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Is What I See, What I Imagine? Neural Overlap Discovered Between Vision and Imagination
Medical University of South Carolina researchers report in Current Biology that the brain uses similar visual areas for mental imagery and vision, but it uses low-level visual areas less precisely with mental imagery than with vision. These findings
Announcing nominees for the second annual Women in AI Awards
Winners will be announced on Friday, July 17 beginning at 3:55 pm. Awards will be made in 5 categories from Responsibility & Ethics of AI to AI Mentorship.
British AI chipmaker Graphcore claims Nvidia’s crown with GC200 processor
Graphcore, a British AI chipmaker, has unveiled a powerful new processor which takes Nvidia’s crown.
NowRx raises $20 million to expedite prescription deliveries with automation
NowRx, a company leveraging automation to expedite prescription medication deliveries, has raised $20 million through crowdfunding.
Gyant raises $13.6 million for its AI telehealth platform
Gyant, a startup developing an AI-powered digital platform for health providers, has raised a $13.6 million funding round.
National University of Singapore used Intel neuromorphic chip to develop touch-sensing robotic ‘skin’
Researchers at the National University of Singapore used an Intel-designed neuromorphic chip to create touch-sensing robotic "skin."
National University of Singapore demonstrates artificial skin to help robots 'feel'
Researchers have touted the artificial skin as being able to detect touches more than 1,000 times faster than the human sensory nervous system.
Could Japanese robots be the answer loneliness while social distancing?
In a time of social distancing, robots could be just what the doctor ordered, write Simon Denyer, Akiko Kashiwagi and Min Joo Kim
Using a wireless signal to detect crowd density
How do you measure crowds without violating privacy? How about using a wireless band?
Microsoft Courts New Customers on the Farm: Cows
The software company reveals a partnership with dairy cooperative Land O'Lakes that will equip cows with sensors and other gear to improve yields.
Graphcore claims its M2000 AI computer hits 1 petaflop
Chip startup Graphcore detailed its second-generation IPU and the M2000 AI computer, which the company claims can achieve up to a petaflop of compute.
British chip designer Graphcore unveils new AI processor more complex than Nvidia’s
Chip designer Graphcore has unveiled its latest hardware: the Colossus MK2 or GC200 IPU, a 7nm chip with 59.4 billion transistors — more than the number of transistors in Nvidia’s A100, which the firm announced earlier this year. Graphcore is one of a number of companies challenging established chipmakers with a focus on AI processing.
ANU researchers crack next stage of flexible semiconductor development
The university said the organic material puts them a step closer to developing bendable electronic devices, such as mobile phones.
Ponicode raises $3.4 million to develop AI that automates code testing
Ponicode raised $3.4 million for its artificial intelligence platform that checks the accuracy of code to save developers from a time-consuming task.
First Australians Capital pledges to help Indigenous entrepreneurs succeed
By providing financial and advisory support where they can.
‘Fundamentally flawed’ study describes facial recognition system designed to identify non-binary people
In a study, researchers describe a controversial approach to designing facial recognition systems that aim to identify non-binary people.
Max Tegmark interview:
Physicist Max Tegmark wants to make artificial intelligence work for everyone. Here he waxes lyrical about cosmology, consciousness and why AI is like fire