#95 - AI Kills Cookie Pop-Ups, Models Volcanoes, Screens for Child Neglect, Paints Harry Potter

Our 95th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!

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Outline:

(00:00) Intro

Applications & Business

• (01:27) Meta Using AI to Create Greener Concrete for its Data Centers
• (07:00) AI can now kill those annoying cookie pop-ups
• (10:15) Lighting Round
  • AI can predict missed appointments. How can hospitals use that data for better care?
  • Start-up Pony.ai says it's the first self-driving company to get a taxi license in China
  • VisionNav Robotics closes $80M for AGVs
  • Armed with new $150 million raise, Oregon robotics startup sets its sights on Pittsburgh

Research & Advancements

• (13:00) Machine Learning Helps See into a Volcano’s Depths
• (17:30) Jurassic-X: Crossing the Neuro-Symbolic Chasm with the MRKL System
• Lighting Round
  • Engineers use artificial intelligence to capture the complexity of breaking waves -
  • Which Animal Viruses Could Infect People? Computers Are Racing to Find Out. -
  • From blurry to bright: AI tech helps researchers peer into the brains of mice
  • AI predicts lung cancer tumor growth after radiation : NHS study "

(24:15) Ad break Society & Ethics

• (25:30) An algorithm that screens for child neglect raises concerns
• (30:30) IBM research details AI skills gap across Europe
• (33:20) Lighting Round
  • U.S. Senate Democrats urge Buttigieg to develop autonomous vehicle rules
  • Tough questions, few answers: The FDA wrestles with its approach to AI in medicine
  • Lyft exec Craig Martell tapped as Pentagon’s AI chief
  • The risks of attacks that involve poisoning training data for machine learning models

Fun & Neat

• (35:45) Q&A: Inside DARPA’s Subterranean Challenge - "What SubT means for the future of autonomous robots"
• (39:15) This Woman Used AI To Show What "Harry Potter" Characters Would Look Like In Real Life Based On Their Book Descriptions, And My Jaw Is On The Floor - "This AI version of Draco gives me full-body chills."

(41:56) Outro