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AI holds the key to even better AI

January 29, 2021
For all the talk about how artificial intelligence technology is transforming entire industries, the reality is that most businesses struggle to obtain real value from AI. 65% of organizations that have invested in AI in recent years haven’t yet seen any tangible gains from those investments, according to a 2019 survey conducted by MIT Sloan Management Review and the Boston Consulting Group.
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MIT CSAIL claims its breast cancer prediction AI works equally well across demographic groups

January 28, 2021
Researchers at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) say they’ve created a breast cancer risk-assessment algorithm that shows consistent performance across patients from the U.S., Europe, and Asia. This new algorithm captures the requirements of risk modeling, jointly learning a patient’s risk across multiple future time points and optionally drawing on…
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Ukko raises $40 million to address food allergies with AI

January 27, 2021
Ukko, a 30-employee biotech company using AI to investigate solutions for food allergies and sensitivities, today raised $40 million in a series B round led by Bayer’s Leaps by Bayer. Ukko says the new funding will allow it to enter clinical trials with an investigational…
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Tasker's Android phone automation connects with Google Assistant

January 27, 2021
People have long used Tasker to take care of repetitive tasks on their Android device, or to customize its features based on things like whether they’re at home or at the office. Now the app’s features are a little easier to use since you can trigger them via Google Assistant. XDA points out a post by the developer on Reddit where he points out the currently available triggers, which you can…
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Algolia acquires MorphL to turbocharge ‘search-as-a-service’ platform with AI

January 26, 2021
Algolia, which offers a “search-as-a-service” platform, has acquired Romanian AI and machine learning (ML) startup MorphL. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Founded out of San Francisco in 2012, Algolia — which counts Salesforce and Accel among its investors — provides the engine and tools for businesses to build Google-like indexing and search smarts into their own platforms using…
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