Topic > Pandemic
AI Weekly: AI-driven optimism about the pandemic’s end is a health hazard
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Customer engagement for a new digital-first world (VB Live)
Stanford and Carnegie Mellon find race and age bias in mobility data that drives COVID-19 policy
K Health raises $42 million to expand its AI-powered telemedicine platform
Google updates COVID-19 forecasting models with longer time horizons and new regions
MIT researchers say their AI model can identify asymptomatic COVID-19 carriers
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Resources to help employees weather the pandemic (VB Live)
Merck tests delivering temperature-controlled medicine via drone
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Recognizing data points that signal trends for the future of business post-pandemic
PitchBook-NVCA: VC investments slow in the pandemic but angel investors step up
Quil launches in-home health monitoring solution as telemedicine usage explodes
CNCF’s Priyanka Sharma on building an open source movement during a pandemic
Nvidia claims Cambridge-1 is the U.K.’s fastest supercomputer
Facebook’s AI matches people in need with those willing to assist
Amazon launches Alexa smartphone app features for car commuters
Osmo launches self-paced kids math games for pandemic learning
Microsoft adds partners to pathogen-tracking Premonition project
Aidoc raises $20 million more for its computer vision medical tools
Over 1,000 parents sign open letter protesting facial recognition in schools
Spotify adds virtual event listings as COVID-19 threatens 2021 tours
Idriverplus raises over $14.6 million for autonomous street cleaners and cars
Nvidia researchers detail AI-powered clinical speech transcription system
Researchers claim masks muffle speech, but not enough to impede speech recognition
Oakland Black Business Fund aims to deliver both relief and investment
Researchers claim their AI can hear if a speaker is wearing a mask
The role of autonomous ships in a world wary of pandemics
The meatpacking industry is an incubator for AI, automation, and COVID-19
App Annie: Mobile advertising is a must during the pandemic
Infermedica raises $10.25 million for chatbots and voice assistants that triage health care
Sight Diagnostics raises $71 million for blood-testing computer vision
Google and Harvard release COVID-19 prediction models
Spotify paid subscribers rose 6% in Q2 2020 to 138 million, profits fall short
CES is going online-only in 2021
Density raises $51 million to promote social distancing with AI occupancy-tracking sensors
MIT CSAIL employs machine learning to optimize vaccine designs
Intel grew revenues 20% to $19.7 billion in Q2 2020, but key manufacturing upgrade delayed
Microsoft launches AI-powered Dynamics 365 retail and anti-fraud services
Intel has worked with 100 groups on pandemic response and invested $30 million in 100 days
