Google debuts better transcription, endless streaming, and more in Contact Center AI
Lyft releases open source data set for autonomous vehicle development
Inventables raises $11.5 million for 3D carving hardware and design software
Amazon’s Skill Flow Builder simplifies story-based game development for Alexa
CircleCI raises $56 million to continuously test software builds for bugs
Arrcus pulls in $30 million for white-box networking software
Freedom Robotics raises $6.6 million for software that manages fleets of machines
Facebook speeds up mapping data validation with machine learning tools Map With AI and RapiD
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Uber’s EvoGrad is a dev library for evolutionary algorithms
Slack’s desktop app now launches 33% faster, uses 50% less memory
Amazon Alexa scientists boost information retrieval with novel AI training technique
New Adobe XD tools let you export prototypes to Alexa-enabled devices
Microsoft invests $1 billion in OpenAI to develop AI technologies on Azure
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InCountry raises $15 million to help multinational companies comply with data residency regulations
Google increases rewards for hacking Chrome, Chrome OS, and Google Play
AquaSight taps computer vision to tell you if water is safe to drink
Pivot raises $17 million for AI-powered home workouts
Industrial 3D printing startup Fortify raises $10 million
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