Ford and Bosch showcase automated valet parking in Detroit News 8/31/2020Featuring sensors built into garage infrastructure
US Dept. of Defense is teaching AI to detect cancer News 8/28/2020The 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 News 8/27/2020But the company seems to have forgotten its desktop app
Algorithmia adds pay-as-you-go ‘Teams’ edition to its MLOps platform News 8/27/2020Designed for fast-moving projects restricted by budgets and governance
Dataiku raises $100m for enterprise-grade AI tools News 8/26/2020The 'unicorn' passed $1bn valuation at the end of 2019
SugarCRM acquires Node to boost predictive customer intelligence News 8/26/2020The customer relationship management platform will integrate deep learning models to improve predictive capabilities
US DOE establishes consortium to develop AI for first responders News 8/25/2020A prototype system is in the works
Logistics SaaS platform FarEye closes Series D funding at $37.5 million News 8/25/2020The 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 News 8/24/2020First 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 News 8/24/2020The eponymous open source platform makes it easier for developers to manage their AI datasets
AI pilot beats human 5:0 in DARPA dogfight News 8/24/2020Can we have it in the new Microsoft Flight Simulator?
Alphabet's Sidewalk spawns Cavnue to build roads for autonomous vehicles News 8/21/2020Starting with a 40-mile corridor between Detroit and Ann Arbor
England’s exam regulator pauses study into AI-based marking News 8/20/2020As 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 News 8/20/2020The project will involve AI and predictive analytics
Ford is using AI to develop predictive road safety tool News 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 News 8/20/2020Hoping to improve both engagement and accessibility
Saudi Arabia’s king approves national artificial intelligence strategy News 8/20/2020Hoping to transform Saudi Arabia into “a leading AI and data-driven economy”
IBM details 7nm Power10 processors News 8/19/2020With an embedded Matrix Math Accelerator specifically designed for AI workloads
White House to increase non-defense AI spending to $1.5b in 2021 News 8/19/2020Meanwhile, quantum computing gets $699 million
US Department of Energy announces $37m AI boost for scientific facilities News 8/19/2020Seven national laboratories will lead 14 new projects
Omdia: AI software in financial services projected to hit $9.1bn in 2025 News 8/17/2020Leading use cases relate to process optimization, customer experience, and operational efficiency
Chinese startup AutoX launches self-driving taxi service in Shanghai News 8/17/2020Autonomous vehicles can be summoned through Alibaba’s navigation app
Hiretual scores $13m Series B funding to boost AI-driven recruitment tool News 8/14/2020The 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 News 8/13/2020Work on the Joint Common Foundation will begin this month
TSMC approves $5bn for advanced chip manufacturing as Taiwan’s chip secrets are plundered News 8/13/2020Plus, Chinese competitors lure over more than 100 TSMC engineers
National Institutes of Health launches AI collaboration center to fight COVID-19 News 8/13/2020Bringing together experts from the medical sector
Researchers use machine learning to predict market patterns News 8/12/2020What does this mean for capitalism?
AI-based eye screening for diabetic retinopathy cleared by FDA News 8/11/2020The 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’ News 8/11/2020The drug discovery platform has conducted the largest screening of molecules in history
UK police scrap AI prototype designed to predict serious violence News 8/11/2020The 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 News 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 News 8/10/2020Giving prizes to the top nine contestants hurts my arithmomania
China’s home-grown AI chips offer a chance to close the technological gap News 8/7/2020There are 26 Chinese vendors focused on AI chip design and development
Siemens Healthineers is paying $16.4 billion for Varian News 8/6/2020With AI for cancer treatment in the mix
Former Waymo engineer and AI church founder sentenced for stealing self-driving car secrets News 8/5/2020God programs in mysterious ways
Toshiba is investing $321 million in a new R&D facility for AI News 8/5/2020The redeveloped complex will accommodate 3,000 engineers
Continental and Nvidia launch car industry's fastest supercomputer News 8/5/2020The machine will be used for deep learning, simulation and virtual data generation
Comply Advantage raises $50m to develop AI for fraud detection News 8/4/2020Eliminating sources of funding for crime and terrorism
COVID-19 drives AI adoption: Capgemini News 8/4/2020Nearly half of customers find AI-enabled interactions to be trustworthy
Self-driving startup Argo AI is now worth $7.5 billion News 8/4/2020The tech company has equal backing from Ford and VW
Candis raises $14m for AI in accounting software News 8/4/2020Hopes to handle most European accounting processes
MusashiAI rolls out autonomous forklift and quality control robot News 8/4/2020Honda partnership keeps costs low by moving sensors out of the machine
Google unveils world’s fastest ML training supercomputer News 8/3/2020As measured by the MLPerf benchmark consortium
UK's ICO publishes guidance on AI and data protection News 8/3/2020The document aims to help organizations mitigate the risks of using personal data in AI applications
Instrumental raises $20m for AI-powered defect detection News 8/3/2020Using cameras to automatically inspect manufactured electronics
MIT’s OptiVax uses machine learning to evaluate potential COVID-19 vaccines News 8/3/2020The model looks at broad population coverage as the most important metric
Advertima gets $17.5m to develop AI for physical retail News 8/3/2020But it only works if people keep going to stores
Buildots raises $13 million for AI on the building site News 8/3/2020The system uses mounted cameras and computer vision to keep projects on track
This AI model can predict how any chemical will smell to humans News 8/3/2020A major development for the food and fragrance industries
FDA clears AI-based system for detecting breast cancer News 8/3/2020Developers claim HealthMammo identified cases missed by radiologists