#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 • "

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(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 •

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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