Indian box office tanks, Amazon and Netflix thrive, but will they be regulated?
The pandemic has further boosted the ascendant popularity of digital entertainment.
An embedded ethics approach for AI development
There is a need to consider how AI developers can be practically assisted in identifying and addressing ethical issues. In this Comment, a group of AI engineers, ethicists and social scientists suggest embedding ethicists into the development team as one way of improving the consideration of ethical issues during AI development.
Explainable artificial intelligence model to predict acute critical illness from electronic health records
Acute critical illness is often preceded by deterioration of routinely measured clinical parameters, e.g., blood pressure and heart rate. Here, the authors develop an explainable artificial intelligence early warning score system for its early detection.
Self-Healing Robot
A new ‘biosynthetic’ polymer is now able to quickly heal itself with just the use of water and heat (and maybe light), leading the way towards soft robot actuators that are biodegradable and protective equipment that repairs damage automatically.
Carnegie Mellon researchers use Twitch to collect sounds for AI research
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University developed a live-streamed game designed to collect audio for AI and machine learning research.
Amazon reports $88.9 billion in Q2 2020 revenue: AWS up 29%, subscriptions up 29%, and ‘other’ up 41%
Amazon today reported fiscal Q2 2020 earnings, including revenue of $88.9 billion, net income of $5.2 billion, and earnings per share of $10.30.
Houston, We Have a Robot
Outer space. A mystical land that very few have ever had the chance to explore. As a race, there remains much we are yet to learn about the environment. Therefore, the astronauts sent are pivotal in our discovery of this mostly unknown environment. W
This app uses AI to make your selfies look fabulously ridiculous
Artificial intelligence has emerged in the past decade as a bedrock technology. We use it for important endeavors such as brain surgery, financial forecasting, and… making AI journalists chuckle over silly selfies. You may have heard of Photo Lab. It’s available on Android and iOS and it’s been installed more than 100 million times.
Foresight’s AI-powered wearable helps low-vision users feel the world
Users with impaired vision will gain a new tool for navigating physical spaces, using computer vision to turn nearby objects into tactile vest sensations.
Privacy problems are widespread for Alexa and Google Assistant voice apps, according to researchers
In a study, Clemson University School of Computing researchers found that tens of thousands of Google Assistant and Alexa apps lack privacy policies.
The best Chromebooks you can buy, from budget to rugged to Pixelbook Go
Not everyone needs a MacBook or a Windows 10 laptop. These Chromebook laptops feature low prices and long battery lives.
The best Chromebooks you can buy, from budget to rugged to Pixelbook Go
Not everyone needs a MacBook or a Windows 10 laptop. These Chromebook laptops feature low prices and long battery lives.
New programming language and tool ensures code will compute as intended
Not long ago, people using Microsoft Word would check for spelling errors by specifically telling the software to run "Spell Check." The check took a few seconds to do, and users could then go in and fix their typos. Nowadays, Spell Check runs automatically as users write—as I write this story.
Google’s TF-Coder tool automates machine learning model design
Google researchers developed a tool, TF-Coder, that automates the process of developing AI and machine learning models in TensorFlow.
Google’s Model Card Toolkit aims to bring transparency to AI
Google has released a toolkit which it hopes will bring some transparency to AI models.
LinkedIn details AI tool that better matches jobs to candidates
LinkedIn detailed Qualified Applicant (QA), an algorithm that identifies jobs for which candidates have the best chances.
Big Tech and Anti-Competitive Behaviour
The rise of AI is powered by big data. Big data is gotten by big number of customers. Big number of customers is gotten by a good AI. A good AI is gotten by big data, and the circle of life continues. Don’t be evil.
OpenAI’s latest breakthrough is astonishingly powerful, but still fighting its flaws
OpenAI’s GPT-3 is the latest version of its impressive, text-generating, autocomplete AI programs. Some think it might be the first step toward creating true artificial intelligence, while others are skeptical of anything that produces so many errors and biased answers.