AI, ML, Robots and Brains (31.5. - 6.6.2021)

Society

Voice AIs are raising competition concerns, EU finds

When AI becomes child’s play

These creepy fake humans herald a new age in AI

Humans are ready to take advantage of benevolent AI

Daily Crunch: A crowded market for exits and acquisitions forecasts a hot AI summer

Algorithms

This A.I. culls photos for you — and it’s not half bad: Optyx review

Facebook wants an AI that can beat the 'hardest game in the world'

Artificial intelligence understanding fishy behavior

Artificial intelligence spots coronal holes to automate space weather prediction

Machine learning model doubles accuracy of global landslide 'nowcasts'

Decades-old ASCII adventure NetHack may hint at the future of AI

Army researchers develop innovative framework for training AI

Early endeavors on the path to reliable quantum machine learning

Machine learning reduces microscope data processing time from months to just seconds

Rapid measurement of aerosol volatility using a deep learning-based portable microscope

Machine learning aids in materials design

Machine learning speeds up simulations in material science

Engineers apply physics-informed machine learning to solar cell production

Artificial intelligence and data mining are being used to measure aerodynamic flows

Health

AI predicts how patients with viral infections, including COVID-19, will fare

How wearable AI could help you recover from covid

Artificial intelligence enhances efficacy of sleep disorder treatments

Artificial intelligence predicts brain age from EEG signals recorded during sleep studies

First AI-based tool for predicting genomic subtypes of pancreatic cancer from histology slides

AI could soon tell you, how often to see the eye doctor

3D images and artificial intelligence are combined to diagnose degrees of Parkinson's

New AI tool invented by NTU, NP and NHCS scientists could speed up diagnosis of cardiovascular diseases

Robots

The US Navy's new pilotless tanker plane just refueled an aircraft carrier fighter jet for the first time

How scientists are using drones to lower the risk of catastrophic flooding from large glacial lakes

Teaching drones to hear screams from catastrophe victims

An eye in the sky: Monitoring animal colonies using drones in the subantarctic

New processes for automated fabrication of fiber and silicone composite structures for soft robotics

Robot chemist offers insight into the origins of life

Amazon hopes more robots will improve worker safety

Robots may eventually help kill weeds that impede strawberry yield

Machines can help wine grape industry survive labor shortage

Cars

AI pioneer Raquel Urtasun launches self-driving technology startup with backing from Khosla, Uber and Aurora

NVIDIA to buy autonomous vehicle mapping company DeepMap

Tesla's Robotaxi network could be more profitable than expected: ARK Invest

Tesla's Plaid Event highlights a new era of self-driving vehicles: Oppenheimer

Waymo and J.B. Hunt partner to bring autonomous trucks to Texas in new pilot

Motional CEO hints at an autonomous future in logistics

ISEE brings autonomy to shipping hubs with self-driving yard trucks

Brains

First glimpse of brains retrieving mistaken memories observed

Human brain replays new memories at 20 times the speed during waking rest

Study shows how taking short breaks may help our brains learn new skills

Study finds novel evidence that dreams reflect multiple memories, anticipate future events

An 'atlas' of the brain's choroid plexus across the lifespan

Largest-ever pre-adolescent brain activation study reveals cognitive function maps

Google teams up with Harvard to map small bit of human cortex

Food for thought: Eating soft foods may alter the brain's control of chewing

Study finds brain areas involved in seeking information about bad possibilities

As novel sights become familiar, different brain rhythms, neurons take over

Computers can now predict our preferences directly from our brain

Researchers build first modular quantum brain sensor, record signal

Recording brain activity with laser light

'Roadmaps' of the brain reveal regions vulnerable to Alzheimer's disease

Gender differentiates how facial expressions are processed in the brains of alcoholics

Study helps to deepen understanding of brain dysfunctions in patients with schizophrenia

Using real neural networks to pinpoint the start of brain disease

Brain connections mean some people lack visual imagery