News & Views

It is a long way from having a working machine learning model on a local laptop to having a full-fledged fashion store with a mobile app incorporating this model

Before AI makes God, may we have a word from God?

Analysis
7/24/2020

Artificial intelligence technologies are affecting all aspects of human life – including questions of faith

AI applied to morality

Analysis
7/24/2020

An excerpt from 2084: Artificial Intelligence, The Future of Humanity and The God Question by Professor John C. Lennox

Google launches Recommendations AI to improve retailers’ shopping personalization

News
7/23/2020

The tool focuses on the individual customer, rather than a specific item

Ford and Mobileye team up on ADAS

News
7/23/2020

Mustang Mach-E will have Intel inside

Nvidia and its co-founder donate $50m for University of Florida AI supercomputer

News
7/23/2020

UF alumnus Chris Malachowsky is coming back with gifts

Dexterity emerges from stealth to launch ‘collaborative’ robots for warehouse automation

News
7/22/2020

They pick, pack, move and collaborate

Sea Machines Robotics raises $15m for autonomous ships platform

News
7/22/2020

Because AI doesn’t get sea-sick

Scale AI and partners invest $29m in Canadian AI efforts

News
7/22/2020

Five domestic projects receive funding

AI-powered freight dispatcher SmartHop raises $4.5m

News
7/22/2020

Before AI ultimately kills the trucking industry, it might be able to help it

Open AI’s GPT-3 language model is blowing minds

News
7/21/2020

Beta test shows off the ability to generate anything from works of literature to computer code, using the simplest prompts

Deloitte: 53% of AI adopters spent more than $20m on artificial intelligence last year

News
7/21/2020

But just 45% report having a high level of skill relating to integration of AI into existing IT

Chinese AI chip vendor Cambricon raises $369 million in Shanghai IPO

News
7/20/2020

But remains reliant on Taiwan’s chip foundries

Machine learning helps drone swarms navigate tight, unfamiliar spaces

News
7/20/2020

The GLAS algorithm helps each drone to ‘think’ for itself

Mobileye will start testing its self-driving cars on Germany’s Autobahns

News
7/19/2020

Testing will be permitted at speeds of up to 80mph

Snorkel AI raises $15 million for end-to-end AI platform

News
7/19/2020

Customers include Google, Intel, and the US government

Confusion reigns after driverless bus crashes in Estonia

News
7/17/2020

Nobody was hurt – but nobody knew how to proceed either

IBM and Verizon collaborate on 5G, AI-based enterprise solutions

News
7/17/2020

First stop: AI for supply chains and industrial organizations

Graphcore unveils new chip and server for AI workloads

News
7/15/2020

The Intelligence Processor Unit gets a little more intelligent

FDA clears Avicenna.ai for AI-based imaging tool to diagnose strokes

News
7/15/2020

Another medical AI application clears regulatory hurdles

Air France uses ‘Sky Breathe’ AI to slash fuel costs and reduce emissions

News
7/15/2020

The technology could give a helping hand to an industry devastated by the coronavirus pandemic

Skyscrapers are causing problems for driverless cars

News
7/15/2020

‘Urban canyons’ disrupt GPS signals, spurring the need for localized navigation

AI and the quest for a commercial fusion reactor

Analysis
7/15/2020

An alternative approach to plasma containment could make compact nuclear fusion reactors a reality – and it would rely on artificial intelligence

Autonomous grilling and frying robot Flippy gets a job at White Castle

News
7/14/2020

Robots slide into sliders

AI-based pathology startup Paige raises $70 million for fight against cancer

News
7/14/2020

Using algorithms developed at Memorial Sloan Kettering

German port first to adopt ML in shipping container management

News
7/14/2020

The solution aims to reduce dwell time, which is a major challenge for port operators

Microsoft acquires Orions Systems to boost its Connected Store offering

News
7/13/2020

Orions Systems’ tech takes a more flexible approach to cataloging visual data

Verizon pilots Google’s Contact Center AI for better customer service

News
7/13/2020

The software uses natural language recognition to free up human agents

Microsoft spins out Chinese AI assistant Xiaoice

News
7/13/2020

The company’s youngest employee starts a new venture

Mercedes teases intelligent ‘learning’ tech for next S-Class

News
7/10/2020

Sensors, analytics, and AI to improve safety and comfort

Capgemini: 53% of AI initiatives in large organizations move past pilot stage

News
7/10/2020

As COVID-19 widens the gap between AI-at-scale leaders and struggling organizations

Tuna Scope: Japanese fish processing facilities trial AI-based tuna grader

News
7/10/2020

An optimization effort, or a marketing move?

Graphcore partners with Kingsoft for Chinese DevCloud

News
7/9/2020

Researchers get some free time on the IPUs to see if performance matches claims

AI and self-service business intelligence – competing or complementing concepts?

Analysis
7/8/2020

One term – data analytics – having two meanings – AI and SSBI – this is the classic setup for misunderstandings, failing project pitches, and failed projects. But what exactly are the differences between AI and SSBI? And are they complementing or competing concepts?

Radiology organizations caution FDA on AI for medical imaging

News
7/8/2020

Suggest the agency waits for existing products to prove any benefits before clearing more

Partnership on AI, Kodiak Robotics, Faraday Future, more take out PPP loans

News
7/8/2020

Silicon Valley libertarian mindset meets its limits

TSMC wants to commercialize wafer-scale processors, including Cerebras' huge AI chip

News
7/8/2020

Bring on the era of the chonky chip

Omdia: AI software revenue projected to reach $99 billion in 2025

News
7/7/2020

Analyst firm revises its forecast downwards, amid uncertainty caused by Coronavirus

British startup launches AI-powered PR assistant

News
7/6/2020

[God help us all – Ed.]

Open source platform aims to speed up autonomous car development

News
7/6/2020

Project ASLAN promises easy to install, fully documented and stable self-driving software for specific low-speed urban autonomous applications

Anduril raises $200m, wins contract for autonomous surveillance towers along US-Mexico border

News
7/6/2020

Oculus founder shifts from virtual reality to virtual walls

PwC partners with Cleareye.ai for new banking products

News
7/3/2020

Financial giant cites increasing demand for AI-powered solutions from customers

It takes brains to build a sun: The role of AI in nuclear fusion

Analysis
7/3/2020

AI tech is helping advance nuclear fusion – and is being pitched as the answer to the problems facing ITER, the world's largest magnetic confinement plasma physics experiment