Datasaur, a semi-automated text data-labeling tool, raises $1 million
ICE’s warrantless facial recognition searches trigger Maryland bill
As robotic grasping improves, rivals debate the metrics of success
Securiti.ai named most innovative startup at RSA
OpenAI’s Jeff Clune on deep learning’s Achilles’ heel and a faster path to AGI
NeurIPS requires AI researchers to account for societal impact and financial conflicts of interest
Google launches TensorFlow library for optimizing fairness constraints
Google Cloud AI removes gender labels from Cloud Vision API to avoid bias
Stanford and NYU: Only 15% of AI federal agencies use is highly sophisticated
Google Cloud launches Dialogflow Mega Agent with 20,000 intents
OnSiteIQ raises $4.5 million to improve construction safety using AI and 360-degree imagery
AI Weekly: Machine learning could lead cybersecurity into uncharted territory
Galaxy Buds+ with Spotify is good, but it could be great
Andrew Yang brought AI into American politics, and it isn’t going away
U.S. Senators propose facial recognition moratorium for federal government
Slack launches App Home in general availability
Samsung debuts Galaxy Buds+ with 2-way speakers and longer battery life
How AI is fighting, and could enable, ransomware attacks on cities
White House’s proposed budget would increase investments in AI and quantum computing
Microsoft trains world’s largest Transformer language model
Facebook launches 3D deep learning library for PyTorch
IEEE calls for standards to combat climate change and protect kids in the age of AI
Labelbox raises $25 million to grow its data-labeling platform for AI model training
Andrew Yang warns against ‘slaughterbots’ and urges global ban on autonomous weaponry
Google researchers release audit framework to close AI accountability gap
Meena is Google’s attempt at making true conversational AI
Google’s AI powers real-time orca tracking in Vancouver Bay
AI Weekly: Calls for facial recognition moratorium highlight need for protection from surveillance tech
Kneron raises $40 million to grow edge AI chip design operations
CB Insights: AI startup funding hit new high of $26.6 billion in 2019
ServiceNow acquires AI for IT startup Loom Systems
GM’s Cruise rolls out Origin, an autonomous electric vehicle with no steering wheel
Microsoft open-sources ONNX Runtime model to speed up Google’s BERT
From Washington State to Washington, D.C., lawmakers rush to regulate facial recognition
World Economic Forum launches toolkit to help corporate boards build AI-first companies
Facebook launches PyTorch 1.4 with mobile customization and Java support
VCs double down on hot Seattle startup scene with $10 million Allen Institute AI Incubator investment
Apple acquires edge AI startup Xnor
Congress moves toward facial recognition regulation
GitHub launches Android app in beta
