Bing Maps team contributes Uganda and Tanzania building data sets to OpenStreetMap
Wing kicks off drone deliveries from Walgreens and FedEx Express in Virginia
Researchers use a nailgun-equipped drone to shingle a roof
Skillprint studies how you play games to unlock your hidden skills
Supp AI uses machine learning to identify supplement interactions
Built Robotics raises $33 million for automated construction equipment
Huawei unveils Mate 30 series with no mention of Google
The key to a more human-like Amazon Alexa is unsupervised learning
Google launches AI lab in Bangalore, India
Google to expand AI-powered flood forecasts in India for monsoon season
Alexa users can soon donate to U.S. presidential candidates
Researchers use machine learning to predict large wildfires
Fashion++ turns your fashion Don’t into a Do with minimal tweaks
Facebook’s VizSeq is a visual analysis toolkit for text generation
Salesforce’s Einstein Search uses AI to personalize CRM search results
Tableau’s Explain Data feature uses AI to analyze any data point in a corpus
Indus.ai raises $8 million for construction site management AI
Facebook’s Portal TV lets you watch shows during video calls
Canopy provides a blueprint for privacy-focused content recommendations
Acronis raises $147 million for tools that back up, protect, and restore data
Google Assistant adds 9 new AI-generated voices
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Uber begins mapping public roads in Dallas for its self-driving systems
Amazon open-sources its Topical Chat data set of over 4.7 million words
AI helped Facebook identify and ban 200 white supremacist groups
OpenAI teaches AI teamwork by playing hide-and-seek
Microsoft Teams now supports Oracle digital assistant
Telstra extends mobile plan to Google Nest devices
Kaia raises $8 million to treat chronic pain with AI-guided exercise
Pinterest’s Lens can now recognize 2.5 billion home and fashion objects
TuSimple raises $120 million to expand its fleet of driverless delivery trucks
Trulioo raises $52.8 million to verify customers’ identities
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