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Ford and Bosch showcase automated valet parking in Detroit

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8/31/2020

Featuring sensors built into garage infrastructure

US Dept. of Defense is teaching AI to detect cancer

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8/28/2020

The DoD healthcare system is thought to be responsible for one of the world’s largest medical data pools

Microsoft adds AI-powered transcription to Word

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8/27/2020

But the company seems to have forgotten its desktop app

Algorithmia adds pay-as-you-go ‘Teams’ edition to its MLOps platform

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8/27/2020

Designed for fast-moving projects restricted by budgets and governance

Dataiku raises $100m for enterprise-grade AI tools

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8/26/2020

The 'unicorn' passed $1bn valuation at the end of 2019

SugarCRM acquires Node to boost predictive customer intelligence

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8/26/2020

The customer relationship management platform will integrate deep learning models to improve predictive capabilities

US DOE establishes consortium to develop AI for first responders

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8/25/2020

A prototype system is in the works

Logistics SaaS platform FarEye closes Series D funding at $37.5 million

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8/25/2020

The machine learning-based platform is helping customers slash delivery times and boost productivity

Aurrigo’s self-driving shuttle aces it at European Tour golf event

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8/24/2020

First autonomous vehicle to ferry athletes at a major sporting event, redesigned with Coronavirus guidelines in mind

Pachyderm closes $16 million funding round led by Microsoft

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8/24/2020

The eponymous open source platform makes it easier for developers to manage their AI datasets

AI pilot beats human 5:0 in DARPA dogfight

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8/24/2020

Can we have it in the new Microsoft Flight Simulator?

Alphabet's Sidewalk spawns Cavnue to build roads for autonomous vehicles

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8/21/2020

Starting with a 40-mile corridor between Detroit and Ann Arbor

England’s exam regulator pauses study into AI-based marking

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8/20/2020

As the country is engulfed in an educational crisis caused by an algorithm

BAE Systems awarded $19m to develop a wargaming center for US Marine Corps

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8/20/2020

The project will involve AI and predictive analytics

Ford is using AI to develop predictive road safety tool

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8/20/2020

“We see this as an opportunity to reduce road traffic incidents and save lives”

Otter.ai launches real-time event transcription service

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8/20/2020

Hoping to improve both engagement and accessibility

Saudi Arabia’s king approves national artificial intelligence strategy

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8/20/2020

Hoping to transform Saudi Arabia into “a leading AI and data-driven economy”

IBM details 7nm Power10 processors

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8/19/2020

With an embedded Matrix Math Accelerator specifically designed for AI workloads

White House to increase non-defense AI spending to $1.5b in 2021

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8/19/2020

Meanwhile, quantum computing gets $699 million

US Department of Energy announces $37m AI boost for scientific facilities

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8/19/2020

Seven national laboratories will lead 14 new projects

Omdia: AI software in financial services projected to hit $9.1bn in 2025

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8/17/2020

Leading use cases relate to process optimization, customer experience, and operational efficiency

Chinese startup AutoX launches self-driving taxi service in Shanghai

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8/17/2020

Autonomous vehicles can be summoned through Alibaba’s navigation app

Hiretual scores $13m Series B funding to boost AI-driven recruitment tool

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8/14/2020

The startup’s ‘Talent knowledge Graph’ is being used by more than 100,000 recruiters

Deloitte wins $106m contract to build Pentagon’s AI development hub

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8/13/2020

Work on the Joint Common Foundation will begin this month

TSMC approves $5bn for advanced chip manufacturing as Taiwan’s chip secrets are plundered

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8/13/2020

Plus, Chinese competitors lure over more than 100 TSMC engineers

National Institutes of Health launches AI collaboration center to fight COVID-19

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8/13/2020

Bringing together experts from the medical sector

Researchers use machine learning to predict market patterns

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8/12/2020

What does this mean for capitalism?

AI-based eye screening for diabetic retinopathy cleared by FDA

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8/11/2020

The study showed that novice operators could be trained to obtain medical-grade retinal images

Atomwise secures $123 million in funding to help ‘drug the undruggable’

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8/11/2020

The drug discovery platform has conducted the largest screening of molecules in history

UK police scrap AI prototype designed to predict serious violence

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8/11/2020

The system turned to be inaccurate – but its creators haven’t given up on the idea entirely

IDC: AI revenue estimated to grow 12% to $156.5bn in 2020

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8/10/2020

$124.7bn in software, $13.4bn in hardware, $18.4 billion in services

Xilinx teams up with Hackster.io for Adaptive Computing Challenge

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8/10/2020

Giving prizes to the top nine contestants hurts my arithmomania

China’s home-grown AI chips offer a chance to close the technological gap

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8/7/2020

There are 26 Chinese vendors focused on AI chip design and development

Siemens Healthineers is paying $16.4 billion for Varian

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8/6/2020

With AI for cancer treatment in the mix

Former Waymo engineer and AI church founder sentenced for stealing self-driving car secrets

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8/5/2020

God programs in mysterious ways

Toshiba is investing $321 million in a new R&D facility for AI

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8/5/2020

The redeveloped complex will accommodate 3,000 engineers

Continental and Nvidia launch car industry's fastest supercomputer

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8/5/2020

The machine will be used for deep learning, simulation and virtual data generation

Comply Advantage raises $50m to develop AI for fraud detection

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8/4/2020

Eliminating sources of funding for crime and terrorism

COVID-19 drives AI adoption: Capgemini

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8/4/2020

Nearly half of customers find AI-enabled interactions to be trustworthy

Self-driving startup Argo AI is now worth $7.5 billion

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8/4/2020

The tech company has equal backing from Ford and VW

Candis raises $14m for AI in accounting software

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8/4/2020

Hopes to handle most European accounting processes

MusashiAI rolls out autonomous forklift and quality control robot

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8/4/2020

Honda partnership keeps costs low by moving sensors out of the machine

Google unveils world’s fastest ML training supercomputer

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8/3/2020

As measured by the MLPerf benchmark consortium

UK's ICO publishes guidance on AI and data protection

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8/3/2020

The document aims to help organizations mitigate the risks of using personal data in AI applications

Instrumental raises $20m for AI-powered defect detection

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8/3/2020

Using cameras to automatically inspect manufactured electronics

MIT’s OptiVax uses machine learning to evaluate potential COVID-19 vaccines

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8/3/2020

The model looks at broad population coverage as the most important metric

Advertima gets $17.5m to develop AI for physical retail

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8/3/2020

But it only works if people keep going to stores

Buildots raises $13 million for AI on the building site

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8/3/2020

The system uses mounted cameras and computer vision to keep projects on track

This AI model can predict how any chemical will smell to humans

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8/3/2020

A major development for the food and fragrance industries

FDA clears AI-based system for detecting breast cancer

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8/3/2020

Developers claim HealthMammo identified cases missed by radiologists

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