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NortonLifeLock’s AI-powered smartphone app blurs out sensitive information in photos

February 26, 2021
With some regularity, sensitive information finds its way into smartphones and other mobile devices. Much of it comes from the estimated 3.2 billion images uploaded every day — people screenshot documents like tickets, tax forms, and medical prescriptions without thinking twice. This makes them susceptible to risks like identity theft and ransomware, among other problems. In 2019 alone, 14.4…
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January AI raises $8.8 million for AI that helps people manage their diabetes

February 26, 2021
January AI, a startup developing a platform that predicts diabetic patients’ responses to certain foods, today announced that it raised $8.8 million. Notable investors in the round included Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff, YouTube cofounder Steve Chen, and former Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer. January founder Noosheen Hashemi says the funding will be used to fill hires across January’s product…
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Otter.ai raises $50 million for AI transcription

February 26, 2021
AI transcription startup Otter.ai today announced it has raised $50 million in a series B round that includes $10 million in convertible notes and was led by Spectrum Equity. With the funds, the company plans to triple its headcount over the next year as it hires across its…
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Band of AI startups launch ‘rebel alliance’ for interoperability

February 25, 2021
More than 20 AI startups have banded together to create the AI Infrastructure Alliance in order to build a software and hardware stack for machine learning and adopt common standards. The alliance brings together companies like Algorithmia; Determined AI, which works with deep learning; data monitoring startup WhyLabs; and Pachyderm, a data science company that raised $16 million last year in a…
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ScienceLogic raises $105 million to grow its AIOps platform

February 24, 2021
ScienceLogic, a startup developing an AIOps and IT infrastructure monitoring platform, today announced that it raised $105 million. The company says the investment will support its continued growth in the AIOps market and further broaden ScienceLogic’s position within the IT operations management industry. AIOps, short for AI for IT operations, is a category of products that enhance IT by…
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