Artificial Intelligence
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STARTUPS
Applied gets $2M to make hiring fairer — using algorithms, not AI
London-based startup Applied has bagged £1.5M (~$2M) in seed funding for a fresh, diversity-sensitive approach to recruitment that deconstructs and…
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Roborace to replace F1 racing drivers with robots at Disrupt
Formula E is so 2017. This year, it’s all about Roborace, an upcoming F1-style competition. And the big new thing…
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UK puts on misleading robot puppet-show in Parliament
The UK’s Parliament recently decided to question an actual robot about artificial intelligence. This might sound like a good…
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Trends
Clarifai’s AI can detect ‘unsavory’ content in images and videos
Filtering out pornography, drugs, gore, and other objectionable content on the internet is no easy chore. Facebook now has 7,500…
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Trends
Google explains the magic behind the Pixel 3’s Super Res Zoom
Google Pixel 3’s camera has a lot of impressive tricks up its sleeve. One of them is Super Res…
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Trends
Gartner picks digital ethics and privacy as a strategic trend for 2019
Analyst Gartner, best known for crunching device marketshare data; charting technology hype cycles; and churning out predictive listicles of emergent capabilities…
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Trends
IBM launches AI OpenScale and Multi-cloud Manager to simplify AI and cloud deployment
Artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud service are big business. Total investment in AI reached $26 billion to $39 billion in…
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Trends
MIT commits $1 billion to make AI part of every graduate’s education
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) today announced a $1 billion initiative to reshape how the college operates and make…
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Trends
Amazon’s new patent will allow Alexa to detect a cough or a cold
Amazon is constantly trying to improve Alexa, its AI-assistant. A recent patent filed by the company shows just how: it…
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