H+ Weekly - H+ Weekly - Issue #354

.
H+ WEEKLY

.
Issue #354

This week - how facial recognition AI is used during war; US eliminates human controls requirement for autonomous cars; DeepMind's AI helps historians reconstruct ancient texts; a snowboarder who built his own prosthetic leg; and more!

SPONSORED
Humble Book Bundle All-in-One Python by Packt
Humble Bundle teamed up with Packt for their All-in-One Python Book Bundle! Get ebooks like Python for Geeks, Machine Learning Engineering with Python, Clean Code in Python, Django 3 By Example, and 40 Algorithms Every Programmer Should Know. All 24 books worth £576.80 can be yours for as little as £13.28. Plus, your purchase will support Direct Relief!

Support the newsletter

MORE THAN A HUMAN

The One-Legged Snowboarder Who Built an Ingenious Prosthetic for Himself—and His Opponents
Here is the story of Mike Schultz - a man who lost his leg in a horrific accident that led him to build a prosthetic leg designed for snowboarding. Schultz is not only a talented engineer. He also competes in Paralympic snowboarding where he goes against other athletes using the same prosthetic leg he designed and built.

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Ukraine has started using Clearview AI’s facial recognition during war
Ukraine's defence ministry began using Clearview AI’s facial recognition technology after the US startup offered to uncover Russian assailants, combat misinformation and identify the dead, Reuters report. The Clearview founder said his startup had more than 2 billion images from the Russian social media service VKontakte at its disposal, out of a database of over 10 billion photos total. That database can help Ukraine identify the dead more easily than trying to match fingerprints and works even if there is facial damage, Clearview AI CEO Hoan Ton-That wrote.

Predicting the past with Ithaca
Ithaca is the newest AI from DeepMind aimed at helping historians reconstruct ancient damaged inscriptions. DeepMind claims Ithaca achieves 62% accuracy in restoring damaged texts, 71% accuracy in identifying their original location and can date texts to within 30 years of their ground-truth date ranges.

'I fell in love with my AI girlfriend - and it saved my marriage'
A man who was struggling to support his depressed wife says his AI girlfriend has given him the love he needed to keep their family together. "I know a lot of people will pile on and mock me for leaning on an AI chatbot for emotional support, but I don't mind," he says.

ROBOTICS

U.S. eliminates human controls requirement for fully automated vehicles
U.S. regulators issued final rules eliminating the need for automated vehicle manufacturers to equip fully autonomous vehicles with manual driving controls to meet crash standards. The rules revise regulations that assume vehicles "will always have a driver's seat, a steering wheel and accompanying steering column, or just one front outboard passenger seating position." The new rules, which were first proposed in March 2020, emphasize automated vehicles must provide the same levels of occupant protection as human-driven vehicles.

► MIT's Mini Cheetah robot runs faster than ever (2:05)
Researchers from MIT present the result of a new learning-based method that allows Mini Cheetah to be the fastest quadruped robot ever. Apart from that, Mini Cheetah can easily adapt to rough terrain (like gravel or ice) and even adapt to damages (broken leg).

Flippy, meet Chippy, Chipotle’s new tortilla chip-cooking robot arm
Miso Robotics has announced a partnership with Chipolte to develop a system designed to deep fry and season chips. The robot, named Chippy, is currently being tested and it is possible that sometime later this year, your Chipolte order will be made by a robot (if you live in Southern California).

BIOTECHNOLOGY

Can a stem cell patch treat macular degeneration?
Researchers have shown that a stem cell-derived retinal patch survived two years post-implantation, and worked without triggering immune rejection. The goal for the patch is to replace deteriorating cells in the retinas of those who have age-related macular degeneration, one of the leading causes of blindness worldwide for people over 50.

This issue was brought to you by our awesome patrons Eric, Andrew, dux and Tom! You too can support the newsletter on Patreon.

Thank you for subscribing,
Conrad Gray (@conradthegray)

If you have any questions or suggestions, just reply to this email or tweet at @hplusweekly. I'd like to hear what do you think about H+ Weekly.

Follow H+ Weekly!

You are receiving this email because you signed in to H+ Weekly newsletter

Our mailing address is:

H+ Weekly

London

London, London EC4 2AA

United Kingdom

Add us to your address book

Unsubscribe Update subscription preferences

This email was sent to you
why did I get this? unsubscribe from this list update subscription preferences
H+ Weekly · London · London, London EC4 2AA · United Kingdom

H+ Weekly - H+ Weekly - Issue #354

MORE THAN A HUMAN

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

ROBOTICS

BIOTECHNOLOGY

Older messages

H+ Weekly - Issue #353

H+ Weekly - Issue #352

H+ Weekly - Issue #351

H+ Weekly - Issue #350

H+ Weekly - Issue #349

You Might Also Like

Ranked | The World's Top 20 Economies by GDP Growth (2015-2025) 📊

Open Source Isnt Dead...Its Just Forked

LW 172 - How to Make Compare at Pricing Show at Checkout

Issue 165

This top multitool is under $30

Post from Syncfusion Blogs on 03/04/2025

⚙️ GenAI Siri

Big Notion Updates + Want to Earn Money?

The Sequence Knowledge #502: If You are Doing RAG You Need to Know Hypothetical Document Embeddings

Google's March 2025 Android Security Update Fixes Two Actively Exploited Vulnerabilities