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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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China's new AI trade rules could hamper a TikTok sale

August 29, 2020
TikTok’s attempt to sell itself and avert a possible US ban may run into some complications. The Wall Street Journal reports that China has unveiled new restrictions on AI technology exports that could affect TikTok. The new rules bar the exports of tech like content…
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AI Weekly: Facebook’s discriminatory ad targeting illustrates the dangers of biased algorithms

August 29, 2020
This summer has been littered with stories about algorithms gone awry. For one example, a recent study found evidence Facebook’s ad platform may discriminate against certain demographic groups. The team of coauthors from Carnegie Mellon University say the biases exacerbate socioeconomic inequalities, an insight applicable to a broad swath of algorithmic decision-making. Facebook, of course, is…
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