AI & RoboticsNews

Reinforcement learning competition pushes the boundaries of embodied AI

Join Transform 2021 this July 12-16. Register for the AI event of the year. Since the early decades of artificial intelligence, humanoid robots have been a staple of sci-fi books, movies, and cartoons. Yet after decades of research and development in AI, we still have nothing that comes close to The Jetsons’ Rosey the Robot. This is because many of our intuitive planning and motor skills —…
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IBM is acquiring Turbonomic to advance AIOps agenda

Join Transform 2021 this July 12-16. Register for the AI event of the year. IBM announced this week that it is acquiring Turbonomic, provider of application resource management (ARM) and network performance management (NPM) software infused with machine learning algorithms. Terms of the acquisition, which is expected to close this quarter, were not disclosed. The two companies have a…
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Viso Trust assesses third-party cybersecurity risk with AI, raises $3M

Join Transform 2021 this July 12-16. Register for the AI event of the year. Viso Trust, a  platform that uses AI to perform cyber risk assessments, today announced it has raised $3 million. The company plans to use the funds to support expansion and hiring efforts, as well as sales, marketing, and R&D. It’s estimated that over 65% of security breaches are attributable to third-party…
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Pricefx launches AI-powered market simulation tool

Join Transform 2021 this July 12-16. Register for the AI event of the year. AI has the potential to add value to marketing and sales operations. According to a McKinsey survey, 40% of marketing departments using AI achieve 6% or higher revenue growth on average. In sales, respondents most often report revenue increases from AI use in pricing, prediction of likelihood to buy, and customer-service…
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