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cover of episode AI for Omicron, Self-Farming Farms, AI-designed beer, Cuddly AI

AI for Omicron, Self-Farming Farms, AI-designed beer, Cuddly AI

2022/1/22
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Our 83rd episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!

Outline:

(00:00) Intro

(01:10) This AI Software Nearly Predicted Omicron’s Tricky Structure) 

(02:48) BioNTech and London A.I. company create "early warning system" for COVID-19 variants)

(05:20) We’re one step closer to self-farming farms)

(09:55) ‘We Were Blown Away’: How New A.I. Research Is Changing the Way Conservators and Collectors Think About Attribution)

(12:42) Meta claims its AI improves speech recognition quality by reading lips)

(15:46) The Messy History of Facial Recognition Company Clearview AI

(18:30) Feds' spending on facial recognition tech expands, despite privacy concerns)

(20:35) Great Resignation Versus Increasing Investment In AI, Robotics And Automation: A Troubling Trend)

(25:55) Github Copilot Wants to Play Chess Instead of Code)

(28:22) AIML machine learning students develop beer using AI)

(31:40) Robo-dogs and therapy bots: Artificial intelligence goes cuddly)

(34:55) Outro

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