Salesforce researchers release framework to test NLP model robustness
In the subfield of machine learning known as natural language processing (NLP), robustness testing is the exception rather than the norm. That’s particularly problematic in light of work showing that…
Molecula raises $17.6 million for its AI feature store technology
Molecula, which is developing a cloud-based feature store for AI and machine learning workloads, today announced it has raised $17.6 million. The company says the proceeds will be put toward…
Workato raises $110 million for its business workflow automation platform
Workato, which offers an integration and automation platform for businesses, today announced it has raised $110 million at a post-money valuation of $1.7 billion. The company says it will put…
Outlandish Stanford facial recognition study claims there are links between facial features and political orientation
A paper published today in the journal Scientific Reports by controversial Stanford-affiliated researcher Michal Kosinski claims to show that facial recognition algorithms can expose people’s political views from their social…
Iboss raises $145 million as pandemic and WFH push security to the cloud
Iboss announced today that the company has raised a $145 million round of venture capital as the rapid evolution toward remote workforces has placed a new urgency around adopting cloud-based…
AI Weekly: The argument in favor of regulation in 2021
2020 was an eventful year, not least of which because of a pandemic that shows little sign of abating. The AI research community experienced its own tribulations, capped off by…
Alphabet Workers Union launches with hundreds of members demanding change
Contractors and employees working at Alphabet companies like Google have formed the Alphabet Workers Union (AWU). More than 50 Google contract employees voted to unionize last year in Pittsburgh, but…
How Apple’s self-driving car plans might transform the company itself
What would an Apple self-driving car look like? We don’t know yet, but what we do know is that the company has serious plans to roll out its own electric…
Mohammed Farooq Q&A: How Hypergiant is pushing for an open AI platform for ‘ModelOps’
After Amazon’s three-week re:Invent conference, companies building AI applications may have the impression that AWS is the only game in town. Amazon announced improvements to SageMaker, its machine learning (ML)…
Apple loses copyright infringement claims against security startup Corellium
(Reuters) — A federal judge in Florida on Tuesday dismissed Apple’s copyright infringement claims against a Florida startup whose software helps security researchers find vulnerabilities in Apple products including the…
Researchers find race, gender, and style biases in art-generating AI systems
As research pushes the boundaries of what’s possible with AI, the popularity of art created by algorithms — generative art — continues to grow. From creating paintings to inventing new…
Goldman Sachs leads acquisition of bot mitigation company White Ops
White Ops, a fraud detection platform that protects enterprises and online platforms from automated attacks, has announced that it has been acquired by Goldman Sachs’ merchant banking division, in partnership…
SolarWinds hackers are ‘impacting’ U.S. federal, state, and local governments
(Reuters) — The U.S. cybersecurity agency said on Wednesday that a sprawling cyber espionage campaign made public earlier this month is affecting state and local governments, although it released few…
Nuro becomes first company to receive commercial autonomous vehicle permit from California DMV
Hours after announcing that it acquired self-driving truck startup Ike, Nuro revealed it’s the first company to receive permission from the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to charge a…
Bolt raises $75 million to fight ecommerce fraud with machine learning
The checkout platform Bolt — not to be confused with the blockchain startup Bolt Labs, the hardware investor Bolt, or the ride-sharing firm formerly known as Taxify — today announced…
2020 brought a 40% increase in chatbot conversations for companies like NatWest (VB Live)
Presented by Bold360 by LogMeIn In a pandemic-struck world, digital maturity is essential — and customers are not only using chatbots far more, they’ve come to expect them. Learn about…