MIT’s AI makes autonomous cars drive more like humans
Google AI researchers use mannequin challenge YouTube videos to improve depth prediction
Facebook says AI now identifies 96.8% of prohibited content
Google brings DoorDash and Postmates to Assistant, Maps, and search results
Amazon’s AWS Ground Station for satellite data hits general availability
Microsoft’s AI generates realistic speech with only 200 training samples
Cardinal Analytx raises $22 million to predict high-cost health plan members
Scaleworks acquires AI ecommerce search provider SearchSpring
Samsung’s AI animates paintings and photos without 3D modeling
Starsky Robotics video puts you in the cab of a self-driving truck
OECD releases AI recommendations for 36 nation-states
MIT CSAIL’s AI system lets wearers control robots with their biceps
Ford taps Agility Robotics’ bipedal robot to test package delivery
Percepto raises $15 million for facility-monitoring autonomous drones
Bill.com launches AI platform for automated payments processing
Box revamps workplace automation tool Relay, debuts new Tasks and File Request features
Mapillary launches marketplace to expand coverage of its crowdsourced map images and data
Facebook open-sources deep learning framework Pythia for image and language models
U.S. Senators propose legislation to fund national AI strategy
Microsoft announces SharePoint Home Sites, Q&As in Yammer, and more
Intel makes progress toward optical chips that accelerate AI
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Andrew Yang: The U.S. government is 24 years behind on tech
Amazon’s AI improves emotion detection in voices
Wolfram gives developers free access to the engine that powers its technology stack
Airbnb teams up with 23andMe to recommend heritage travel destinations
Spend management software provider Ivalua raises $60 million at a $1 billion valuation
Guardicore raises $60 million to protect cloud workloads from attackers
Biofourmis raises $35 million to create digital health ‘biomarkers’ with AI
CloudBees raises $10 million in follow-on funding for Jenkins-based DevOps solutions
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