The two Rs: Robots and Rights
Robots are complex machines, but with complex things comes an array of question. One notable is whether robots, like humans and animals, should have rights
Team studies calibrated AI and deep learning models to more reliably diagnose and treat disease
As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes increasingly used for critical applications such as diagnosing and treating diseases, predictions and results regarding medical care that practitioners and patients can trust will require more reliable deep learning models.
Can computers ever replace the classroom? – podcast
With millions of children shut out of schools worldwide, tech evangelists claim now is the time for AI education. But as the technology’s power grows, so too do the dangers that come with it
More than half of Twitter's ‘Reopen America’ calls from bots, study finds
Fear is a familiar political weapon, and it appears to be just as effective as it's always been.
Bots May Have Contributed to Roughly Half of the COVID-19 Discussion on Twitter
According to research from Carnegie Mellon University, which has looked at over 200 million tweets dating back to January, on issues relating to COVID-19, roughly half of tweets and retweets have been made by bots. Bots also make up 82% of the top 50 influential retweeters and 62% of the top 1000.
This startup makes products to fight loneliness: No surprise, it's seen sales surge
Coronavirus isolation has given Norwegian company No Isolation's sales a 20-fold boost.
Otto Motors raises $29 million to staff warehouses with autonomous mobile robots
Otto Motors, a subsidiary of Clearpath Robotics that supplies autonomous mobile robots to manufacturing and logistics customers, has raised $29 million.
Robot helps SK Telecom disinfect, detect gatherings, and check employee temperatures
A robot with cameras and an LED screen greets visitors in the lobby, checking their temperature, dispensing hand sanitizer, and disinfecting the floor.
Tokyo hospital uses VR to livestream surgery for education, research in a COVID-19 world
Virtual reality is being explored to provide immersive experiences without the risk of infection.
This Bot Hunts Software Bugs for the Pentagon
Mayhem emerged from a 2016 government-sponsored contest at a Las Vegas casino hotel. Now it's used by the military—and Netflix.
Softbank closes $500 million funding round for Didi's autonomous driving unit
The funding will be invested to develop autonomous vehicles for Didi's ride-hailing service.
Fintech collaboration on the cards for Australia's digital identity
As the Digital Transformation Agency prepares to pilot the biometric capabilities of its digital identity system.
Robo-debt victims still missing an apology from Canberra
Meanwhile Shadow Minister for Government Services Bill Shorten said the AU$721 million refund total could potentially be revised to surpass AU$1 billion.
Swedish Hedgefund Achieves 24% Return Using AI
With the 2020 economic crash, returns on investments have fallen through the floor. However, one Swedish firm is crushing goals using AI.
Giving soft robots feeling
In a pair of papers from MIT CSAIL, two teams enable better sense and perception for soft robotic grippers.
A good egg: Robot chef trained to make omelettes
A team of engineers have trained a robot to prepare an omelette, all the way from cracking the eggs to plating the finished dish, and refined the 'chef's' culinary skills to produce a reliable dish that actually tastes good.
Sex and gender differences and biases in artificial intelligence for biomedicine and healthcare
Developers hope that tools for processing natural language will help biomedical researchers and clinicians to find the COVID-19 papers that they need.
Artificial intelligence reconstructs missing climate information
An artificial intelligence-based method may infill gaps in historical temperature data more effectively than conventional techniques. Application of this method reveals a stronger global warming trend between 1850 and 2018 than estimated previously.