As the Great Retirement or Restructuring continues to make headlines, Human Resources' attention has been on job seekers, job hoppers, and vacancies. https://venturebeat.com/2022/05/25/report-92-of-hr-leaders-plan-on-using-ai-to-acquire-talent/ Six months after the fatal shooting at Oxford High School that killed four students and injured eight, the school district is experimenting with new artificial intelligence weapon detection technology. https://www.bridgemi.com/talent-education/oxford-high...
Jul 04, 2022•5 min•Season 22Ep. 27
SoundHound for Restaurants' goal is to meet diner demand as operators juggle higher volumes of digital channels while maintaining high levels of customer service. https://www.restaurantdive.com/news/soundhound-launches-ai-voice-ordering-integration-with-square-to-automate-phone-calls/624032/ Algorithm misjudgment is a critical problem; When artificial intelligence reflects unconscious thoughts, racism and prejudices of the people who generated these algorithms, it can cause serious harm. https:/...
Jun 27, 2022•5 min•Season 22Ep. 26
In its second attempt to become the largest unmanned vessel to cross the Atlantic, the Mayflower Autonomous Ship (MAS400) was forced to swerve almost halfway due to an onboard mechanical problem. https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/mayflower-autonomous-ship-diverts-crossing-due-to-mechanical-failure Robotaxi startup Argo AI said Tuesday it had begun operating its autonomous test vehicles without human safety drivers in two U.S. cities -- Miami and Austin, Texas -- a major milestone for th...
Jun 20, 2022•5 min•Season 22Ep. 25
American rapper Kendrick Lamar took advantage of deepfakes for his latest music video. https://www.artificialintelligence-news.com/2022/05/09/kendrick-lamar-uses-deepfakes-in-latest-music-video/ A new project on the Tibetan plateau aims to build a dam in just two years using artificial intelligence (AI) and 3D printing. https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/china-to-build-ai-powered-3d-printed-hydroelectric-dam-in-tibet-209086/ Google has announced that it's working on an improved version of its c...
Jun 13, 2022•4 min•Season 22Ep. 24
Single-lead ECG recordings from an Apple Watch, interpreted by an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm developed at the Mayo Clinic, effectively identified patients with a weak heart pump. https://www.newswise.com/articles/mayo-researchers-use-ai-to-detect-weak-heart-pump-via-patients-apple-watch-ecgs A one-man team consisting of Singaporean research scientist Wang Wemin beat 469 other teams from around the world in a five-month challenge to develop the best artificial intelligence (AI) model ...
Jun 06, 2022•5 min•Season 22Ep. 23
Facebook's parent company Meta has used AI to develop a new method of making concrete that it claims produces 40 percent less carbon emissions than standard mixes, and is already using it in its latest data center. https://www.newscientist.com/article/2317122-meta-is-using-ai-to-create-low-carbon-concrete-for-its-data-centres/ What's happening Facebook's parent company Meta says it's working on a long-term research effort studying how the human brain learns language to improve artificial intelli...
May 30, 2022•4 min•Season 22Ep. 22
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) notes that some radiologists are unaware of the intended use of computerized triage and notification (CADt) devices and has issued a recommendation on the use of the imaging software for patients with suspected large vessel occlusion ( LVO) in the brain. https://www.diagnosticimaging.com/view/fda-issues-advisory-on-use-of-ai-and-machine-learning-for-large-vessel-occlusion-in-the-brain The US government says it has doubled the number of international travele...
May 23, 2022•5 min•Season 22Ep. 21
With support from Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google and DeepMind, SiteGround and $100 million from the Bulgarian government, a new institute will open in Sofia, Bulgaria in September to advance cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) and computing at large and whole through open research. https://tech.eu/2022/04/11/aws-google-and-deepmind-back-ai-and-computer-science-institute-in-bulgaria/ Google announced today that the U.S. The Food and Drug Administration has cleared a long-awaited algorith...
May 16, 2022•6 min•Season 22Ep. 20
Developer of AI medical imaging applications, Oxipit, received Class IIb CE certification for its ChestLink autonomous AI imaging suite. https://www.azorobotics.com/News.aspx?newsID=12850 IBM is updating its mainframe range, building an AI accelerator onto the processor and surrounding it with new cryptographic capabilities that the company says will help protect today's data from tomorrow's quantum computing attacks. https://www.cio.com/article/307884/ibms-z16-mainframe-boasts-on-chip-ai-accele...
May 09, 2022•5 min•Season 22Ep. 19
Expo-goers will also have the opportunity to walk the Boston Dynamics spot. https://www.therobotreport.com/boston-dynamics-stretch-now-commercially-available/ Stanford researchers have developed an algorithm that can help identify if someone has autism based on brain scans. https://hai.stanford.edu/news/new-ai-driven-algorithm-can-detect-autism-brain-fingerprints About a year after a mechanical problem forced it to turn, the Mayflower Autonomous Ship is ready to cross the Atlantic and travel aut...
May 02, 2022•4 min•Season 22Ep. 18
LinkedIn billionaire Reid Hoffman has co-founded a new artificial intelligence startup company called Inflection AI with DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman and former DeepMind researcher Karén Simonyan. https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/08/reid-hoffman-has-set-up-a-new-ai-company-with-deepminds-co-founder.html Two Stanford researchers have found widespread use of fake LinkedIn accounts created with artificial intelligence (AI)-generated profile photos. https://petapixel.com/2022/03/29/researchers-d...
Apr 25, 2022•5 min•Season 22Ep. 17
Meta, Apple, and a host of other tech companies are building augmented reality glasses with displays that computerize the world around you. https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/23/22991667/snap-buys-nextmind-brain-computer-interface-spectacles-ar-glasses Graphics chips are good at taking 3D scenes, such as video game battlefields or airplane designs, and rendering them as 2D images on a screen. https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/nvidia-ai-tech-lets-computers-understand-the-3d-world-from-2d-photos/ C...
Apr 18, 2022•5 min•Season 22Ep. 16
It took the drug-developing AI less than six hours to invent 40,000 potentially deadly molecules. https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/17/22983197/ai-new-possible-chemical-weapons-generative-models-vx The fleet-footed, four-legged robot called Mini Cheetah... well, doesn't move like anything in the animal kingdom. https://www.popsci.com/technology/machine-learning-robot-runs-its-fastest/ Nvidia this week unveils its plan to power the next era of computing. https://www.zdnet.com/article/gtc-2022-nvidi...
Apr 11, 2022•4 min•Season 22Ep. 15
A self-funded artificial intelligence startup is working with Microsoft to address a long-standing problem in the medical field: infections caused by centralized tubes placed in the body to deliver chemotherapy or other drugs. https://www.geekwire.com/2022/microsoft-and-portland-area-startup-pilot-ai-powered-tool-to-thwart-central-line-infection/ Tech giant Microsoft has developed a novel artificial intelligence-based technology that helps blind children and young people better understand their ...
Apr 04, 2022•5 min•Season 22Ep. 14
An AI tool developed by DeepMind can help historians recover ancient Greek texts with an accuracy of 72 percent and date inscriptions to 30 years of their true age https://www.newscientist.com/article/2311657-ai-can-help-historians-restore-ancient-texts-from-damaged-inscriptions/ Another European privacy commissioner has sanctioned controversial facial recognition firm Clearview AI, which scrapes selfies from the internet to amass a database of around 10 billion faces to run an identity-matching...
Mar 28, 2022•5 min•Season 22Ep. 13
CEO Elon Musk said Sunday that his company should develop a device that uses artificial intelligence to reduce wait times at traffic lights. https://www.benzinga.com/news/22/03/26011950/tesla-ceo-elon-musks-latest-idea-an-ai-driven-device-to-shorten-traffic-light-agony By using artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics to formulate therapeutic proteins, a team led by Rutgers researchers has successfully stabilized an enzyme capable of breaking down scar tissue from spinal cord injuries and promo...
Mar 21, 2022•5 min•Season 22Ep. 12
Microsoft's acquisition of Nuance is complete. https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft-completes-197-billion-acquisition-ai-giant-nuance It's hard to be a college student in the US these days. https://thenextweb.com/news/ai-college-president-is-another-reason-to-drop-out-unlv-keith-whitfield When it comes to application acceleration, a deep understanding of the complex algorithms underlying most HPC and AI applications is perhaps the most important thing to bring to fruition. https://www.nextpl...
Mar 14, 2022•4 min•Season 22Ep. 11
Even though there are currently no truly self-driving cars on the market, autonomous vehicles are on the way to the future. https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/mercedes-benz-drive-pilot-hands-free-driving-traffic-jam-assist/ Cerebras Systems, the San Jose, California-based startup that makes computers for processing deep learning algorithms and other large-scale scientific computing tasks, announced Wednesday morning that it has sold its first "CS-2" computer to TotalEnergies , the 98-year-old Pa...
Mar 07, 2022•5 min•Season 22Ep. 10
However, controlling nuclear fusion on Earth is difficult. https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/02/16/1045470/deepminds-ai-can-control-superheated-plasma-inside-a-fusion-reactor/ Metaverse Virtual Beings developer Soul Machines has raised $70 million in a Series B funding round led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2. https://voicebot.ai/2022/02/15/virtual-beings-startup-soul-machines-raises-70m/ And the company wants to go beyond face scanning for police, saying in the presentation it could monitor work...
Feb 28, 2022•5 min•Season 22Ep. 9
An electronic chip that can be reprogrammed when needed could allow artificial intelligence to learn more continuously like the human brain does, researchers have discovered. https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2022/Q1/the-brains-secret-to-lifelong-learning-can-now-come-as-hardware-for-artificial-intelligence.html The day when a person can sit in a car and drive anywhere without a human operating the controls is years away, but autonomous vehicles are covering more miles in California than ...
Feb 21, 2022•5 min•Season 22Ep. 8
Last year, the San Francisco-based research lab released OpenAI Codex, an AI model for translating natural language commands into app code. https://venturebeat.com/2022/02/02/deepmind-claims-its-new-code-generating-system-is-competitive-with-human-programmers/ Machine learning specialists are among the most in-demand talents in the technology space right now, with big companies like Snap, Zoom, and Microsoft courting engineers. https://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-land-job-as-machine-learning-...
Feb 14, 2022•5 min•Season 22Ep. 7
Boston Dynamics has won the first customer for its Stretch case handling robot. https://www.therobotreport.com/boston-dynamics-delivering-fleet-of-stretch-robots-to-dhl/ Elon Musk announced that Tesla will shift its product development to make Tesla Bot, a humanoid robot also known as Optimus, a priority in 2022. https://electrek.co/2022/01/27/elon-musk-tesla-prioritizing-product-development-optimus-humanoid-robot-2022/ In some places rocks are exposed on the surface. https://phys.org/news/2022-...
Feb 07, 2022•5 min•Season 22Ep. 6
"What's so unique about the space resource is that we can see, measure and identify things from space that are extremely difficult to measure at ground level," Gore said Tuesday. https://thehill.com/policy/equilibrium-sustainability/590663-al-gore-emissions-reductions-hinge-on-ai-measurements-from Advances in AI are coming out all the time, but they tend to be confined to a single area: For example, a cool new way to generate synthetic speech isn't also a way to recognize facial expressions. htt...
Jan 31, 2022•5 min•Season 22Ep. 5
The FBI signed a deal with Clearview AI on Dec. 30 for a $18,000 subscription license for the company's facial recognition technology. https://www.cyberscoop.com/feds-spending-on-facial-recognition-tech-continues-unmitigated-despite-privacy-concerns/ A new survey found that 80% of US firms had problems despite already conducting bias monitoring or algorithm testing. https://www.techrepublic.com/article/guardrail-failure-companies-are-losing-revenue-and-customers-due-to-ai-bias/ IBM announced on ...
Jan 24, 2022•5 min•Season 22Ep. 4
DeepBrain AI's industry-first approach to "humanizing" AI assistants provides users with a familiar, insightful, and accessible experience. https://gadget.co.za/ces-2022-deepbrain-humanises-ai-avatars/ It's amazing what we can do with AI these days. https://www.pcgamer.com/nvidias-upgraded-ai-art-tool-turned-my-obscure-squiggles-into-a-masterpiece/ IBM has revived its sale process for IBM Watson Health with hopes of raising more than $1 billion, people familiar with the situation tell Axios. htt...
Jan 17, 2022•5 min•Season 22Ep. 3
Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Jacky Rosen (D-NV) announced that their Advancing American AI Innovation Act came into effect as part of the FY 2022 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). https://www.portman.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/portman-rosen-bipartisan-legislation-strengthen-americas-artificial-0 Zeekr, the Geely Holding Group's premium electric brand, announced Tuesday that it would make vehicles for Alphabet Inc.'s Waymo One, the company's autonomous driving service in the U...
Jan 10, 2022•5 min•Season 22Ep. 2
Autonomous weapon systems - commonly known as killer robots - may have killed people for the first time last year, according to a recent UN Security Council report on the Libyan civil war. https://theconversation.com/un-fails-to-agree-on-killer-robot-ban-as-nations-pour-billions-into-autonomous-weapons-research-173616 As AI penetrates more and more facets of our life, there is also increasing scrutiny of who is developing it. https://hbr.org/2021/12/50-global-hubs-for-top-ai-talent The White Hou...
Jan 03, 2022•5 min•Season 22Ep. 1
By making this pipeline easily accessible, the researchers hope to inspire teachers, students and health care workers to explore how such tools can help them in their respective fields. https://news.mit.edu/2021/ai-generated-characters-for-good-1216 This may be remembered as the year the world learned that lethal autonomous weapons had moved from a futuristic concern to a reality on the battlefield. https://www.wired.com/story/autonomous-weapons-here-world-isnt-ready/ Latitude, the startup behin...
Dec 27, 2021•4 min•Season 21Ep. 52
Pony.ai, a Chinese autonomous driving company supported by Toyota, can no longer test fully self-driving vehicles in California, at least for the time being. https://www.engadget.com/california-suspends-ponyai-driverless-testing-permit-122914859.html?guccounter=1 Negotiators at the UN talks have been discussing the limits of lethal autonomous weapons, or LAWS, which are completely machine-controlled and rely on new technologies such as artificial intelligence and facial recognition for eight yea...
Dec 20, 2021•4 min•Season 21Ep. 51
China on Tuesday signed a United Nations pledge to prevent artificial intelligence from wreaking havoc on societies, including banning the use of AI for "social scoring" systems - a practice Beijing itself has for the past Popularized for years and currently used to rate Chinese citizens based on their perceived trustworthiness. https://www.politico.eu/article/china-artificial-intelligence-ai-ban-social-scoring-united-nations-unesco-ethical-ai/ The analyst firm Gartner has announced that artific...
Dec 13, 2021•5 min•Season 21Ep. 50
