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AI Weekly: AI supercomputers and facial recognition to verify taxpayers’ identities

Did you miss a session from the Future of Work Summit? Head over to our Future of Work Summit on-demand library to stream. Supercomputers and facial recognition dominated the headlines this week in AI — but not necessarily in equal measure. Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook, announced it’s building a server cluster for AI research that it claims will be among the fastest of its…
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Could AI be used to cheat on programming tests?

Did you miss a session from the Future of Work Summit? Head over to our Future of Work Summit on-demand library to stream. Plagiarism isn’t limited to essays. Programming plagiarism — where a developer copies code deliberately without attribution — is an increasing…
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The danger of AI micro-targeting in the metaverse

Did you miss a session from the Future of Work Summit? Head over to our Future of Work Summit on-demand library to stream. If you ask most people to name the key technologies of the metaverse, they’ll usually focus on the eyewear and graphics engines. If they’re sophisticated, they’ll also bring up 5G and blockchain. But those are the nuts and bolts of our immersive future. The…
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Conversational AI provider NLX raises $5M to enhance voice-driven customer support

Did you miss a session from the Future of Work Summit? Head over to our Future of Work Summit on-demand library to stream. Today, self-service automation provider NLX announced it had raised $5 million in seed funding to build an automated, personalized customer self-service solution for managing customer interactions in the travel, hospitality, banking, and insurance industries.  The…
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Vecna Robotics raises new capital as the warehouse automation industry grows

This article is part of a VB special issue. Read the full series here: The metaverse – How close are we? As pandemic headwinds continue to put a strain on the global supply chain, companies are increasingly investing in warehouse automation technologies. It is estimated that more than 80% of warehouses today have no automation whatsoever. However, the market for warehouse automation…
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