Waymo‘s Taxi Struggles, Robot Surveillance in Singapore, AI against Human Trafficking

<p>Our 74th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!</p> <p>Check our text version of this news roundup over at <a href='https://lastweekin.ai/'>lastweekin.ai.</a></p> <p>This week:</p> <ul><li style="font-weight:400;">Applications<ul><li style="font-weight:400;"> <a href='https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/12/tech/waymo-one-year/index.html'>Waymo's self-driving taxi struggles with left turns and puddles. But it's still winning over some Arizona riders</a> </li> <li style="font-weight:400;"><a href='https://venturebeat.com/2021/10/07/how-ai-can-fight-human-trafficking/'>How AI can fight human trafficking</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Research<ul><li style="font-weight:400;"> <a href='https://www.sciencealert.com/giant-ai-analysis-of-100-000-climate-studies-reveals-how-huge-the-crisis-already-is'>AI Analysis of 100,000 Climate Studies Reveals How Massive The Crisis Already Is</a> </li> <li style="font-weight:400;"> <a href='https://syncedreview.com/2021/10/14/deepmind-podracer-tpu-based-rl-frameworks-deliver-exceptional-performance-at-low-cost-123/'>Google Researchers Explore the Limits of Large-Scale Model Pretraining</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Ethics<ul><li style="font-weight:400;"> <a href='https://www.euronews.com/next/2021/10/08/new-robots-patrolling-for-anti-social-behaviour-causing-unease-in-singapore-streets'>New robots patrolling for 'anti-social behaviour' causing unease in Singapore streets</a> <ul><li style="font-weight:400;"> <a href='https://www.zdnet.com/article/singapore-sends-xavier-the-robot-to-help-police-keep-streets-safe-under-three-week-trial/'>Singapore sends Xavier the robot to help police keep streets safe under three-week trial</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight:400;"> <a href='https://www.unite.ai/are-under-curated-hyperscale-ai-datasets-worse-than-the-internet-itself/'>Are Under-Curated Hyperscale AI Datasets Worse Than The Internet Itself?</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Fun<ul><li