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AI startup funding remained strong in Q2, report finds

All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. The pandemic spurred investments in AI across nearly every industry. That’s according to CB Insights’ AI in the Numbers Q2 2021 report, which found that AI startups attracted record funding — more than $20 billion — despite a drop in deal volume. While the adoption rate varies between businesses, a majority of…
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Diverse AI teams are key to reducing bias

All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. An Amazon-built resume-rating algorithm, when trained on men’s resumes, taught itself to prefer male candidates and penalize resumes that included the word “women.” A major hospital’s…
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Intuit expanded userbase with AI assistants and virtual human experts

All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. When it comes to filing taxes, some people prefer to handle it all by themselves. Other people prefer to let the experts take care of everything. For the people somewhere in the middle, Intuit has a service called TurboTax Live, which utilizes AI to match customers with experts who will help guide them through the…
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DNSFilter nabs $30M to fight DNS threats with AI

All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. DNSFilter, a Washington, D.C.-based provider of DNS content filtering and threat protection solutions, today announced that it closed a $30 million series A funding round led by investment firm…
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How Pinterest built a more representative shopping experience with AI

All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. Artificial intelligence and augmented reality can work hand in hand to support innovations that can change the shopping and advertising game. Pinterest combined artificial intelligence with augmented reality and incorporated diversity and inclusion in a way that helped the company’s bottom line, Jeremy King, head of…
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Comcast’s AI-driven voice remote cuts through the glut of shows

All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. With the rise of on-demand TV shows and movies, viewers have a dizzying array of entertainment options to explore. Cable provider Comcast has been helping customers navigate this expansive content landscape using AI via its Xfinity voice remote. The remote taps machine learning to help customers decide what to watch and…
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