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…
New framework can train a robotic arm on 6 grasping tasks in less than an hour
Advances in machine learning have given rise to a range of robotics capabilities including grasping, pushing, pulling, and other object manipulation skills. However, general-purpose algorithms to date have been extremely…
Deepdub uses AI to localize voice dubbing for foreign language films
Deepdub is launching its platform that uses AI to dub voices into videos so entertainment companies can localize content in multiple languages at the click of a button. The Tel…
Indico raises $22 million to automate enterprise processes
Indico, a provider of enterprise AI for process automation, today announced that it raised $22 million. The company says the new funding will enable it to double its headcount in…
EU watchdog warns of using AI in predictive policing, medical diagnoses, and targeted advertising
(Reuters) — The European Union’s rights watchdog has warned of the risks of using artificial intelligence in predictive policing, medical diagnoses and targeted advertising as the bloc mulls rules next…
AI Weekly: NeurIPS 2020 and the hope for change
On Monday morning, organizers of NeurIPS, the largest annual gathering of AI researchers in the world, gave Best Paper awards to the authors of three pieces of research, including one detailing…
Teachable AI will help Alexa users set up preferences
Amazon today detailed a capability coming to Alexa called Teachable AI that will enable the assistant to ask questions to fill gaps in its understanding. First announced during the company’s…