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Edition 38 - January 22, 2021
🎼 How Bad Is Your music taste?
A "sophisticated AI" judges your awful taste in music based on your Spotify listening history.
📉 How a Covid-19 patient's condition will deteriorate?
Facebook open-sourced AI models that predict whether a Covid-19 patient’s condition will deteriorate. With that they hope to help hospitals plan for resource allocation.
🎙️ Geoff Hinton speaks about his latest research and the future of AI
Geoffrey Hinton, one of the "Godfathers of AI", reflects on his 2020 research in the Eye on A.I. podcast, hosted by Craig S. Smith.
💦 An Algorithm Is Helping a Community Detect Lead Pipes
A startup that focuses on water safety, is working with dozens of North American municipal governments to locate lead water lines so they can be replaced.
🔫 Draw a Gun, Trigger an Algorithm
Computer vision is alerting authorities the moment someone draws a gun.
🤬 AI Chatbot Shut Down After Learning to Talk Like a Racist Asshole
Imitating humans, the Korean chatbot Luda was found to be racist and homophobic.
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