Unit21, a startup providing a no-code service that monitors for fraudulent activity online, has raised $13 million in funding. The San Francisco-based company says the money will help grow 26-employee Unit21’s product and distribution-focused management teams, bolster sales and marketing efforts, and launch in new industries.
Of the 3.2 million identity theft and fraud claims received by the…
Google today unveiled Lending DocAI, a specialized Google Cloud solution for the mortgage industry that ostensibly provides “industry-leading” accuracy for documents relevant to lending and processing income. The company says the solution can reduce mortgage processing…
Silent Eight leverages AI to detect and solve financial fraud
October 19, 2020
Silent Eight, a cybersecurity startup leveraging AI to combat fraud, today closed a $15 million funding round. The company says the funds will be used to accelerate current hiring efforts and fuel customer acquisition as it expands to new geographies.
While technologies like…
You might not have to depend on Google Podcasts if you’re asking Assistant to play your favorite serialized audio show. Android Police and its readers have discovered that Google is adding support for third-party podcast services, starting with Spotify. You just have to visit podcast settings in Assistant to choose your provider.
We’ve asked Google if it can comment on the feature’s rollout.
Google promised an Assistant driving mode for phones would arrive in mid-2019, but that clearly didn’t happen — over a year passed without any sign of it. It appears to be ready, though. XDA-Developers has discovered (via Android Police) that Google Assistant’s driving…
AI Weekly: U.S. lawmakers decry the chilling effect of federal surveillance at protests
October 17, 2020
There’s a thread that runs through police violence against Black people and connects to overpolicing, onerous and problematic tactics like facial recognition, AI-powered predictive policing, and federal agencies’ surveillance of protestors. It’s almost a loop; at the…
Localization is a tricky issue for all content creators. It can take significant time and resources to make their work fully accessible to folks who speak different languages. One company thinks it has cracked part of that code with an artificial intelligence system that automatically translates speech into other languages in the same speaker’s voice.
Resemble AI says its Localize tool can keep…
Google Assistant is rolling out on Samsung's 2020 TVs in the US
October 16, 2020
After years of trying to make Bixby happen, Samsung is coming around and enabling support for better AI helpers like Alexa and Google Assistant. The company announced at CES this year that you can choose to use these assistants on its QLED 8K TV, but Google Assistant only…
During a livestreamed event this afternoon, Google detailed the ways it’s applying AI and machine learning to improve the Google Search experience.
Soon, Google says users will be able to see how busy places are in Google Maps without having to search for specific beaches…
Whisper’s hearing aids use AI to boost speech and reduce noise
October 15, 2020
Whisper, a startup developing AI-powered hearing aids that self-tune over time, emerged from stealth today with $50 million. CEO Dwight Crow says the funds will be put toward the company’s go-to-market efforts as it ramps up production of its first product, the Whisper Hearing System.
The U.S. National Institute on Deafness looked at adults aged 70 and older who have hearing loss and could…
