An Algorithm That 'Predicts' Criminality Based on a Face Sparks a Furor
Its creators said they could use facial analysis to determine if someone would become a criminal. Critics said the work recalled debunked “race science.”
Cyclica raises $23 million to accelerate drug discovery with AI
Cyclica, a startup developing an AI-powered platform for drug discovery, has secured $23 million in venture capital financing.
Visa's AI Prevented £25 Billion Annual Fraud
The UK bore a hefty £193 billion annual fraud bill in 2017! Visa’s new VAA (Visa Advanced Authorisation) system employs Artificial Intelligence to help financial institutions reduce the loss they projected annually.
Amazon to launch $2 billion fund to invest in sustainable technology
The Climate Pledge Fund is named after Amazon's pledge to be net-zero carbon by 2040.
Nvidia and Mercedes to roll out software-defined autonomous vehicles by 2024
Vehicles will receive over-the-air software updates to ensure they are equipped with the latest autonomous features.
Deliberative democracy and historical perspectives on American Indian/Alaska native political decision-making practices
There is a need to consider how AI developers can be practically assisted in identifying and addressing ethical issues. In this Comment, a group of AI engineers, ethicists and social scientists suggest embedding ethicists into the development team as one way of improving the consideration of ethical issues during AI development.
Disney is working on AI animatronics that interact with park guests
TV show The Imagineering Story and book Magic Journey by Kevin P. Rafferty show just how much academic research goes on at the home of Mickey Mouse, says Chris Stokel-Walker
Companies Can Now Purchase Spot for 74,500$
Boston Dynamics has been testing automated robots for a while now. This is the first time anyone with enough money can buy one.
How This App Can Predict Heart Failure Just by Listening to Your Voice
Heart failure is a life-threatening disease that affects over 26 million people around the world, and is the leading cause of hospitalisation in the US and Europe. At a time when healthcare patients are forced to monitor patient health from afar, an
Machine learning has a flaw; it's gullible
Artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies are poised to supercharge productivity in the knowledge economy, transforming the future of work.
What a machine learning tool that turns Obama white can (and can’t) tell us about AI bias
The AI Face Depixelizer tool uses machine learning to generate high-resolution faces from low-resolution inputs. But many say the algorithm is biased, defaulting toward white faces, as illustrated when an input using Barack Obama is turned into a white man.
Machine Learning Has a Huge Flaw: It’s Gullible
Research shows how humans can shield machine learning from manipulation. Artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies are poised to supercharge productivity in the knowledge economy, transforming the future of work. But they’re far from perfect.
Facebook claims wav2vec 2.0 tops speech recognition performance with 10 minutes of labeled data
In a new paper, Facebook researchers detail wav2vec 2.0, which ostensibly achieves state-of-the-art speech recognition performance.
Trump’s latest immigration ban is bad news for US AI ambitions
Trump's suspension of the H-1B visa program for highly-skilled workers will cut off US access to international AI talent.
Letter decrying predictive criminality AI research paper passes 1,000 signatures
In response to a research paper that claims to predict criminality from people's faces, hundreds demand its withdrawal from publication.
Deep drone acrobatics
A navigation algorithm developed at the University of Zurich enables drones to learn challenging acrobatic maneuvers. Autonomous quadcopters can be trained using simulations to increase their speed, agility and efficiency, which benefits conventional search and rescue operations.
Google divorces ML Kit from Firebase, adds entity extraction and pose detection APIs
Google is making it easier to use ML Kit, its suite of machine learning tools for mobile app developers, without Firebase.
Nvidia and Mercedes-Benz detail self-driving system with automated routing and parking
Nvidia and Mercedes-Benz detailed the autonomous driving system that'll power forthcoming vehicles from the latter company.