Last Week in AI Facebook Shuts Down Facial Recognition, Google Wants to Work with the Pentagon, AI for Lie Detection?
Nov 11, 2021
The latest AI advancements are making waves! Facebook plans to shut down its facial recognition system, addressing major privacy concerns. Meanwhile, Google seeks a partnership with the Pentagon, stirring ethical debates. Massive funding is boosting AI tools for factories, while innovative sensors are enhancing how robots interact with delicate objects. Excitingly, AI models like IceNet are helping forecast Arctic sea ice changes, all while discussions swirl around AI applications in lie detection and integrity in sports.
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Landing AI's Funding and Focus
- Landing AI secured $57 million in Series A funding to develop machine learning tools for manufacturers.
- These tools aim to streamline the building and deployment of AI systems for enhanced defect detection.
AI's Manufacturing Challenge
- Manufacturing presents a challenge for AI due to the unique nature of each factory.
- Building a universally applicable product is difficult because every factory produces different products.
Data-Centric AI
- Data-centric AI emphasizes the importance of data in AI systems.
- It highlights that most work in applied AI revolves around data engineering rather than model training.