Luminar Technologies Inc (LAZR.O) announced on Monday that it would partner with Airbus SE (AIR.PA) to test technologies that could increase flight safety and ultimately enable autonomous flight with obstacle detection. " https://www.reuters.com/technology/us-lidar-maker-luminar-partners-with-airbus-test-autonomous-flight-tech-2021-04-26/ Ride-hail company Lyft sold its autonomous vehicle unit to Toyota subsidiary Woven Planet Holdings for $ 550 million. https://techcrunch.com/2021/04/26/lyft-se...
May 10, 2021•5 min•Season 21Ep. 19
Several U.S. banks have begun deploying camera software that can analyze customer preferences, monitor employees, and detect people sleeping near ATMs, even if they remain aware of possible setbacks in increased surveillance, shared more than a dozen banking and technology sources using Reuters. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/insight-u-banks-deploy-ai-123931469.html With online identity management becoming increasingly important, Mastercard plunged this morning and bought identity verification c...
May 03, 2021•5 min•Season 21Ep. 18
Keine HAL 9000s oder Ultrons auf diesem Kontinent, vielen Dank. https://www.politico.eu/article/europe-strict-rules-artificial-intelligence/ Das zweite jährliche FT https://www.ft.com/content/ac773779-98ba-442d-a1f2-a14f1a67ddfe SambaNova Systems, ein Silicon Valley-Startup, das Halbleiter für Berechnungen im Zusammenhang mit künstlicher Intelligenz herstellt, gab am Dienstag bekannt, dass es in einer Finanzierungsrunde, die vom Vision Fund 2 der SoftBank Group Corp geleitet wird, 676 Millionen ...
Apr 26, 2021•4 min•Season 21Ep. 17
The challenge is that due to the high volume of pigmented lesions that often need to be examined for potential biopsies, it is difficult to find and prioritize SPLs quickly. https://news.mit.edu/2021/artificial-intelligence-tool-can-help-detect-melanoma-0402 To mark the 48th anniversary of Pablo Picasso's death, today two scientists working at the intersection of art and artificial intelligence are releasing a series of NFTs based on the recreation of a lost work of art hidden under one of the f...
Apr 19, 2021•5 min•Season 21Ep. 16
President Joe Biden's infrastructure plan, released on Wednesday, includes $180 billion in new research and development spending on new technologies that will shape decades to come and drive military innovation. https://www.c4isrnet.com/artificial-intelligence/2021/03/31/bidens-infrastructure-plan-includes-billions-to-develop-emerging-tech-the-military-needs/ More than two years after the test phase began, the AI-operated reservation service Duplex from Google is now available in 49 US states. h...
Apr 12, 2021•5 min•Season 21Ep. 15
Star Trek actor William Shatner is celebrating his 90th birthday by creating an AI version of himself that will live forever. https://www.pcmag.com/news/william-shatner-taps-ai-to-preserve-himself-for-future-generations The Council today adopted conclusions on the EU's cybersecurity strategy for the digital decade. https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2021/03/22/cybersecurity-council-adopts-conclusions-on-the-eu-s-cybersecurity-strategy/ Amazon deliverers reportedly lose their...
Apr 05, 2021•5 min•Season 21Ep. 14
Today we announce a project called "Learning From Videos" that will automatically learn audio, text and visual representations from the data in publicly available videos uploaded to Facebook. https://ai.facebook.com/blog/learning-from-videos-to-understand-the-world GM-backed Cruise announced today that it is acquiring Voyage after Bloomberg reported a potential deal in early March. https://venturebeat.com/2021/03/15/cruise-acquires-driverless-vehicle-startup-voyage-for-an-undisclosed-amount/ Chi...
Mar 28, 2021•5 min•Season 21Ep. 13
A new approach is needed to address the bias in machine learning and AI systems, according to Oxford legal and AI ethics experts https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/news/releases/new-approach-needed-to-address-bias-in-machine-learning-and-ai-systems-say-oxford-legal-and-ai-ethics-experts At Facebook Connect in 2020, Abrash stated that an always available, low-friction AR interface will be built on two technological pillars: https://tech.fb.com/inside-facebook-reality-labs-the-next-era-of-human-computer-int...
Mar 22, 2021•5 min•Season 21Ep. 12
Clearview AI Inc. is asking the Seventh Circuit to postpone the legal effect of its recent decision to admit a lawsuit under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act in a state court until the Supreme Court has a chance to decide whether to take the case. https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/clearview-ai-will-take-bipa-standing-challenge-to-supreme-court A judge approved one of the largest privacy lawsuits to date, giving Facebook a thumbs up on Friday to pay $ 650 million to users wh...
Mar 15, 2021•5 min•Season 21Ep. 11
Chinese tech giant Huawei Technologies Co launched an artificial intelligence pig farm on Monday. https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3122215/huawei-turns-ai-pig-farming-chinese-tech-giant-explores-new-growth Amazon and MIT are working together to train machine learning models to predict delivery routes. https://www.amazon.science/blog/amazon-mit-team-up-to-add-driver-know-how-to-delivery-routing-models Israel Aerospace Industries and Matrix Defense are partnering in an artificial intelli...
Mar 07, 2021•4 min•Season 21Ep. 10
Purdue University innovators have developed and are testing a new robotic construction system. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/02/210210091126.htm Machine learning-based approach identifies drugs that could be re-used to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. https://techxplore.com/news/2021-02-machine-learning-approach-treatment-options-covid-.html A new AI model built with the world's fastest supercomputer can predict tsunami floods. https://newatlas.com/environment/worlds-fastest-supercompu...
Mar 01, 2021•4 min•Season 21Ep. 9
The Indy Autonomous Challenge will feature driverless cars on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 2021 https://www.autoweek.com/racing/indycar/a35202861/autonomous-indy-car-race-indianapolis-motor-speedway Chinese search giant Baidu in talks about raising money for a stand-alone artificial intelligence semiconductor company https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/10/baidu-in-talks-to-raise-money-for-a-standalone-ai-chip-company-.html Volkswagen AG and Microsoft Corp. are expanding their cooperation with U.S...
Feb 22, 2021•4 min•Season 21Ep. 8
Apple is close to an agreement with Hyundai-Kia https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/03/apple-and-hyundai-kia-driving-towards-deal-on-apple-car.html On average, data scientists produced 196 percent more strawberries by weight compared to conventional farmers https://qrius.com/heres-what-happened-when-ai-and-humans-met-in-a-strawberry-growing-contest/ Ireland will spend €193 million over six years in research https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/state-to-invest-193m-in-research-on-cybersecurity-ai-an...
Feb 17, 2021•4 min•Season 21Ep. 7
The Toyota Research Institute chose 13 additional academic institutions to engage in the next five-year period of its collaborative research programme. https://www.tri.global/news/university-collab/ The Federal Aviation Administration permits U.S. commercial drone manufacturer Robotics to test drones without on-site pilots. https://www.pymnts.com/news/regulation/2021/faa-oks-american-robotics-drones-to-fly-without-human-operators/ Amnesty International is creating a map of all locations in New Y...
Feb 12, 2021•5 min•Season 21Ep. 6
