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Researchers propose AI system that summarizes historical texts

January 28, 2021
Summarizing historical text can help people gather, organize, and share knowledge, but cultural and linguistic changes and the sheer volume of archives can make interpreting historical text challenging even for experts. Researchers at the University of Sheffield, Beihang University, and the Open University in the U.K. recently attempted to tackle this problem using AI and machine learning…
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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 therapeutic for peanut allergies while accelerating development of its synthetic gluten for people with celiac and other…
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Grimes and Endel bring their AI-powered sleep sounds to Android

January 27, 2021
Last October, Endel announced that it had partnered with Grimes for a special ‘soundscape’ inside its music app, which is meant to help you focus, relax or fall asleep. The collaboration was called AI Lullaby and, as you might have guessed from the name, combined artificial intelligence with Grimes’ original music and vocals. There was just one problem: it was only available on iOS. The…
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Run:AI raises $30 million to orchestrate and distribute AI workloads

January 26, 2021
Run:AI, a startup developing orchestration and virtualization software for AI workloads, today announced it has raised $30 million. The company says it will use the investment to fund expansion and recruitment globally. AI models are great — after all, they’re at the core of everything from voice assistants to cooling systems. But what reat is the time and effort required to fine-tune them.
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