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Daimler takes ‘reality check’ on robotaxi spending due to safety hurdles
IBM’s Lambada AI generates training data for text classifiers
StatMuse combined its NLP stack with Matthew Berry’s fantasy football predictions
Facebook research suggests pretrained AI models can be easily adapted to new languages
GitHub launches Security Lab to protect open source code
Google Cloud’s Contact Center AI hits general availability
Google Search on mobile now helps you pronounce words correctly
Punchh raises $40 million for AI that promotes customer engagement and loyalty
Hypernet Labs raises $10 million to ‘democratize’ data science
Baidu releases PaddlePaddle 1.6 with federated learning tools and more
Bossa Nova unveils inventory robot for small stores
Moveworks raises $75 million to automate tech support
Investigative intelligence platform Siren raises $10 million
AMP Robotics raises $16 million to sort recyclable materials autonomously
John Carmack moves to ‘consulting CTO’ role at Oculus
App developers in Uganda use TensorFlow to spot armyworm damage in maize
Canalys: Amazon shipped 10.4 million smart speakers in Q3 2019, almost tripling Google
GitHub launches Arctic Code Vault to preserve open source software for 1,000 years
GitHub launches iOS app, Android app coming in 2020
Facebook now detects 80% of hate speech proactively
Graphcore’s AI accelerator chips launch on Microsoft Azure
Cruise updates the AI brains behind its autonomous cars twice weekly
Google Cloud launches AI-driven management platform to tame network complexity
Freshworks nabs $150 million to bring cloud and automation tools to customer engagement teams
Ad-blocking browser Brave launches out of beta
Volvo’s prototype autonomous bus drives itself around depots
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Wappier raises $4 million to power data visualization for apps and games
ThreeKit raises $20 million to generate 3D product renderings on the fly
DroneDeploy raises $35 million for drone management and logistics tools
Fitbit OS 4.1 arrives in December, and it might be the last
Liqid raises $28 million for adaptive resource management in datacenters
Convoy raises $400 million at $2.75 billion valuation to make freight trucking more efficient
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