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FogHorn raises $25 million to support edge AI app development

February 25, 2020
The edge AI market — that is, the market for devices that run AI applications locally, without cloud processing — is anticipated to grow substantially in the coming months. According to Deloitte, more than 750 million edge AI chips will be sold by year-end (up from a predicted 300 million in 2017), representing $2.6 billion in revenue. And by 2024, the number of chips sold could reach 1.5…
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NeurIPS requires AI researchers to account for societal impact and financial conflicts of interest

February 24, 2020
For the first time ever, researchers who submit papers to NeurIPS, one of the biggest AI research conferences in the world, must now state the “potential broader impact of their work” on society as well as any financial conflict of interest, conference organizers told VentureBeat. NeurIPS is one of the first and largest AI research conferences to enact the requirements. The social impact…
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MIT CSAIL’s radars map hidden features to help driverless cars navigate snowy terrain

February 24, 2020
Inclement weather — particularly rain and snow — threaten to stop autonomous vehicles in their tracks. That’s because precipitation covers cameras critical to the cars’ self-awareness and tricks sensors into perceiving obstacles that aren’t there. Plus, bad weather has a tendency to obscure road signage and structures that normally serve as navigational landmarks. Fortunately…
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AI is not just another technology project

February 23, 2020
AI, unlike any other initiative is a business transformation enabler and not another technology system implementation that business users need to be trained on. Traditionally, businesses choose either the classic waterfall approach of linear tasks, or the agile approach…
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Spin Master's new NinjaBots are cute little killers

February 22, 2020
Do you remember the old Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon from the ’80s? Shredder’s minions were all featureless humanoid robots, which our heroes could could slice and dice without guilt. At this year’s Toy Fair, Spin Master’s new product answers the question: What if the ninjas were the robots? Unlike the Foot Clan, NinjaBots aren’t human shaped; they’re…
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