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U.S. banks deploy visual AI tools to monitor customers and workers

Join Transform 2021 this July 12-16. Register for the AI event of the year. (Reuters) — Several U.S. banks have started deploying camera software that can analyze customer preferences, monitor workers, and spot people sleeping near ATMs, even as the banks remain wary about possible backlash over increased surveillance, more than a dozen banking and technology sources told Reuters. Previously…
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Is Boston Dynamics becoming a boring robotics company?

Join Transform 2021 this July 12-16. Register for the AI event of the year. Boston Dynamics has made a name for itself through fascinating videos of biped and quadruped robots doing backflips, opening doors, and dancing to “Uptown Funk.” Now, it has revealed its latest…
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Why Microsoft’s new AI acquisition is a big deal

Join Transform 2021 this July 12-16. Register for the AI event of the year. Microsoft’s recent shopping spree reached a new climax this week with the announcement of its $19.7 billion acquisition of Nuance, a company that provides speech recognition and conversational AI services. Nuance is best known for its deep learning voice transcription service, which is very popular in the health care…
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Device42 extends AIOps reach of IT infrastructure discovery tool

Join Transform 2021 this July 12-16. Register for the AI event of the year. Device42 today announced it has added support for additional platforms to an AIOps tool that enables organizations to discover IT resources residing in the cloud and in on-premises IT environments. As enterprise IT environments become more extended, platforms are being added in a way that is not always immediately…
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Nvidia forms Inception VC Alliance to connect AI startups with venture capital

Nvidia has formed its Inception VC Alliance to connect AI startups with venture capital. The move will help connect more than 7,500 startups in the company’s Inception program for AI tech with venture capital firms. Jeff Herbst, vice president of business development and head of Inception at Nvidia, unveiled the alliance today at the AI Day for VCs event during Nvidia’s annual GTC 21…
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