Episodes

Wednesday Apr 28, 2021
Wednesday Apr 28, 2021
Our 53drd Last Week in AI episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!
This week:
AI-driven audio cloning startup gives voice to Einstein chatbot
Can Medical Alexas Make Us Healthier?
AI Pinpoints Local Pollution Hotspots Using Satellite Images
Cerebras’ New Monster AI Chip Adds 1.4 Trillion Transistors
Find this and more in our text version of this news roundup: https://lastweekin.ai/p/113
Music: Deliberate Thought, Inspired by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Thursday Apr 22, 2021
Thursday Apr 22, 2021
Our 52nd Last Week in AI episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!
This week:
Europe seeks to limit use of AI in society
Two people killed in fiery Tesla crash with no one driving
‘No one was driving’ in Tesla crash that killed two men in Spring, Texas, report says
2.6 Million Fake Faces: AI Generated People May Be The Future Of The Metaverse, Celebrity, And Perhaps ... All Of Us
Black women, AI, and overcoming historical patterns of abuse
Find this and more in our text version of this news roundup: https://lastweekin.ai/p/112
Music: Deliberate Thought, Inspired by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Thursday Apr 15, 2021
Thursday Apr 15, 2021
Our 51st Last Week in AI episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!
This week:
Shedding light on fairness in AI with a new data set
Government audit of AI with ties to white supremacy finds no AI
Companies are racing to bring A.I. to the masses with no code software
New' Nirvana Song Created 27 Years After Kurt Cobain's Death Via AI Software
Find this and more in our text version of this news roundup: https://lastweekin.ai/p/111
Music: Deliberate Thought, Inspired by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Monday Apr 12, 2021
Monday Apr 12, 2021
An interview with Cade Metz, a New York Times reporter covering artificial intelligence, driverless cars, robotics, virtual reality, and other emerging areas. Previously, he was a senior staff writer with Wired magazine and the U.S. editor of The Register, one of Britain’s leading science and technology news sites. His first book, "Genius Makers", tells the stories of the The Mavericks Who Brought AI to Google, Facebook, and the World.
Get the book: http://bit.ly/GeniusMakers Follow Cade on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CadeMetz/ And on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cademetz/
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Theme: Deliberate Thought Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Saturday Apr 10, 2021
Saturday Apr 10, 2021
Our 50th Last Week in AI episode! With some exciting news and our usual news coverage. Enjoy our latest episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!
This week:
Google AI Research Manager Quits After Two Ousted From Group
Robots of the future at Boston Dynamics
Silicon Valley leaders think AI will fund cash handouts
Deepfake Amazon workers sowing confusion on twitter
MIT study finds systematic labeling errors in popular AI benchmark datasets
Find this and more in our text version of this news roundup: https://lastweekin.ai/p/110
Music: Deliberate Thought, Inspired by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Thursday Mar 11, 2021
Thursday Mar 11, 2021
Our 49th Last Week in AI episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!
This week:
The 2021 AI Index: Major Growth Despite the Pandemic
Multimodal Neurons in Artificial Neural Networks
Meet the AI algorithms that judge how beautiful you are
AI system can sniff out diseases as well as dogs do
Find this and more in our text version of this news roundup: https://lastweekin.ai/p/106
Music: Deliberate Thought, Inspired by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Tuesday Mar 09, 2021
Tuesday Mar 09, 2021
Our 48th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!
This week:
This OpenAI GPT-3 Powered Demo Is A Glimpse of NPCs In The Future
Band of AI startups launch ‘rebel alliance’ for interoperability
An AI is training counselors to deal with teens in crisis
This cute book explains AI to children, without scary Terminators
Find this and more in our text version of this news roundup: https://lastweekin.ai/p/105
Music: Deliberate Thought, Inspired by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Thursday Feb 25, 2021
Thursday Feb 25, 2021
Our 47th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!
This week:
The AI Research Paper Was Real. The "Coauthor" Wasn't
Clearview AI’s plan for invasive facial recognition is worse than you think
This AI-powered gadget could completely disrupt the ridiculous hearing aid market
Google reshuffles AI team leadership after researcher’s controversial departure
Find this and more in our text version of this news roundup: https://lastweekin.ai/p/104
Music: Deliberate Thought, Inspired by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Thursday Feb 18, 2021
Thursday Feb 18, 2021
Our 46th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!
This week:
Georgia Startup Races to Complete AI-powered Voice Screening Tool to Crush COVID-19
New AI tool can thwart coronavirus mutations
Deepfake porn is ruining women’s lives. Now the law may finally end it.
0:00 - 0:30 Intro 0:30 - 5:15 News Summary segment5:15 News Discussion segment
Find this and more in our text version of this news roundup: https://lastweekin.ai/p/103
Music: Deliberate Thought, Inspired by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Thursday Feb 11, 2021
Thursday Feb 11, 2021
Our 45th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!
This week:
This is how we lost control of our faces
Here’s a Way to Learn if Facial Recognition Systems Used Your Photos
Amazon faces spying claims over AI cameras in vans
AI in health care creates unique data challenges
0:00 - 0:30 Intro 0:30 - 4:30 News Summary segment4:30 News Discussion segment
Find this and more in our text version of this news roundup: https://lastweekin.ai/p/101
Music: Deliberate Thought, Inspired by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)