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AI-driven background check startup Intelligo raises $22M

November 15, 2021
Intelligo, an Israeli startup providing AI-driven background check solutions to investors, financial institutions, and corporations, today announced it has raised $22 million from Felicitas Global Partners, one of its long-standing clients. The company said that the growth round, which takes its total fund-raise to $44 million, will drive the development of its AI-powered risk intelligence…
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AI-powered writing assistant Writer nabs $21M

November 15, 2021
Writer, which bills itself as an AI writing assistant for marketing teams, today announced that it raised $21 million. (Writer’s total now stands at $25 million.) Insight Partners led the series A round with participation from Gradient Ventures, which Writer CEO May Habib…
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Tanya Watson signs on as president of JJ Abrams’ Bad Robot Games

November 15, 2021
Join gaming leaders online at GamesBeat Summit Next this upcoming November 9-10. Learn more about what comes next.  JJ Abrams’ Bad Robot Games has named game development veteran Tanya Watson as president and chief operating officer. She will join Anna Sweet, who is CEO of Bad Robot Games, which started in July 2020. Back in May, Sweet announced that the company had raised $40 million, and…
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OpenAI rival Cohere launches language model API

November 15, 2021
Cohere, a startup creating large language models to rival those from OpenAI and AI2Labs, today announced the general availability of its commercial platform for app and service development. Through an API, customers can access models fine-tuned for a range of natural…
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AI Weekly: Workplace surveillance algorithms need to be regulated before it’s too late

November 15, 2021
This week, the all-party parliamentary group (APPG) on the future of work, a special interest group of members of parliament in the U.K., said that the monitoring of workers through algorithms is damaging to employees’ mental health and needs to be regulated through legislation. This legislation, they said, could ensure that companies evaluate the effect of “performance-driven” guidelines…
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AI tool offers cure for scattered medical data

November 15, 2021
A patient in the ER, ICU, and other care environments is often connected to monitoring equipment such as cardiac monitors or ventilators, which capture a range of medical data points: heart rate, respiratory rate, oxygen saturation levels, body temperature, and more.
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Report: 95% of execs say hiring professionals trained in AI is difficult

November 15, 2021
In line with “The Great Resignation” that’s swept the U.S., a new report from information-based analytics provider RELX found that 95% of respondents view hiring and retaining AI talent as a challenge. What may be the most surprising takeaway, however, regards a perceived disconnect between AI ethics and productivity. The majority of respondents (90%) believe ethical standards in the…
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