Softbank closes $500 million funding round for Didi's autonomous driving unit
The funding will be invested to develop autonomous vehicles for Didi's ride-hailing service.
Fintech collaboration on the cards for Australia's digital identity
As the Digital Transformation Agency prepares to pilot the biometric capabilities of its digital identity system.
Robo-debt victims still missing an apology from Canberra
Meanwhile Shadow Minister for Government Services Bill Shorten said the AU$721 million refund total could potentially be revised to surpass AU$1 billion.
Swedish Hedgefund Achieves 24% Return Using AI
With the 2020 economic crash, returns on investments have fallen through the floor. However, one Swedish firm is crushing goals using AI.
Giving soft robots feeling
In a pair of papers from MIT CSAIL, two teams enable better sense and perception for soft robotic grippers.
A good egg: Robot chef trained to make omelettes
A team of engineers have trained a robot to prepare an omelette, all the way from cracking the eggs to plating the finished dish, and refined the 'chef's' culinary skills to produce a reliable dish that actually tastes good.
Sex and gender differences and biases in artificial intelligence for biomedicine and healthcare
Developers hope that tools for processing natural language will help biomedical researchers and clinicians to find the COVID-19 papers that they need.
Artificial intelligence reconstructs missing climate information
An artificial intelligence-based method may infill gaps in historical temperature data more effectively than conventional techniques. Application of this method reveals a stronger global warming trend between 1850 and 2018 than estimated previously.
Can't find Wally? AI to the rescue...
If you’re ever struggling to find Wally (Waldo in the US), there’s AI for that too! Creative design agency Redpepper have created an AI-powered robot that can find Wally in 4.45 seconds. If you’ve been driven to insanity by the infamous Wally, this article’s for you….
Return to work: How the technology mix we rely on is about to change, again
Software as a service was the key to lockdown working, but as we start to leave our homes other innovations will have a role to play.
RIL's 7977111111 becomes 1st AI chatbot to assist shareholders in capital market
The chatbot, the first one rolled out for a public offering, has been developed by Jio Haptik Technologies.
In virus-hit South Korea, AI monitors lonely elders
In a cramped office in eastern Seoul, Hwang Seungwon points a remote control toward a huge NASA-like overhead screen stretching across one of the walls.
Microsoft is Replacing Journalists with Robots
Microsoft is sacking human journalists in favour of robots. What does this mean for fake news?
AI Develops More Lifelike Game Characters
This new technique of injecting AI to develop more realistic characters could potentially save video game companies millions and enhance the graphics of a game.
Microsoft cuts dozens of staff as it shifts to AI for MSN news stories
Microsoft is getting rid of contractors as it shifts some of its AI news production to AI.
Singapore researchers tapping quantum cryptography to enhance network encryption
ST Engineering and National University of Singapore are looking to tap quantum cryptography technology to build network encryption tools, so these will be ready to mitigate security risks that may emerge when quantum computing becomes mainstream.
Microsoft 'to replace journalists with robots'
Dozens working on the MSN site look set to be replaced by AI, media reports say.