Google has spent years making user signaling a factor in search ranking. Each update of the search engine’s algorithm, starting with using links (bibliometrics) as a signal in the first version of Google, has made human behavior a ranking factor. Now, speed and interaction with the search results are becomingContinue Reading
AliveCor, a startup developing algorithms to detect health issues from heart rate readings, announced a $65 million raise in series E financing, led by existing investors OMRON, Khosla Ventures, WP Global Partners, Qualcomm Ventures and Bold Capital Partners. The company says they will use the funds to support growth ofContinue Reading
Is AI-assisted Botox the future of anti-aging skincare? That is the rather clickbait question asked by a recent article in Esquire magazine. Let’s save some time, the answer is a clear “NO”, but that won’t stop people from cramming the latest buzzword into Botox treatment. While AI can help recognize cancerContinue Reading
Artificial Intelligence firm, Course5 Intelligence just announced the launch of a new AI Labs in Toronto, Canada. With an existing facility in Bangalore, India, this will be Course5’s second R&D lab focusing on AI. The company focus on the development of so-called “Narrow AI”. Most (if not all) AI systems that existContinue Reading
DeepMind has created an AI system to helps scholars recreate ancient Greek texts from broken stone tablets. The system called PYTHIA, named for the oracle at Delphi who translated the divine word of Apollo, is the first neural network for ancient text restoration able to recover missing characters. These text, someContinue Reading
According to NASA Millions of pieces of debris orbit the Earth at speeds of up to 17,500 miles per hour, for reference a bullet travels at about 10% of that speed. This means even a tiny object can cause catastrophic damage to a satellite, something anyone in that business will tellContinue Reading
OpenAI is an artificial intelligence research organization on a Crusade to build general self-learning AI. The group’s robotics division says Dactyl, its robotic hand they built last year, has learned to solve a Rubik’s cube. Automated Rubik’s Cube solving robots are far from new. Guinness World Records has a dedicated category forContinue Reading
VIDA Diagnostics announced today they will have distribution with TeraRecon’s EnvoyAI, the largest medical imaging artificial intelligence marketplace. This means that VIDA’s LungPrint AI which analyzes lung imaging to aid in detection, evaluation, and treatment of lung diseases will be available to many more physicians and radiologists. We are seeingContinue Reading
Diveplane is a startup attempting to fix the privacy issues associated with data used for artificial intelligence training. The company this week launched what it says is the industry’s “first verifiable twin dataset.” The product called GEMINAI, is supposed to help organizations analyze sensitive datasets without risking the information being compromised.Continue Reading
Here, a company that develops intelligent mapping and location technologies, announced a new software development kit (SDK) that uses machine learning and AI to turn any front-facing camera into a tool to make driving safer. Using the beta of Here Live Sense SDK uses AI and machine learning to offer real-timeContinue Reading