A new study from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) proposes a machine learning system that can examine X-rays to diagnose conditions including lung collapse and an enlarged heart. That’s not especially novel — computer vision in health care is a well-established field — but CSAIL’s system can novelly defer to experts depending on factors like the…
A new whitepaper coauthored by researchers at the Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence examines the ethics of AI in surgery, making the case that surgery and AI carry similar expectations but diverge with respect to ethical understanding. Surgeons are faced with…
Data-driven construction reporting company Buildots this week announced it raised $16 million, a combination of a $3 million seed round and a $13 million series A. Cofounder Roy Danon says it’ll be used to scale and improve the company’s products as Buildots expands to…
Candis, a startup developing a platform for automated accounting and payment processes, this week closed a €12 million ($13.97 million) financing round. A spokesperson for the company said it’ll be used to further development of Candis’ machine learning engine and fuel growth and expansion within Europe, specifically in the Netherlands.
Most paperwork is still done manually. According to a…
In partnership with researchers at MIT and the Georgia Institute of Technology, Intel scientists say they’ve developed an automated engine — Machine Inferred Code Similarity (MISIM) — that can determine when two pieces of code perform similar tasks, even when they use…
Aquicore, an information tech startup offering cloud-based software for asset operations, today secured $14 million in financing. The company says it’ll use the funding to advance its platform and expand into European markets.
The buildings sector accounts for about 76% of…
Facebook researchers developed a general AI framework called Recursive Belief-based Learning (ReBeL) that they say achieves better-than-human performance in heads-up, no-limit Texas hold’em poker while using less domain knowledge than any prior poker AI. It’s their assertion that ReBeL is a step toward developing universal techniques for multi-agent interactions — in other words, general…
Density raises $51 million to promote social distancing with AI occupancy-tracking sensors
July 28, 2020
Density, a startup building AI-powered, people-counting infrared sensors, today closed a $51 million financing round. The infusion brings the San Francisco-based startup’s total raised to over $74 million, following $23 million in previous funding. Cofounder and CEO Andrew…
Advertima, a startup leveraging AI to customize in-store experiences, today closed a €15 million ($17.3 million) funding round. CEO Iman Nahvi says the company will put the new funds plus €10 million ($11.5 million) of its own capital toward refining its tracking…
I typically think of the dog days of summer as a time when news slows down. It’s typically when a lot of people take time off work, and the lull leads local news stations to cover inconsequential things like cat shows or a little baby squirrel on a little baby Jet Ski. But these are not typical times.
Fallout surrounding issues of bias and discrimination continues at Facebook, as multiple news…
