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Waymo‘s Taxi Struggles, Robot Surveillance in Singapore, AI against Human Trafficking

Waymo‘s Taxi Struggles, Robot Surveillance in Singapore, AI against Human Trafficking

FromLast Week in AI


Waymo‘s Taxi Struggles, Robot Surveillance in Singapore, AI against Human Trafficking

FromLast Week in AI

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Length:
32 minutes
Released:
Oct 21, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Our 74th 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:
Applications
Waymo's self-driving taxi struggles with left turns and puddles. But it's still winning over some Arizona riders

How AI can fight human trafficking 


Research
AI Analysis of 100,000 Climate Studies Reveals How Massive The Crisis Already Is


Google Researchers Explore the Limits of Large-Scale Model Pretraining



Ethics
New robots patrolling for 'anti-social behaviour' causing unease in Singapore streets

Singapore sends Xavier the robot to help police keep streets safe under three-week trial




Are Under-Curated Hyperscale AI Datasets Worse Than The Internet Itself?



Fun
Dead-End SF Street Plagued With Confused Waymo Cars Trying To Turn Around ‘Every 5 Minutes’




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Music: Deliberate Thought, Inspired by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Released:
Oct 21, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

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Weekly AI news summaries and discussion about the most interesting developments in AI, deep learning, robotics, and more!