Last Week in AI #176: Drones beat human pilots in first fair race, better call quality with AI, how artists view AI-generated art, and more!

Autonomous drones beat human pilots in first fair drone race, UW developed AI-powered earbuds to enhance speech quality, interview with artists on their experience with DALL-E 2

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Autonomous Drones Challenge Human Champions in First “Fair” Race

A year ago researchers from the University of Zurich showcased their autonomous drones that were able to beat the fastest human pilots. However, that race wasn’t “fair” in the sense that the AI algorithm commanding the drones had extra information that human pilots didn’t have. In p…