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IKEA launches AI-powered design experience (no Swedish meatballs included)

We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 – 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! For IKEA, the latest in digital transformation is all about home design driven by artificial intelligence (AI) – minus the home furnishing and decor retailer’s famous Swedish meatballs.  Today, it…
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Qualcomm unifies its AI efforts with new stack

We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 – 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! Qualcomm is no stranger to the world of artificial intelligence (AI) on its…
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Healthcare supply chain gets a boost with Vamstar’s AI-driven platform

We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 – 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! Vamstar has taken on a rather challenging job since its launch in 2019: To be the healthcare industry’s go-to supply chain management app for some 86,000 medical facilities and hundreds of thousands…
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Robots learn to shape letters using Play-Doh

Humans aren’t the only ones working with Play-Doh. MIT CSAIL researchers have created a system, RoboCraft, that teaches robots how to work with the kid-friendly goo. The platform first takes the image of a shape (in this case, a letter of the alphabet) and reinterprets…
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AI trained on 4chan's most hateful board is just as toxic as you'd expect

Microsoft inadvertently learned the risks of creating racist AI, but what happens if you deliberately point the intelligence at a toxic forum? One person found out. As Motherboard and The Verge note, YouTuber Yannic Kilcher trained an AI language model using three years of content from 4chan’s Politically Incorrect (/pol/) board, a place infamous for its racism and other forms of bigotry.
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Microsoft Teams is using AI to prevent awkward interruptions in video calls

Microsoft might soon mitigate some of the worst nuisances in video chats. The Verge notes Microsoft is rolling out AI-based voice quality upgrades that should help every call participant hear each other clearly. New machine learning models can not only cancel echoes, but even reduce the chances of awkward interruptions by eliminating echo-related overlaps. This won’t stop rude people from…
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