for AI sensors

Hardware

Artificial neurons recognize biosignals in real time

Closer hardware systems bring the future of artificial intelligence into view

Brains

Memory, learning and decision-making studied in worms

Researchers identify role of interneurons in food-seeking behavior of worms

Mockingbirds follow similar musical rules as those found in human music

Magic tricks may fool you, but these birds can see through them

The hypothalamus predates the origin of vertebrates

Same difference: Two halves of the hippocampus have different gene activity

Training the brain to recognize voices

The brain learns faces fastest in person

Escape from oblivion: How the brain reboots after deep anesthesia

Computer simulations of the brain can predict language recovery in stroke survivors

Functional brain network predicts real-life social network in individuals with schizophrenia, social anhedonia

800 newborn brain scans made available to help clarify how some diseases develop

A deep dive into the brain

New microscopy method reaches deeper into the living brain

Study upgrades one of the largest databases of neuronal types

Specialized inhibitory cluster gates plasticity in fear learning

Brain cells compete to sustain or suppress traumatic memories

Press (re)play to remember: How the brain strengthens memories during sleep

Memory details fade over time, with only the main gist preserved

This brain circuit signals when to stop eating; could regulating it help with obesity

Brain activity reveals when white lies are selfish

Neuroscience doesn't undermine free will after all