iDevices’ Instinct is a light switch with Alexa built in
Carnegie Mellon and Oregon State team wins first leg of DARPA Subterranean Challenge robot competition
Lenovo Smart Clock with Google Assistant gets a digital photo frame
Amazon’s voice-synthesizing AI mimics shifts in tempo, pitch, and volume
Facebook: Expect Oculus Insight tracking in future wearable AR glasses
Caavo’s Control Center gains support for Sonos speakers and Nest Cam
Drop raises $44 million to reward loyal shoppers with gift cards
Amazon Forecast hits general availability
Google’s Nest Mini will reportedly succeed the Home Mini
Researchers attempt to fool AI with magic tricks
Intel, Google, Microsoft, and others launch Confidential Computing Consortium for data security
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TapClicks raises $10 million to automate marketing campaigns
Waymo open-sources data set for autonomous vehicle multimodal sensors
Box Shield launches in private beta to prevent data compromise
Capacity raises $13.2 million to index emails, files, and more with AI
TriEye raises $2 million more for cameras that can see in the dark
Amid Epstein fallout, MIT’s Center for Civic Media director resigns
Intel unveils its first AI chip Springhill
OpenAI releases curtailed version of GPT-2 language model
Gmail in G Suite now uses AI for inline spelling and grammar suggestions
Google Go launches globally on Android
Waymo expands driverless car testing to Florida
Starship Technologies raises $40 million for autonomous delivery robots
Databricks launches AutoML Toolkit for model building and deployment
Zendrive raises $37 million to encourage good driving behaviors with AI
Reputation.com raises $30 million to help businesses manage their online presence
H2O raises $72.5 million to simplify enterprise AI deployment
Microsoft hires former Siri boss for AI leadership role
Google open-sources gesture tracking AI for mobile devices
Cerebras Systems unveils a record 1.2 trillion transistor chip for AI
Center for Data Innovation: U.S. leads AI race, with China closing fast and EU lagging
Bernie Sanders wants to ban facial recognition use by police
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