AI News Weekly - Issue #344: Netflix touts $900k AI jobs amid Hollywood strikes

New position would join its ML Platform team, which drives the Netflix algorithm helping viewers pick new programmes to watch.     View on the Web    Archives ISSUE #344: NETFLIX TOUTS $900K AI JOBS AMID HOLLYWOOD STRIKES  August 3rd 2023   masterworks.com       In the News     Netflix touts $900k AI jobs amid Hollywood strikes Netflix has triggered an angry response from striking Hollywood actors and writers after posting a job advert for an AI expert. bbc.com       Sponsor     A Banksy got everyday investors 32% returns? Seriously! Thousands of investors are already smiling all the way to the bank, thanks to the fine-art investing platform Masterworks. Masterworks already has a track record of 14 exits, including net annualized returns of +10%, +13%, and +35%. [Skip the waitlist] masterworks.com       In The News     10 Biggest Misconceptions about AI AI is Just Like Human Intelligence One of the biggest myths is that AI possesses the same level of intelligence and consciousness as humans when in reality. listverse.com   Inworld AI raises $50M round at $500M valuation for AI game characters Inworld AI has raised $50 million funding from Lightspeed Venture Partners, bringing the valuation of the maker of an AI-based character engine for games to over $500 million. venturebeat.com   The case for more AI in politics Eric Wilson thinks AI has an important, not-at-all scary role to play in professional politics. The tech platforms just need to loosen up. politico.com       Applied use cases     Can Doctor AI predict cancer, save lives? An AI tool had analysed the patient's entire medical history for red flags. Noticing several early indicators, it concluded that the patient had a high risk of developing cancer. So, the patient was sent for imaging tests. aljazeera.com   How MIT's Liquid Neural Networks can solve AI problems from robotics to self-driving cars Liquid neural networks can spur new innovations in AI and are particularly exciting in areas where traditional deep learning models struggle, such as robotics and self-driving cars. venturebeat.com   Evidence, ethics and the promise of AI in psychiatry Researchers are studying how electronic health records (EHR), rating scales, brain imaging data, social media platforms and sensor-based monitoring systems can be used to better predict, classify or prognosticate mental illnesses such as depression and psychosis, or predict the risk of suicide. bmj.com       Ethics     Seeking the Best Algorithm for Ethical War Crimes Most realists understand the meaning of the proverb "all's fair in love and war." The judgment of war crimes that sometimes takes place after the end of a war typically falls upon the losers. fairobserver.com   Google, Microsoft, Meta, Amazon Pledge AI Safety and Security at White House Seven tech giants have made a "voluntary commitment" to the Biden administration that they will work to reduce the risks involved in artificial intelligence. cnet.com   Is Artificial Intelligence Anti-Black? A 2021 report by the University of Pennsylvania Law School Policy Lab on AI and Implicit Bias sought to investigate the role that bias plays in recruiting and hiring platforms. forbes.com       Robotics     Boston Dynamics' Founder : Robots can do more than dance Raibert hopes to teach robots to watch humans perform tasks, understand what they're seeing, and then do it themselves—or know when they don't understand something, and how to ask questions to fill in those gaps. ieee.org   Sequoia leads $30M round for robot developer Collaborative Robotics Collaborative Robotics Inc., a startup founded by the former head of Amazon.com Inc.'s robotics unit, today disclosed that it has raised $30 million in Series A funding. siliconangle.com   Will intelligent robots soon be able to serve as rabbis? As AI expands across more professions, robot preachers and AI programs offer new means of sharing religious beliefs, but they may undermine credibility and reduce donations for religious groups that rely on them. jpost.com       Research     15 Deep Learning Courses for High Salary Jobs The study involved using machine learning techniques on photographs of Danish politicians' faces, and the algorithm achieved an accuracy rate of 61% in its predictions. yahoo.com   Meta's Voicebox Outperforms State-of-the-Art Models on Speech Synthesis Meta recently announced Voicebox, a speech generation model that can perform text-to-speech (TTS) synthesis in six languages, as well as edit and remove noise from speech recordings. infoq.com   research | New AI model outperforms traditional methods in predicting central Pacific El Niño In a recently published study, researchers from the Institute of Atmospheric Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed an AI model using deep learning algorithms that outperforms traditional dynamic models in predicting the development and pattern of El Niño. phys.org   An early warning model of type 2 diabetes risk based on POI visit history and food access management Existing spatio-temporal POI structured feature prediction efforts typically focus on location recommendation or cases using auto-regressive integrated averaging, including dynamic disease propagation of the long short-term memory (LSTM) prediction model [9], and patient-level sequential modeling. plos.org       Sponsor      AI-powered startup unlocks the "billionaire economy" for your benefit We never dreamed of investing in this market. 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