Last Week in AI #50: Boston Dynamics, DeepFake Amazon Workers, Systematic Labeling Errors

<p class="post-info">We're back from hiatus! With some exciting news and our usual news coverage. Enjoy our latest episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!</p> <p>This week:</p> <ul><li> <a href='https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-06/google-ai-research-manager-samy-bengio-resigns-in-email-to-staff'>Google AI Research Manager Quits After Two Ousted From Group</a> </li> <li> <p><a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ns__YpRneBA'>Robots of the future at Boston Dynamics</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a href='https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/30/openai-ceo-sam-altman-says-ai-could-pay-for-ubi-experts-disagree.html'>Silicon Valley leaders think AI will fund cash handouts</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a href='https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/03/31/1021487/deepfake-amazon-workers-are-sowing-confusion-on-twitter-thats-not-the-problem/#Echobox=1617203832'>Deepfake Amazon workers sowing confusion on twitter</a></p> </li> <li><a href='https://venturebeat.com/2021/03/28/mit-study-finds-systematic-labeling-errors-in-popular-ai-benchmark-datasets/'>MIT study finds systematic labeling errors in popular AI benchmark datasets</a></li> </ul> <p>Find this and more in our text version of this news roundup:  https://lastweekin.ai/p/110</p> <p>Music: Deliberate Thought, Inspired by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)</p>