The symbiotic relationship between 5G and AI Analysis 5/28/2020What can AI systems do for 5G deployments? And how is 5G returning the favor?
Research: Cloud will not become the standard for AI News 5/28/2020Analyst firm Omdia predicts that by 2025, cloud-based, pay-as-you-go AI software will account for just 20 percent of the $126 billion market
Using AI to unlock the value of data in the utilities sector Analysis 5/28/2020Whether optimizing back-office operations or improving customer experience, the opportunities to improve operations with AI-powered tools are endless
IBM adds free AI training data sets to Data Asset eXchange News 5/28/2020Big Blue has something for you
US blacklists dozens more Chinese AI and surveillance companies News 5/28/2020Including SoftBank-backed CloudMinds, which runs the Pepper robot
Sphero spins off division to build robotics and AI for the police and military News 5/28/2020From edtech to deadtech
TalentCloud partners with Microsoft to sell AI-based crop management system to Chinese farmers News 5/28/2020Using IoT and machine learning technologies to reduce pollution and food safety risks arising from chemical use
AI-powered chatbots saved banks $127m in 2019 News 5/27/2020More expensive call centers = more savings with AI
5G will be the catalyst for AIoT in the post-COVID world Analysis 5/27/2020In a post-COVID world, two nascent technologies are set to become the driving forces behind the next technological revolution: 5G and AIoT
Volvo chooses its LiDAR supplier, outlines self-driving strategy News 5/27/2020“Your Volvo will be able to drive autonomously on highways when the car determines it is safe to do so”
Seat is tackling distracted driving with smart camera tech News 5/26/2020A partnership with Eyesight Technologies explores computer vision applications for safety
Canadian researchers are exploring AI for COVID-19 diagnosis News 5/26/2020Studying ultrasound images for patterns that human eyes might have missed
Lockheed Martin partners with DarwinAI for explainable AI News 5/26/2020Understanding the decision kill chain
FedEx to develop AI capacity in partnership with Microsoft News 5/26/2020Their brainchild - FedEx Surround - will improve the logistics company’s analytical capabilities and enable near real-time tracking
US and UK companies team up for AI in drug discovery News 5/22/2020SRI International and Exscientia hope to accelerate the development of new cancer therapies
Airtel acquires 10% of conversational AI startup Voicezen News 5/22/2020I’m sorry Dave, I can’t let you file that customer complaint
$800m Pentagon AI contract awarded to Booz Allen Hamilton News 5/22/2020JAIC agrees huge five-year deal
Transmetrics offers free beta testing for AI-based logistics system part-funded by the EU News 5/22/2020The SaaS firm was able to proceed with the second phase of development thanks to a €1.67 million grant from the EU Commission
British food and beverage firms take up Quantzig's AI services to address distribution issues News 5/22/2020Upheaval caused by coronavirus outbreak adds to existing concerns over quality control and cost optimization
Xilinx announces FPGA for machine learning in space News 5/21/2020Helping satellites get smarter, faster
Gartner names ‘cool vendors’ in AI for banking, investment services News 5/21/2020Four companies are making waves in the hotly contested market
Microsoft, Dell, Ansys and Lendlease form Digital Twin Consortium News 5/21/2020There will only be one version of the consortium
Microsoft builds fifth fastest cloud supercomputer, exclusive to OpenAI News 5/20/2020A massive system for a company making a massive bet
UPenn establishes Wharton AI for Business school with $5m donation News 5/20/2020Presumably comes with a free subscription to this site?
Microsoft’s Project Bonsai to train industrial control systems using machine learning News 5/20/2020Machine learning for machines to learn
Waymo details innovative vehicle behavior prediction algorithm News 5/19/2020VectorNet simplifies the world, but in a really complicated way
General Motors’ self-driving subsidiary, Cruise, lays off 8% of workforce News 5/18/2020Amid COVID-19 and an economic downturn
Swedish startup receives a grant for AI-run Farming-as-a-Service News 5/18/2020Growing greens in Stockholm as part of a government-backed project
Faraday Future insists it has a future, picks Nvidia AGX for potential car News 5/15/2020A company that makes Tesla look stable
BMW to deploy Nvidia Isaac robots in its factories News 5/15/2020Car company partners with chip-maker for a manufacturing overhaul
The 5 petaflops Nvidia DGX A100 hopes to run your AI workloads News 5/15/2020While HGX will do it for the cloud
Nvidia unveils powerful Ampere A100 GPU for data centers and cloud News 5/14/2020Signing up all the customers you could want
Intel and UPenn to use federated AI for privacy-preserving brain tumor research News 5/14/2020Allowing for more data to be used without disclosing personal information
Fiat Chrysler to build cars for Voyage’s driverless ride-hailing service News 5/13/2020Following a similar deal with Google’s Waymo
Intel Capital invests in 11 AI and automation startups News 5/13/2020$132m for American and Chinese businesses
With a new $750m investment, Waymo hits $3bn in outside funding News 5/13/2020Because Google doesn’t want to pay for everything
The Air Force Research Lab is building a video game for AI wargaming News 5/13/2020And it sounds like something I would play
Sony AI and avatarin sign agreement for remote-controlled robot development News 5/13/2020When fully autonomous systems are too expensive or difficult
Dyno Therapeutics comes out of stealth, enters into AI gene therapy partnerships News 5/12/2020Based off of IP from George Church, the man best known for his effort to bring back mammoths
Industrial AI robotics startup Covariant raises $40m News 5/11/2020Series B round comes after crucial ABB partnership
US security commission on AI considers the ethics of using citizen data to fight COVID-19 Analysis 5/8/2020Corporate-military partnership asks Congress and Trump to pass contract-tracing privacy legislation
Xilinx plans ‘Adaptive Compute Research Clusters’ at universities around the world News 5/7/2020Hardware donation will help explore what's possible with programmable logic devices
DARPA Gamebreaker aims to train military AI systems on open world video games Analysis 5/6/2020Working out how to balance and then destabilize real-time strategy titles
The disruptive influence of FinTech in data centers Analysis 5/5/2020AI requires IT workloads unlike anything that financial organizations have seen before
Aidoc’s AI-based system watches for signs of pulmonary embolism News 5/5/2020The software can detect the dangerous condition during routine check-ups