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Google launches AI lab in Bangalore, India
Google to expand AI-powered flood forecasts in India for monsoon season
GitHub acquires Semmle to help developers spot code exploits
Alexa users can soon donate to U.S. presidential candidates
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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
Canopy provides a blueprint for privacy-focused content recommendations
Acronis raises $147 million for tools that back up, protect, and restore data
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Amazon open-sources its Topical Chat data set of over 4.7 million words
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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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Apple study suggests chattier users prefer chattier AI assistants
New AI technique targets Alexa’s contextual understanding
VMRay raises $10 million for real-time malware monitoring and mitigation tools
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