EU AI Regulations and Ethical Impacts

Our 97th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!

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Outline:

• (00:00) Intro
• (01:25) Hugging Face reaches $2 billion valuation to build the GitHub of machine learning
• (4:30) Google ups the AI ante with new features for Voice, Assistant, Maps and more
• (09:33) How machine learning is speeding up Formula 1 
• (10:02) China to build AI-powered 3D printed hydroelectric dam in Tibet 
• (11:00) Intel debuts new chips for AI workloads, data center acceleration and laptops
• (11:30) $62.5M Fundraise Values Self-Checkout System Mashgin at $1.5B - 
• (12:20) Scientists Discover Method to Break Down Plastic in Days, Not Centuries
• (16:25) This deep learning technique solves one of the tough challenges of robotics
• (21:33) Researchers now able to predict battery lifetimes with machine learning 
• (22:34) How Do Patients Feel About AI in Health Care? It Depends 
• (23:22) Meta AI Introduces ‘Make-A-Scene’: A Deep Generative Technique Based On An Autoregressive Transformer For Text-To-Image Synthesis With Human Priors
• (24:32) Ad break
• (25:50) A quick guide to the most important AI law you’ve never heard of
• (30:40) Clearview AI banned from selling its facial recognition software to most US companies 
• (34:20) Justice Department and EEOC Warn Against Disability Discrimination 
• (35:23) U.S. civil rights enforcers warn employers against biased AI 
• (36:12) Kendrick Lamar uses deepfakes in latest music video 
• (38:23) Humans vs. DALL·E 
• (41:52) Outro