2-Min AI Newsletter #7

In this edition of the 2 Minute AI Newsletter, we'll be sharing some of the latest and most interesting research news related to artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, and deep neural networks. So sit back, relax and enjoy reading about the exciting new developments in these cutting-edge fields! As always, if you have any questions or feedback, feel free to reach out to us at [email protected].

???? ?? Latest AI/ML Research Highlights?

???After an AI bot wrote a scientific paper on itself, the researcher behind the experiment says she hopes she didn't open a 'Pandora's box'

• An artificial intelligence algorithm called GPT-3 wrote an academic thesis on itself in two hours.?
• The researcher who prompted the AI to write the paper submitted it to a journal with the algorithm's consent.
• "We just hope we didn't open a Pandora's box," the researcher wrote in?Scientific American.

???Researchers in China claim they have developed 'mind-reading' artificial intelligence that can measure loyalty to the Chinese Communist Party

• Researchers in China claim they have developed "mind-reading" AI,?multiple outlets?have reported.
• In a now-deleted video, they reportedly?said?the software could be used to measure party loyalty.
• Last year, the US?sanctioned 11 Chinese institutes?for developing "purported brain-control weaponry."

???Google AI Proposes ‘MLGO’: A Machine Learning Guided Compiler Optimization Python Framework

• The first industrial-grade general framework for integrating ML techniques systematically in?LLVM
• MLGO uses reinforcement learning (RL) to train neural networks to make decisions that can replace heuristics in LLVM
• Open-sourced end-to-end data collection and training solution on?Github?and a?Demo?

???87% of Climate and AI Leaders Believe That AI Is Critical in the Fight Against Climate Change

• According to a new report from the?AI for the Planet Alliance, produced in collaboration with?Boston Consulting Group (BCG)?and?BCG GAMMA, 87% of public- and private-sector leaders who oversee climate and AI topics believe that AI is a valuable asset in the fight against climate change.?
• Global leaders can use AI to achieve their goals in multiple ways:?Mitigation,?Adaptation and Resilience and?Fundamentals.

???Startup Featured For This Issue

???This French Startup, Sonio, is Using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to Improve Prenatal Screening and Diagnosis

• One in thirty-three babies born in Europe and the US have birth defects.?
• With its innovative AI software,?Sonio?seeks to solve this issue by giving prenatal medicine practitioners access to a wide range of medical, imaging, genetic, and environmental data in order to improve prenatal screening and diagnosis.?
• Sonio Diagnostics and Sonio Screening are the company’s two products. Sonio Diagnostics is an artificial intelligence software that aids in the diagnosis of prenatal abnormalities and related syndromes. Sonio Screening tracks ultrasounds performed during pregnancy.