Last Week in AI

Facebook Shuts Down Facial Recognition, Google Wants to Work with the Pentagon, AI for Lie Detection?

Episode 113 November 11, 2021 34m

Our 77th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!

Check our text version of this news roundup over at lastweekin.ai.

This week:

(01:06) Landing AI brings in $57M for its machine learning operations tools
(05:13) As the Arctic Warms, AI Forecasts Scope Out Shifting Sea Ice
(09:07) Why Facebook (Or Meta) Is Making Tactile Sensors for Robots
(14:12) Google AI Introduces ‘GoEmotions’: An NLP Dataset for Fine-Grained Emotion Classification
(18:28) Facebook, Citing Societal Concerns, Plans to Shut Down Facial Recognition System
(21:40) Google Wants to Work With the Pentagon Again, Despite Employee Concerns
(25:50) Australia Ordered Clearview AI to Destroy its Database, As Its Violating Privacy Laws
(27:54) AIBA uses AI technology to vet judges and refs at Belgrade worlds
(30:40) Miso Introduces Second Generation Restaurant Kitchen Robot, the Flippy 2

Music: Deliberate Thought, Inspired by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)