The Black Box Has Dark Corners: Will we ever understand what happens inside black box AI?
Healthcare

The Black Box Has Dark Corners: Will we ever understand what happens inside black box AI?

Will we ever understand what goes on inside the mind of a neural network?The fear: When AI systems go wrong, no one will be able to explain the reasoning behind their decisions.

October 28, 20202 min read
Unfair Outcomes Destroy Trust: What could cause widespread backlash against AI?
Healthcare

Unfair Outcomes Destroy Trust: What could cause widespread backlash against AI?

Will AI that discriminates based on race, gender, or economic status undermine the public’s confidence in the technology? Seduced by the promise of cost savings and data-driven decision making, organizations will deploy biased systems that end up doing real-world damage.

October 28, 20201 min read
Transparency for Smart Cities: Amsterdam and Helsinki launch public AI registries.
Healthcare

Transparency for Smart Cities: Amsterdam and Helsinki launch public AI registries.

Two European capitals launched public logs of AI systems used by the government. Amsterdam and Helsinki provide online registries that describe the algorithms that govern municipal activities, such as automated parking control and a public health chatbot.

October 14, 20201 min read
Transparency for Smart Cities: Amsterdam and Helsinki launch public AI registries.
Healthcare

Transparency for Smart Cities: Amsterdam and Helsinki launch public AI registries.

Two European capitals launched public logs of AI systems used by the government. Amsterdam and Helsinki provide online registries that describe the algorithms that govern municipal activities, such as automated parking control and a public health chatbot.

October 14, 20201 min read
Standards for Testing Medical AI: Consort-AI and Spirit-AI for clinical trial quality
Healthcare

Standards for Testing Medical AI: Consort-AI and Spirit-AI for clinical trial quality

New guidelines for reporting on experiments with medical AI aim to ensure that such research is transparent, rigorous, and reliable. Spirit-AI and Consort-AI are complementary protocols designed to improve the quality of clinical trials for AI-based interventions.

October 7, 20201 min read
Standards for Testing Medical AI: Consort-AI and Spirit-AI for clinical trial quality
Healthcare

Standards for Testing Medical AI: Consort-AI and Spirit-AI for clinical trial quality

New guidelines for reporting on experiments with medical AI aim to ensure that such research is transparent, rigorous, and reliable. Spirit-AI and Consort-AI are complementary protocols designed to improve the quality of clinical trials for AI-based interventions.

October 7, 20201 min read
Unlabeled Brainwaves Spill Secrets: Deep learning helps doctors interpret EEGs.
Healthcare

Unlabeled Brainwaves Spill Secrets: Deep learning helps doctors interpret EEGs.

For people with neurological disorders like epilepsy, attaching sensors to the scalp to measure electrical currents within the brain is benign. But interpreting the resulting electroencephalogram (EEG) graphs can give doctors a headache.

September 16, 20202 min read
Unlabeled Brainwaves Spill Secrets: Deep learning helps doctors interpret EEGs.
Healthcare

Unlabeled Brainwaves Spill Secrets: Deep learning helps doctors interpret EEGs.

For people with neurological disorders like epilepsy, attaching sensors to the scalp to measure electrical currents within the brain is benign. But interpreting the resulting electroencephalogram (EEG) graphs can give doctors a headache.

September 16, 20202 min read
AI Steps Up: This prosthetic leg uses AI to learn a human-like stride.
Healthcare

AI Steps Up: This prosthetic leg uses AI to learn a human-like stride.

A prosthetic leg that learns from the user’s motion could help amputees walk more naturally. Researchers from the University of Utah designed a robotic leg that uses machine learning to generate a human-like stride.

August 5, 20202 min read
AI Steps Up: This prosthetic leg uses AI to learn a human-like stride.
Healthcare

AI Steps Up: This prosthetic leg uses AI to learn a human-like stride.

A prosthetic leg that learns from the user’s motion could help amputees walk more naturally. Researchers from the University of Utah designed a robotic leg that uses machine learning to generate a human-like stride.

August 5, 20202 min read
AI Against Covid Progress Report: How Chinese authorities used AI to fight Covid
Healthcare

AI Against Covid Progress Report: How Chinese authorities used AI to fight Covid

A new report details the role of AI in China’s effort to fight the coronavirus. Researchers at Synced, a China-based AI publication, describe how nearly 90 machine learning products have contributed to the country’s pandemic response.

July 29, 20201 min read
AI Against Covid Progress Report: How Chinese authorities used AI to fight Covid
Healthcare

AI Against Covid Progress Report: How Chinese authorities used AI to fight Covid

A new report details the role of AI in China’s effort to fight the coronavirus. Researchers at Synced, a China-based AI publication, describe how nearly 90 machine learning products have contributed to the country’s pandemic response.

July 29, 20201 min read
Bots Don’t Need Social Distancing: Covid-19 drove demand for Replika, an AI chatbot.
Healthcare

Bots Don’t Need Social Distancing: Covid-19 drove demand for Replika, an AI chatbot.

A chatbot is providing companionship for the locked-down and lonely. Downloads of Replika, a chatbot designed to be a virtual friend, have spiked during the coronavirus pandemic, reports the New York Times.

July 1, 20201 min read
Bots Don’t Need Social Distancing: Covid-19 drove demand for Replika, an AI chatbot.
Healthcare

Bots Don’t Need Social Distancing: Covid-19 drove demand for Replika, an AI chatbot.

A chatbot is providing companionship for the locked-down and lonely. Downloads of Replika, a chatbot designed to be a virtual friend, have spiked during the coronavirus pandemic, reports the New York Times.

July 1, 20201 min read
Who Was That Masked Protester?: Some face recognition can identify people in masks.
Healthcare

Who Was That Masked Protester?: Some face recognition can identify people in masks.

Vendors of face recognition are updating their tech as people don masks to protect against Covid-19. Police are bound to take notice. Companies that provide computer vision systems, including at least one that supplies law enforcement agencies, are training models to recognize obscured faces.

June 10, 20202 min read

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