#2131 Ghost Locomotion / Strawberries / Vaccine chatbot / Unmanned Aerial Vehicle / Wimbledon
Autonomous driving systems developer Ghost Locomotion has raised a $ 100 million Series D funding round led by Sutter Hill Ventures. https://techcrunch.com/2021/07/01/ghost-raises-100m-series-d-for-au...
2 Aug 20215min
#2130 AI Habitat / Amazon / Vaccine delivery / Telepresence / Seoul Institute of Technology
In 2019, Facebook made AI Habitat available as open source software, a simulator that can train AI systems that embody things like a home robot to work in environments designed to mimic real-world env...
26 Jul 20215min
#2129 Pepper / WHO / Zoom / Github Copilot / Agriculture
SoftBank Group Corp is cutting jobs in its global robotics business and has ceased production of its Pepper robot, according to sources and documents verified by Reuters, as the group downgrades its i...
19 Jul 20214min
#2128 Alphafold / Walmart / Hyundai and Boston Dynamics / Google AI Team / Teslas Dojo
In November 2020, Alphabet-owned AI company DeepMind announced that it had solved one of biology's toughest problems. https://www.wired.co.uk/article/deepmind-alphafold-protein-diseases It's no surpri...
12 Jul 20214min
#2127 OpenAI / Insilico Medicine / XPRIZE / Nvidia Canvas / Virtual Student
David Silver, head of the Reinforcement Learning research group at DeepMind, is awarded the honorary ranking of "Ninth Dan" for AlphaGo. https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/18/computer-scientists-ask-if-deep...
5 Jul 20214min
#2126 TextStyleBrush / Ernie and Bert / Mayflower / Cruise / Fake docs
Ever wished you could mimic a font or handwriting by just taking a snapshot? https://www.engadget.com/facebook-ai-copies-photo-text-style-152032158.html A few new colleagues could soon join the wareho...
28 Jun 20213min
#2125 AI Task Force / $4M awards / AI in manufacturing / Clearview AI / Picasso vs. Pollock
Task Force members will help develop a roadmap to democratize access to research tools that will fuel AI innovation and increase economic prosperity https://www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/news-updates/2021/0...
21 Jun 20215min
#2124 AI detects bankruptcy / Biggest model ever / AI market growth / AI transparency risk / Cruise
The French government will use algorithms and artificial intelligence to identify small businesses at risk of collapse in the wake of the Covid pandemic and allocate up to € 3 billion ($ 3.7 billion) ...
14 Jun 20213min
