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Artificial Intelligence: AMD Takes On Rivals In The AI Chip Sweepstakes

December 7, 2023

Chipmaker AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) has unveiled a range of innovative AI solutions spanning from data centers to personal computers. The AMD Instinct MI300 Series features data center AI accelerators, while the ROCm 6 open software stack introduces new features supporting Large Language Models (LLMs). Additionally, the Ryzen 8040 Series processors come equipped with Ryzen AI capabilities.

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Artificial Intelligence: Israeli Startup Arugga Is Looking To Disrupt Bumblebees

October 10, 2022

Arugga, an Israel-based startup, has begun commercial marketing of Polly, an AI robot that can mimic the buzzing of a bumblebee. The vibrations from the robot shake the pollen from the flowers of a plant, for example tomato, and fertilize them so they can produce fruit. According to the company, Polly can replace the pollinating function of bumblebees that is so vital for crops such as tomatoes, blueberries, potatoes and others. These are typically crops which contain both male and female parts.

Artificial Intelligence: AI And Satellite Data Help Spot Areas Where People May Be Trapped After A Hurricane

October 10, 2022

Researchers at the University of Connecticut have developed a new method that uses satellite images from before the storm and real-time images from four satellite sensors, together with artificial intelligence, to create a disaster monitoring system. The system is detailed enough to spot damage up to a resolution of 30 meters, as well as update the status continuously.

Artificial Intelligence: Microsoft Open Sources Its FarmVibes AI Toolkit To Advance Data-Driven Agriculture

October 7, 2022

Effective October 6, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) will open source the AI tools in its Project FarmVibes suite of farming technologies. The software giant is hoping that researchers and data scientists can build upon them to turn agricultural data into action that can help boost yields and cut costs. Pictured above is Andrew Nelson, a farmer in eastern Washington who uses drone and satellite imagery, and other AI tools from FarmVibe, to gather actionable data on his farm.

FinTech/AI: Walmart Acquires Alert Innovation, A Retail-Focused Robotics Automation Company

October 6, 2022

Walmart (NYSE: WMT) announced its acquisition of Alert Innovation, a robotics automation company that develops material-handling technology for automating order fulfillment in retail supply chains. Walmart’s particular focus is on market fulfillment centers, or MFCs – it wants to reach customers quicker by deploying MFCs with greater speed, providing both an unmatched shopping experience and a competitive advantage in omni-channel fulfillment. Walmart has been working with Alert to customize technology for its MFCs since 2016, and in 2019, began piloting its first MFC in Salem, New Hampshire, using bot technology from Alert specifically built for the retail giant.

Artificial Intelligence: Google Announces Imagen, Its Text-To-Video Tool

October 6, 2022

Google has announced Imagen Video, an AI video generator that can create 1280×768 HD video at 24 fps from written text. Though it’s still in research mode, it seems to be a quick riposte to Meta’s recently unveiled text-to-video AI tool, Make-A-Video. It also comes within six months of OpenAi’s DALLE-2 text-to-image generator.

Artificial Intelligence: The White House Issues A 5-Point ‘AI Bill Of Rights’

October 5, 2022

The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy on Tuesday issued guidelines titled “Blueprint for An AI Bill of Rights” meant to protect all people from threats including limiting their access to equal opportunity; prevent access to critical resources or services; and undermining their privacy, or tracking their activities.

Artificial Intelligence: The UK’s National Robotarium Teams With Scottish Fire To Create AI-Powered Fire-Fighting Helmet

October 4, 2022

The National Robotarium and Scottish Fire and Rescue Service have conducted trials on a helmet that incorporates AI technology to help firefighters quickly map their surroundings, navigate hazardous environments and efficiently locate fire-scene victims. The announcement of the innovative helmet came simultaneously with the opening of the National Robotarium on September 28.

Artificial Intelligence: Tesla Displays Optimus, A Humanoid Robot, At Its AI Day Event

October 3, 2022

At its much-anticipated AI Day on Friday, Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) brought on stage a prototype of its Optimus humanoid robot slated for mass production in 3-5 years at a target price of less than $20,000. The humanoid is aimed at solving all kinds of boring and repetitive tasks, especially in the context of labor shortages.

Artificial Intelligence: Clearview Nabs Patent For Technology That Creates Bias-Free Algorithms

September 28, 2022

Clearview AI announced its win of the “Scalable Training Data Preparation Pipeline And Efficient Distributed Trainer For Deep Neural Networks In Facial Recognition” patent (U.S. Patent No. 11,443,553) issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The patented technology is able to create highly accurate, bias-free facial recognition algorithms from publicly available information.

Artificial Intelligence: Disperse Raises $16M For AI-Enabled Construction

September 27, 2022

Disperse, a provider of AI software that streamlines processes and productivity at construction projects, has raised $16 million in a funding round led by 2150 with participation by existing investors including Northzone and Kindred Capital. The company will use the new funds for product advancements and expanding the go-to-market function in the Americas. Disperse systems will support project managers during a recessionary environment, volatility in labor and materials markets, and other typical operational issues.

Artificial Intelligence: James Earl Jones Agrees To AI Cloning His Voice For Darth Vader

September 26, 2022

A Ukrainian startup called Respeecher took up the task of using AI to recreate Jone’s voice in Disney Plus’ Obi-Wan Kenobi. According to The Verge, which cited Vanity Fair, Jones had signed off rights to his archival voice work.

Artificial Intelligence: Indian Engineer Duo Builds AI-Powered ‘Smart’ Jacket Made of Graphene

September 23, 2022

Khushboo Patel, an engineering graduate from Surat and Neel Panchal, co-founder of graphene manufacturing startup LHP Nanotechnologies have got together to develop a jacket made of graphene for the Indian Armed Forces that would keep soldiers warm and comfortable even in the harshest of climate.

Artificial Intelligence: Whale Safe, An AI-Enabled System, Warns Ships To Slow Down

September 22, 2022

The Marine Mammal Center and The Benioff Ocean Science Laboratory have announced a collaboration to bring Whale Safe, a technology-based mapping and analysis system to help prevent whale-ship collisions in the San Francisco Bay Area region.

Artificial Intelligence: Kroger Launches AI-Enabled Self Checkouts

September 22, 2022

The Kroger Co (NYSE: KR), America’s biggest grocery retailer, is implementing a self-checkout solution developed using Everseen’s Visual AI. This technology leverages high-resolution cameras and a combination of computer vision and AI capabilities developed on Nvidia’s (NASDAQ: NVDA) Accelerated Computing AI Platform.

Artificial Intelligence: AI To Prevent Endangered Eagle Species From Flying Into German Wind Turbines

September 20, 2022

Only about 130 breeding pairs of the lesser spotted eagle are known to be surviving. This species of eagle is known to ride thermal currents that prevail over past German flatlands that will soon see vast wind farms in the country’s rush to replace increasingly doubtful supplies of Russian gas, coal-based power and nuclear energy.

Artificial Intelligence: BMW And Other Funding Rounds Of Note

September 20, 2022

Here are interesting funding rounds in the AI space, ranging from the BMW-led $10 million funding in an optical AI company, to the similar amount invested in a Slovenia-based insect monitoring, and forecasting platform.

Artificial Intelligence: Rekor Debuts New Non-Intrusive AI-Driven Traffic Data Collection System

September 19, 2022

Rekor, (NASDAQ: REKR) which uses AI, machine learning and data to support roadway safety and smart mobility, unveiled its new edge-based, non-intrusive, AI-driven traffic data collection system designed and developed to collect and transform high-speed roadway data.

Artificial Intelligence: Japanese Companies Retail AI And Toshiba Partner To Revamp The Shopping Experience

September 16, 2022

Japanese companies Retail AI and Toshiba Tec (TYO: 6588) have partnered on a project to integrate Retail AI’s Smart Shopping Cart with Toshiba’s ELERA, a unified cloud commerce platform and suite of solutions that enables retailers to remove boundaries between physical and digital stores.

Artificial Intelligence: LG Ties With Parsons School Of Design To Leverage EXAONE, LG’s Super-Giant AI

September 16, 2022

LG AI Research, the AI research hub of LG Group (KRX: 003550), the South Korean conglomerate, announced a collaboration with the New York-based Parsons School Of Design for research of advanced AI and creative technologies as applicable to fashion, design and media.

Artificial Intelligence: The 2nd Global AI Summit Is On In Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

September 15, 2022

On Tuesday, September 13, the Global AI Summit opened in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with more than 200 speakers from 90 countries and 10,000 participants in the three-day event. Hosted by the Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority (SDAIA), the summit would be attended by private sector leaders, government officials, and renowned academic professionals from across the globe.

Artificial Intelligence: Pilot AI Project Assessing Distracted Driving in Edmonton, Canada

September 14, 2022

The University of Alberta is leading a three-week pilot project that will use artificial intelligence to detect automobile drivers at the wheel with a cell phone in their hand. The project will assess the extent of such distracted driving in the city of Edmonton and also whether AI deployed to nab offenders. Sensors will be installed at strategic Edmonton locations to capture images of these drivers, even through windshields. The technology has been provided by Australian-based company Acusensus which said it had been used in Australia and several locations in the United States.

Artificial Intelligence: US National Institutes Of Health Budgets $14M On “Voice as a Biomarker of Health” Project

September 14, 2022

The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) plans to spend $ 14 million over four years to create a training database of people’s voices that can be used to train AI and machine learning applications for the detection of various diseases and neurological disorders by speech analysis.

Artificial Intelligence: Researchers At Taiwan University Develop AI System To Detect Pancreatic Cancer

September 13, 2022

A team of researchers at the National Taiwan University has trained an AI system on hundreds of examples of tumours in the pancreas to teach it to recognise pancreatic cancer, one of the most deadly types of the disease after lung and colorectal cancers. According to the American Cancer Society, pancreatic cancer could kill over 49,000 people in 2022. Significantly, annually, only about a fifth of patients live for a year after diagnosis.

Artificial Intelligence: Pentagon Using AI And Sea Drones (USVs) To Patrol Gulf Waters

September 12, 2022

The Pentagon has, for the past year, used unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) or sea drones and artificial intelligence (AI) in the seas around the Arabian peninsula, to collect data and images that are transmitted for analysis to data collection centres in the Gulf.