USPTO uses ‘state-of-the-art’ machine learning to analyze AI patents News 8/31/2021Publishes dataset describing all machine learning innovation since 1976
China’s largest AI firm files for $2bn Hong Kong IPO News 8/31/2021SenseTime goes ahead with float while remaining blacklisted by the US Bureau of Industry and Security
China plans to regulate algorithms, proposes strict controls News 8/31/2021After years of encouragement, the CCP is bringing the country’s tech corporations to heel
Unity buys OTO to fight swearing in video games News 8/27/2021Using AI to censor in-game communications is shaping into a trend
Tesla AI day: Real chips, unreal robots News 8/20/2021Spandex and silicon whipped out by tech's loudest billionaire
The UK private sector is ready for AI – but lacks skilled personnel needed for adoption, a new report warns News 8/20/2021Government should consider incentivizing job hunters to take up tech careers, authors suggest
Baidu’s Kunlun II AI chips enter mass production News 8/20/2021Plus, Baidu Brain is updated and an AI educational academy is set to launch
GE Appliances to add Google Assistant to fridges and dishwashers News 8/19/2021One of the largest appliance companies in the United States partners with Google on a broad range of AI initiatives
Apple’s LiDAR patents suggest its autonomous vehicle project may still be alive News 8/19/2021Five-year-old filings outline method of predicting LiDAR data using machine learning
Latent AI raises $19 million for AI at the edge News 8/19/2021The startup emerged after years of DARPA-funded research
Bristol Myers Squibb to license Exscientia immunological drug candidate News 8/18/2021The startup will receive a $20m option exercise fee – with tiered royalties on any product sales
British robot farming startup buoyed by $4.8m overfunded Crowdcube campaign News 8/18/2021Supermarket giant Waitrose and the National Trust are among SRC’s customers
ClosedLoop raises $34m in Series B funding to improve patient care using data News 8/18/2021Former IBM CEO Sam Palmisano among new investors
China’s largest AI firm is reportedly planning $2bn Hong Kong IPO News 8/17/2021SenseTime looks to go ahead with Hong Kong float, while remaining blacklisted by the US Bureau of Industry and Security
US federal government opens probe into Tesla Autopilot crashes News 8/17/2021Self-crashing technology
Ultromics closes $33m Series B to fund AI-based cardiovascular diagnostic tools News 8/17/2021The firm’s EchoGo Core and EchoGo Pro platforms were built in partnership with the NHS
Apple researchers use AirPods and ML to measure breathing rates News 8/16/2021Researchers already planning future tests with ‘a larger study cohort’
Omdia: Nvidia responsible for 80 percent of AI-focused data center chip market News 8/16/2021Impressive 2020 revenue growth as the company admits it is looking over its shoulder
AI-powered drug discovery startup XtalPi closes $400m Series D round News 8/16/2021Following reports of a potential public listing
JLL to acquire commercial real estate startup Skyline AI News 8/16/2021Will help predict property values and suggest when it’s time to raise rent
Colorado set to host the largest electric autonomous vehicle fleet in the US News 8/13/2021Six-seater ‘Mines Rovers’ are ADA accessible and 100 percent electric
HCL launches DRYiCE AEX: A suite of AI-based workplace tools to improve productivity News 8/13/2021With more than 50 out-of-the-box use cases
OpenAI upgrades Codex machine learning assistant, says it can turn natural language into code News 8/12/2021As its competitor AI21 launches the world's largest language model
So small: Nvidia unveils compact RTX A2000 GPUs for more capable AI workstations News 8/12/2021For the first time ever, Nvidia places error correction codes in its 2000 series
Xiaomi takes on Boston Dynamics’ Spot with its own CyberDog News 8/11/2021Says it will build an open source community around the quadrupedal robot
Deepbrain raises $44m, plans to bring its AI-based avatars to the US News 8/11/2021“Synthetic humans” can be deployed as news anchors or English tutors
Hyundai’s Motional to expand robotaxi services across the West Coast News 8/11/2021The new fleet in Santa Monica will be made up of Hyundai’s Ioniq 5 electric vehicles
Stanford spin-off Snorkel AI reaches unicorn status in two years News 8/10/2021Programmatic data labeling startup secures $85 million, just a few months after its $35 million Series B
New NSF-backed research institute to build next-gen infrastructure for AI News 8/10/2021ICICLE will develop practical AI applications, and the tools to make technology easier to use
Retail tech unicorn Bluecore secures $125m in Series E News 8/10/2021The likes of Gap and Foot Locker use the company’s platform to keep customers coming back
Language models like GPT-3 could be used to send more believable phishing emails News 8/9/2021Singapore-based research team used AI to create ‘weirdly human’ scam messages
Battery-powered autonomous cargo trains to begin testing in Finland News 8/9/2021The trains will be fueled by two 100kW engines capable of hauling up to 300 tons
John Deere acquires autonomous tractor startup Bear Flag Robotics for $250 million News 8/9/2021The ag-tech market continues to consolidate
Dataiku closes $400m Series E round, reaches $4.6bn valuation News 8/5/2021Datadog CEO Olivier Pomel and Insight Partners among new investors
British politician decries AI ‘nudifier' platform, calls for the site to be banned News 8/5/2021DeepSukebe charges up to $40 in crypto for ‘nudifier’ services
Harry Kane transfer would hurt Spurs but may improve Man United, according to AI soccer prediction system News 8/5/2021Selling star striker would decrease Spurs top-four chances from 29 to just nine percent
Microsoft uses new machine learning model to enhance Bing searches News 8/5/2021More relevant searches for the less relevant search engine
Lawrence Berkeley's CAMERA uses AI for autonomous scientific discovery News 8/4/2021As science gets too big for human minds
Hootsuite snaps up chatbot maker Heyday in $49m deal News 8/3/2021Heyday is to operate as a standalone firm, but Hootsuite will integrate the company's tech into its social media management platform
Nvidia’s Inception program now boasts 8,500 AI startup members News 8/3/2021Membership has increased by 17 percent in the first half of this year
Toyota and SMBC invest $137m in their third AI and robotics fund News 8/3/2021Mirai Creation Fund III hopes to raise $915m by the end of March 2022
Europe's first commercial robotaxi service is a yellow ferry that takes you to a Dutch golf course News 8/2/2021The solar and battery-powered ships can run for six hours at up to four knots
Facebook releases open source robotics development platform, Droidlet News 8/2/2021A modular system for testing how robots interact with the real and simulated world