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Last Week in AI

Weekly summaries of the AI news that matters!

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Jul 9, 2026

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Episodes

The De-democratization of AI: Deep Learning and the Compute Divide in Artificial Intelligence Research with Nur Ahmed 05.12.2020

An interview with Nur Ahmed , a Strategy PhD candidate at Ivey Business School , Western University, Canada and a Research Fellow at the ScotiaBank Digital Banking Lab about The De-democratization of AI: Deep Learning and the Compute Divide in Artificial Intelligence Research ”. Subscribe: RSS | iTunes | Spotify | YouTube Check out coverage of similar topics at www.skynettoday.com Theme: Deliberat...

To PhD or not to PhD, AI Bias, Facial Recognition Ethics, GPT-3 03.12.2020

Our latest episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! This week: Why you shouldn’t get your Ph. D. Why you should get your PhD     Can We Make Our Robots Less Biased Than We Are?     How AI bots and voice assistants reinforce gender bias     Training AI algorithms on mostly smiling faces reduces accuracy and introduces bias, according to research Facial-recognition research...

Machine Learning for Art with Google's Emil Wallner 28.11.2020

An interview with Emil Wallner, the creator of mlart.co . Emil is an internet-educated, independent machine learning researcher, and resident at the Google Arts & Culture Lab. As a resident at Google he is using machine learning to explore art and culture. Part-time, he applies machine learning to logical tasks such as programming and mathematics. Subscribe: RSS | iTunes | Spotify | YouTube Ch...

The way we train AI is fundamentally flawed, bias, the compute divide 26.11.2020

Our latest episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! This week: The way we train AI is fundamentally flawed Facebook’s improved AI isn’t preventing harmful content from spreading When AI Sees a Man, It Thinks ‘Official.’ A Woman? ‘Smile’ AI research finds a ‘compute divide’ concentrates power and accelerates inequality in the era of deep learning 0:00 - 0:40 Intro 0:40 - 4:...

AI‘s replication crisis, reddit discussions, government-sponsored medical AI 19.11.2020

Our latest episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! This week: AI is wrestling with a replication crisis The US Government Will Pay Doctors to Use These AI Algorithms An ICLR submission is given a Clear Rejection (Score: 3) rating because the benchmark it proposed requires MuJoCo, a commercial software package, thus making RL research less accessible for underrepresented g...

Geoff Hinton‘s Hot Take, Robots in Walmart and Art, Confidence in AI for Healthcare 13.11.2020

Our latest episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! This week: AI pioneer Geoff Hinton: “Deep learning is going to be able to do everything” Walmart Scraps Plan to Have Robots Scan Shelves 2020 AI survey: Confidence in artificial intelligence expands as health industry leaders project faster return on investment Artist Sougwen Chung wanted collaborators. So she designed an...

OpenAI's "Scaling Laws for Autoregressive Generative Modeling" 08.11.2020

An interview with Tom Henighan, a member of the technical staff at OpenAI working on the safety team, about the recent paper “ Scaling Laws for Autoregressive Generative Modeling ” that he co-authored with many others at OpenAI. Subscribe: RSS | iTunes | Spotify | YouTube Check out coverage of similar topics at www.skynettoday.com Theme: Deliberate Thought Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) See Priva...

Yann LeCun on GPT-3, New Google Projects, Inequality, GPT-3 on Hacker News 05.11.2020

NOTE: audio for andrey is a bit rough this week, sorry! Our latest episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! This week: The “Godfather of AI” Just Trashed GPT-3 AI agreement to enhance environmental monitoring, weather prediction Mayo Clinic, Google Focus on AI Effort for Cancer Care Inequality grows in AI research How I used GPT-3 to hit Hacker News front page 5 times in 3...

DeepNude Bot, Tesla Full Self Driving, Google AI US-Mexico Border 29.10.2020

Our latest episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! This week Automating Image Abuse: deepfake bots on Telegram, Activists Turn Facial Recognition Tools Against the Police, Tesla is putting ‘self driving’ in the hands of drivers amid criticism the tech is not ready , Google AI tech will be used for virtual border wall, CBP contract shows 0:00 - 0:40 Intro 0:40 - 5:40 News...

The Top Myths About AI 25.10.2020

An interview with Daniel Leufer and Alexa Steinbrück about their project AIMyths.org . Subscribe: RSS | iTunes | Spotify | YouTube Check out coverage of similar topics at www.skynettoday.com Theme: Deliberate Thought Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)   See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Accessible AI, Partnership on AI, Dataset Compression, Military AI 22.10.2020

Our latest episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! This week Microsoft and partners aim to shrink the ‘data desert’ limiting accessible AI , Access Now resigns from Partnership on AI due to lack of change among tech companies , A radical new technique lets AI learn with practically no data, 0:00 - 0:40 Intro 0:40 - 5:40 News Summary segment 5:40 News Discussion segment Fi...

Measurement in AI Policy: Opportunities and Challenges 20.10.2020

An interview with Jack Clark and Raymond Perrault about their recent paper Measurement in AI Policy: Opportunities and Challenges . Subscribe: RSS | iTunes | Spotify | YouTube Check out coverage of similar topics at www.skynettoday.com Theme: Deliberate Thought Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy...

GPT-3 on reddit, Facial Recognition in Argentina, Stats on Big Tech Financing Academics 15.10.2020

Our latest episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! This week A GPT-3 bot posted comments on Reddit for a week and no one noticed , Live facial recognition is tracking kids suspected of being criminals , Many Top AI Researchers Get Financial Backing From Big Tech 0:00 - 0:40 Intro 0:40 - 5:00 News Summary segment 5:00 News Discussion segment Find this and more in our text...

Working With Robots in a Post-Pandemic World 10.10.2020

An interview with Professor Matt Beane about his recent paper Working With Robots in a Post-Pandemic World , co-authored with Professor Erik Brynjolfsson. Subscribe: RSS | iTunes | Spotify | YouTube Check out coverage of similar topics at www.skynettoday.com Theme: Deliberate Thought Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at ht...

DeepFake Dictators, AI Sepsis Watch, Biased Exam Monitoring 08.10.2020

Our latest episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! This week  How an AI tool for fighting hospital deaths actually worked in the real world , ExamSoft’s remote bar exams sparks privacy and facial recognition concerns, Deepfake Putin is here to warn American’s about their self-inflicted doom 0:00 - 0:40 Intro 0:40 - 5:00 News Summary segment 5:00 News Discussion segment Fi...

DeepLearning.AI GANs for Good Panel + Q&A 04.10.2020

Courtesy of our regular host Sharon, an except from the event celebrating a new course on GANs she teaches. See the full event here: https://youtu.be/9d4jmPmTWmc "To celebrate the launch of GANs Specialization, we’ve assembled a panel of GANs experts. They will discuss some of their current projects and the importance and future of GANs and also provide practical career advice for ML practitioners...

Bias in Twitter & Zoom, LAPD Facial Recognition, GPT-3 Exclusivity 01.10.2020

Our latest episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! This week Twitter and Zoom’s algorithmic bias issues ,  Despite past denials, LAPD has used facial recognition software 30,000 times in last decade, records show , We’re not ready for AI, says the winner of a new $1m AI prize , How humane is the UK’s plan to introduce robot companions in care homes? , OpenAI is giving Mic...

Face Mask Recognition, Detecting Disinformation, Protecting Kids, and Uber‘s Crash 24.09.2020

Our latest episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! This week Face mask recognition has arrived - for better or worse, Google claims its AI is becoming better at recognizing breaking news and disinformation , Why kids need special protection from AI’s influence , Why Wasn’t Uber Charged in a Fatal Self-Driving Car Crash? 0:00 - 0:35 Intro 0:35 - 5:25 News Summary segment 5...

The Evolving Impact of Robots on Jobs 19.09.2020

An interview with Professors Jong Hyun Chung and Yong Suk Lee about their recent paper The Evolving Impact of Robots on Jobs . Subscribe: RSS | iTunes | Spotify | YouTube Check out coverage of similar topics at www.skynettoday.com Theme: Deliberate Thought Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-n...

GPT-3 Clickbait, Wildfires, Heroes, Standards, Exports 17.09.2020

  Our latest episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! This week Hope Returns to the Machine Learning Universe , California Utilities Hope Drones, AI Will Lower Risk of Future Wildfires , How to edit writing by a robot: a step-by-step guide , The Guardian’s GPT-3-generated article is everything wrong with media hype , * AI standards launched to help tackle the problem of ov...

Heartbeat DeepFake Detection, Robot Drug Tests, Ethics as a Service 10.09.2020

Our latest episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! This week AI researchers use heartbeat detection to identify deepfake videos , This know-it-all AI learns by reading the entire web nonstop , Google Offers to Help Others With the Tricky Ethics of AI , Robotics, AI, and Cloud Computing Combine to Supercharge Chemical and Drug Synthesis 0:00 - 0:40 Intro 0:40 - 4:00 News S...

DeepFake Ads and Memes, New AI Ethics, and AI for Emergency Response 04.09.2020

Our latest episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! This week " Hulu deepfaked its new ad. It won’t be the last. ", " Memers are making deepfakes, and things are getting weird " , " The term ‘ethical AI’ is finally starting to mean something ", and " The utopian promise and dystopian potential of real-time detection of police, fire, and medical emergencies ". Intro: 0:00 -...

U.S. Public Opinion about AI with Professor Paul Brewer and co-authors 02.09.2020

An interview with Professor Paul Brewer and PhD Students James Bingaman and Ashely Paintsil about their new survey paper " Media Messages and U.S. Public Opinion about Artificial Intelligence " about what the general U.S. public thinks about AI, and how popular media and interaction with new technology shapes it. Subscribe: RSS | iTunes | Spotify | YouTube Check out coverage of similar topics at w...

Machine Learning + Procedural Content Generation with Julian Togelius and Sebastian Risi 29.08.2020

An interview with Professors Julian Togelius and Sebastian Risi about their new survey paper "Increasing generality in machine learning through procedural content generation", their work at modl.ai, and more! Subscribe: RSS | iTunes | Spotify | YouTube Check out coverage of similar topics at www.skynettoday.com Theme: Deliberate Thought Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) See Privacy Policy at https:/...

Hate Speech, Applied AI, NYPD, & Grades 26.08.2020

Our latest roundup of last week's big AI news! Plus, Stanford AI Lab PhDs Andrey Kurenkov and Sharon Zhou discuss the news and offer their thoughts. We are trying out this combination of formats for the first time - please fill out the listener survey to let us know what you think about it: bit.ly/ltasurvey Check out all the stories discussed here and more at www.skynettoday.com Theme: Deliberate...

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