Motional partners with Via to launch a robo-taxi service in the U.S.
Motional and Via announced a partnership to launch a robo-taxi service in the U.S. in the second half of 2021.
Alethea AI makes it easy to create AI avatars from a single photo
Alethea AI, a startup that can create photorealistic AI-generated avatars from a single photo, is unveiling its AI Avatar Studio today.
Waymo partners with Daimler to develop self-driving delivery trucks
Waymo said it will partner with Daimler to develop self-driving trucks that will be sold to U.S. customers within the next few years.
If a robot is conscious, is it OK to turn it off? The moral implications of building true AIs
Philosophers say now is the time to mull over what qualities should grant an artificially intelligent machine moral standing.
Rockset raises $40 million to index and analyze data at scale
Rockset, a startup developing a platform for big data analytics, secured $40 million in venture capital funding.
Gesture recognition technology shrinks to micro size
New resource-efficient gesture recognition can be embedded into smart clothing. Technology developed in collaboration between Aalto University and company HitSeed could be used in manufacturing and healthcare, for example.
How AI can help protect users from abusive and negative behavior
How AI can help ensure user-generated content is moderated so that all users are safe from abusive and negative behavior.
Skan raises $14 million to automate repetitive business processes with computer vision
Skan.ai, an AI-enabled process discovery and operational intelligence platform, today closed $14 million in funding for its RPA platform.
Deci raises $9.1 million to autonomously optimize AI algorithms
Deci claims to accelerate deep learning runtime by up to 10 times on any hardware by amplifying throughput and minimizing latency.
Fast food chain to replace humans with robotic fry cook
Fry cooks despair: After a successful pilot, White Castle to expand robotic line cook concept.
Home Affairs to have AU$75 million 'simple' visa system ready by late 2021
After scrapping its AU$92 million processing system, a tender has been published for the new Commonwealth-wide permissions capability that will focus initially on the simple visa type.
From beekeepers to ocean mappers, Lobe aims to make it easy for anyone to train machine learning models
Sean Cusack has been a backyard beekeeper for 10 years and a tinkerer for longer. That's how he and an entomologist friend got talking about building an early warning system to alert hive owners to potentially catastrophic threats.
Uber sued by drivers over ‘automated robo-firing'
Uber drivers claim they were wrongly dismissed by an algorithm without a right to appeal.
How to figure out what you don't know
Increasingly, biologists are turning to computational modeling to make sense of complex systems. In neuroscience, researchers are adapting the kinds of algorithms used to forecast the weather or filter spam from your email to seek insight into how the brain's neural networks process information.
Google open-sources MT5, a multilingual model trained on over 101 languages
Google open-sourced MT5, a model trained on over 100 languages that the company says achieves state-of-the-art benchmark results.
TechSee raises $30 million to streamline field service work with AR and computer vision
TechSee, a startup employing AI and computer vision to streamline field service work, raised $30 million to expand its reach.
MIT’s autonomous boats take to the water in Amsterdam
An upgrade five years in the making now allows Roboat II to carry passengers.
Automation becomes a business imperative
According to Forrester, remote work, support of remote business, recessionary pressures, new digital muscles for employees and customers, and pandemic constraints will force millions of pragmatic automations to production levels in 2021.