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
Giving robots human-like perception of their physical environments
New model helps robots understand their environment as humans do.
A GoPro for beetles: Researchers create a robotic camera backpack for insects
Researchers have developed a tiny camera that can ride aboard an insect or an insect-sized robot.
Researchers gives robots intelligent sensing abilities to carry out complex tasks
The novel system developed by computer scientists and materials engineers combines an artificial brain system with human-like electronic skin, and vision sensors, to make robots smarter.
We must regulate AI now to improve our lives and avoid its risks
The potential rewards – and threats – of artificial intelligence are unprecedented, but it is urgent that we regulate it if we want AI to be a tool for good, not evil
Unpacking AI’s power and its controversies at Transform 2020
There's too much happening at Transform 2020 to summarize entirely here: the AI Innovation Awards tomorrow evening, the Expo, the intimate roundtables.
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Facebook zeroes in on tourist photography habits
Facebook researchers scanned 57,804 photographs of popular tourist destination spot Cuzco, Peru, that were posted on Flickr over a 15-year period and made two key observations:
Microsoft’s SoftNER AI uses unsupervised learning to help triage cloud service outages
In a new paper, Microsoft researchers detail an AI system that parses cloud service interruption incident descriptions to help with triaging.
The nominees for the VentureBeat AI Innovation Awards at Transform 2020
Here are the nominees for VentureBeat's second annual AI Innovation Awards at Transform 2020. The winners will be announced July 15.
Samsung: Expect 6G in 2028, enabling mobile holograms and digital twins
Samsung said today that the next generation mobile standard, 6G, may arrive earlier than initially expected, further boosting data rates for future XR apps.
Virtual Beings Summit: Artificial people startups have raised more than $320 million so far
Virtual beings are artificial people powered by software, and startups making them have raised more than $300 million to date.