The Batch

Nov 24, 2021

6 Posts

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Nov 24, 2021

The Batch: Surveillance State In the Making?, Robot Fry Cook, U.S. AI Strategy, A Chatbot For Long Talks

I’m grateful to the AI community for the friendships it has brought me and the benefits it has brought to billions of people.
Animated video shows the Flippy 2 autonomous restaurant robot making french fries
Nov 24, 2021

Deep Learning for Deep Frying: White Castle Uses Robots to Cook French Fries

Flippy 2, a robotic fry station from California-based Miso Robotics, has been newly deployed in a Chicago White Castle location.
Customs and immigration kiosks for entering South Korea.
Nov 24, 2021

When Officials Share Personal Data: South Korea Supplied Foreigner Data to Face Recognition Developers

The government of South Korea is supplying personal data to developers of face recognition algorithms.
A conversation between a human and an open-domain chatbot.
Nov 24, 2021

Long-Haul Chatbot: Facebook Chatbot is Able to Carry on Long Conversations

Facebook released a chatbot that summarizes dialog on the fly and uses the summary to generate further repartee.
Animated image that shows highlights of the U.S. AI Strategy.
Nov 24, 2021

U.S. AI Strategy In Gear: National Security Commision Influences U.S. Military AI Policy

Recommendations from the National Security Commission on AI were enshrined in over 190 laws in 2021.
Project management cartoon
Nov 24, 2021

Solving AI Problems With Civility

I’m grateful to the AI community for the friendships it has brought me and the benefits it has brought to billions of people. But members of the AI community don’t always honor one another.

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