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Google Cloud secures U.S. military AI cancer research contract

September 3, 2020
Google Cloud announced today that it landed a contract to supply Veterans Affairs hospitals and Defense Health Agency treatment facilities with AI for predictive cancer and disease diagnosis. The contract comes from the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), a Pentagon organization that brings consumer technology into the military. “The initial rollout will take place at select Defense Health Agency…
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Google expands AI-powered flood alerts to all of India

September 1, 2020
In late 2018, in collaboration with the Central Water Commission of India, Israel Institute of Technology, and Bar-Ilan University, Google piloted a flood-predicting model in portions of Patna, India as a part of its Flood Forecasting Initiative. The company and its…
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Salesforce details new AI-powered products for field service workers

September 1, 2020
Salesforce today detailed the next generation of Salesforce Field Service, its suite of machine learning-powered tools tailored for field service. Among the highlights are appointment scheduling and optimization features, AI guidance and assert performance insights for dispatchers, and automated customer communications to help ensure jobs finish on time. As the pandemic continues to disrupt all…
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Cosmose AI raises $15 million to track in-store shoppers using smartphone data

September 1, 2020
Location data analytics provider Cosmose AI today announced it raised $15 million in a funding round valuing the company at over $100 million. A spokesperson told VentureBeat the capital will be used to drive customer acquisition and product R&D. Keeping apprised of shopping trends online is straightforward enough — whole categories of startups achieve this with modeling. But what about when…
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Tesla Autopilot now detects speed limit signs

August 30, 2020
Tesla cars are now smarter about recognizing street signs. Electrek reports that the automaker is pushing a software update that lets Autopilot detect speed limit signs using the EV’s cameras. Your car should stick to the limit more accurately than it did before, when it was relying solely on GPS data. You shouldn’t risk a ticket just because your car sped up prematurely. You should also have…
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