Trendwatch AI & Automation: April 10, 2020

New York Times: Want to Be Better at Sports? Listen to the Machines 

The pattern-recognizing power of machine learning is affecting players, teams, sports medicine and even betting.         

Wired: Automation May Take Jobs—but AI Will Create Them 

A Silicon Valley executive returns home to the rural South to see for himself the ways in which AI is affecting the local economy.     

Bloomberg: Europe’s Tech Czar Says Strict Rules Will Build Public Trust in AI 

Margrethe Vestager has support from Google and Facebook in her quest to make European citizens feel safe in the digital world.     

Singularity Hub: How a New AI Translated Brain Activity to Speech With 97 Percent Accuracy      

Digital Trends: Boston Dynamics' Quadruped Robot Got a Talent Agent

A.I.gency claims to be the world’s first talent agency for robots.