Record High AI Funding, AfriBERTa, Facial Recognition in the West Bank, Tesla FSD Beta Crash, AI for Stressed Dogs

<p>Our 78th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!</p> <p>Subscribe: <a href='https://feed.podbean.com/aitalk/feed.xml'>RSS</a> | <a href='https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lets-talk-ai/id1502782720'>iTunes</a> | <a href='https://open.spotify.com/show/17HiNdxcoKJLLNibIAyUch'>Spotify</a> | <a href='https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKARTq-t5SPMzwtft8FWwnA'>YouTube</a></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> <p>(00:00) Intro (01:40) <a href='https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/08/walmart-is-using-fully-driverless-trucks-to-ramp-up-its-online-grocery-business.html'>Walmart is using fully driverless trucks to ramp up its online grocery business</a> (05:20) <a href='https://venturebeat.com/2021/11/11/report-ai-startup-funding-hits-record-high-of-17-9b-in-q3/'>AI startup funding hits record high of $17.9B in Q3</a> / <a href='https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2021/11/13/robots-orders-companies-labor-shortage/8603677002/'>Robot orders by companies surge as labor shortages linger</a> (09:50) <a href='https://www.marktechpost.com/2021/11/12/university-of-waterloo-ai-researchers-introduce-a-new-nlp-model-afriberta-for-african-languages-using-deep-learning-techniques/'>University of Waterloo AI Researchers Introduce A New NLP Model ‘AfriBERTa’ For African Languages Using Deep Learning Techniques </a>  (12:40) <a href='https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/nov/09/ai-skin-cancer-diagnoses-risk-being-less-accurate-for-dark-skin-study'>AI skin cancer diagnoses risk being less accurate for dark skin – study</a> (16:55) <a href='https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/israel-palestinians-surveillance-facial-recognition/2021/11/05/3787bf42-26b2-11ec-8739-5cb6aba30a30_story.html'>Israel escalates surveillance of Palestinians with facial recognition program in West Bank</a> (22:15) <a href='https://www.theverge.com/2021/11/12/22778135/tesla-full-self-driving-beta-crash-fsd-california'>Tesla vehicle i