#97 - New Google AI Features, Enzyme Discovery, Clearview AI Ban, Kendric Lamar Deepfakes

Our 97th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!

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Outline:

(00:00) Intro

(01:25) Hugging Face reaches $2 billion valuation to build the GitHub of machine learning

(4:30) Google ups the AI ante with new features for Voice, Assistant, Maps and more

(09:33) How machine learning is speeding up Formula 1 

(10:02) China to build AI-powered 3D printed hydroelectric dam in Tibet 

(11:00) Intel debuts new chips for AI workloads, data center acceleration and laptops

(11:30) $62.5M Fundraise Values Self-Checkout System Mashgin at $1.5B - 

(12:20) Scientists Discover Method to Break Down Plastic in Days, Not Centuries

(16:25) This deep learning technique solves one of the tough challenges of robotics

(21:33) Researchers now able to predict battery lifetimes with machine learning 

(22:34) How Do Patients Feel About AI in Health Care? It Depends 

(23:22) Meta AI Introduces ‘Make-A-Scene’: A Deep Generative Technique Based On An Autoregressive Transformer For Text-To-Image Synthesis With Human Priors

(24:32) Ad break

(25:50) A quick guide to the most important AI law you’ve never heard of

(30:40) Clearview AI banned from selling its facial recognition software to most US companies 

(34:20) Justice Department and EEOC Warn Against Disability Discrimination 

(35:23) U.S. civil rights enforcers warn employers against biased AI 

(36:12) Kendrick Lamar uses deepfakes in latest music video 

(38:23) Humans vs. DALL·E 

(41:52) Outro