#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 "

(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

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