Artificial Intelligence
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BBC releases first beta of its Beeb voice assistant to UK Windows Insider members
Back in August 2019, the BBC made some waves with the news that it was developing a voice assistant called…
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Self-driving vehicle startup Argo AI completes $2.6B deal with Volkswagen, expands to Europe
Volkswagen Group finalized Tuesday its $2.6 billion investment into Argo AI, the Pittsburgh-based self-driving car startup that came out of…
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The coronavirus has hastened the post-human era
In the mid-1970s, Professor Fereidoun M. Esfandiary decided to change his name. From then on he would be legally called…
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5G, AI, cybersecurity and renewable energy set for investment boost under EU coronavirus recovery plan
The European Commission is proposing to direct billions of euros of financial relief into high tech and green investments to…
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Stories
Seattle startup DefinedCrowd lands $50M to help Mastercard, BMW, others improve their AI services
Artificial intelligence services require mountains of reliable data to reach their full potential. Seattle startup DefinedCrowd is filling that need…
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Microsoft acquires robotic process automation platform Softomotive
During his Build keynote, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella today confirmed that the company has acquired Softomotive, a software robotic automation…
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STARTUPS
Smart home startup Josh.ai raises $11 million to offer a home assistant alternative to Alexa
Directly taking on Google and Amazon generally seems to be an ill-advised strategy for a young startup. It’s even more…
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Finance
Index and Credo lead a $2.75M seed in anti-fraud tech, Resistant AI
Prague based Resistant AI has nabbed a $2.75M seed round. The security startup’s machine learning technology is designed to be…
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Marketing data platform Adverity raises $30M Series C led by Sapphire Ventures
In the time many of us live in now, we all know our online media consumption is — to state…
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