Motional resumes self-driving robo-taxi service with Lyft in Las Vegas
Motional says it has resumed a robot-taxi pilot in Las Vegas in partnership with Lyft, following a pause in service due to the pandemic.
Amazon embraces end-to-end models to improve Alexa’s speech recognition
Amazon has moved to end-to-end models to improve Alexa's speech recognition and speaker identification performance.
We've been promised driverless cars for years. So why aren't they on the roads yet?
The technology underpinning autonomous vehicles exists, but everything else is yet to be done.
The real business risks of ignoring diversity, equity, and inclusion in your AI strategy
What happens when decision-makers in tech companies simply don’t reflect the diversity of the general population?
TeleSense raises $10.2 million to monitor crops with AI and sensors
TeleSense, a startup developing a platform to monitor crop health with sensors and AI, has raised $10.2 million in venture capital.
What to Expect When You’re Expecting Robots: The Future of Human-Robot Collaboration
Book co-authored by MIT Associate Professor Julie Shah and Laura Major SM ’05 explores a future populated with robot helpers. As Covid-19 has made it necessary for people to keep their distance from each other, robots are stepping in to fill essentia
NSW government commits AU$192m to arm firefighters with new equipment
This will include upgrades to the aerial fleet, existing emergency infrastructure, and Fires Near Me app.
Australia Post using its data to reject claims of unsafe postie practices
A pilot program is also underway with Google to allow the organisation to implement safer delivery practices for staff.
Mastercard, Idemia, and MatchMove to pilot contactless card with biometric reader in Asia
It would eliminate the need for customers to use a PIN number or signature to authorise payments.
Diagnostic ability of maximum blink interval together with Japanese version of Ocular Surface Disease Index score for dry eye disease
As the US general election looms, feelings are more than mixed about science policy for biomedical and medical research under US President Donald Trump’s administration.
'Spooky' similarity in how brains and computers see
The brain detects 3D shape fragments (bumps, hollows, shafts, spheres) in the beginning stages of object vision - a newly discovered strategy of natural intelligence that researchers also found in artificial intelligence networks trained to recognize visual objects.
US PayPal users can soon use crypto in lieu of fiat currency
The new service will allow users to buy, hold, and sell cryptocurrency such as bitcoin.
The 2020 data and AI landscape
Despite COVID's impact on the economy, many companies in the data ecosystem have not just survived but thrived. Here are some key areas to watch.
FireCompass is Redesigning Red Teaming
FireCompass is redesigning red teaming using AI, saving time, money and resources
Artificial intelligence and the antitrust case against Google
Federal prosecurots say Google uses anticompetitive business practices as well as artificial intelligence, data, and scale to maintain monopolies.
Researchers find evidence of racial, gender, and socioeconomic bias in chest X-ray classifiers
Researchers claim to have found evidence of racial, gender, and socioeconomic bias in popular datasets used to train X-ray scan classifiers.
The Left and the Right Speak Different Languages—Literally
A study analyzed patterns in online comments and found liberals and conservatives use different words to express similar ideas.
Landing AI launches product inspection platform for manufacturers
Landing AI is launching a platform to help manufacturers inspect products like automotive parts or semiconductors using computer vision.