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Apple’s AI can predict cognitive impairment from iOS app usage

Mild cognitive impairment — which affects an estimated 15% to 20% of people over the age of 65, according to the Alzheimer’s Association — often progresses quickly and quietly. Those with it are at an increased risk of developing a dementia, making early detection critical. Researchers at Apple and the University of Tübingen believe the key might lie in iOS app usage habits. To this end…
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Foodvisor raises $4.5 million for its AI-driven app that helps track what you eat

Paris-based Foodvisor has raised $4.5 million in venture capital to accelerate development of its nutritional coaching app that uses artificial intelligence and computer vision to monitor users’ eating habits. Launched in 2018, the company is trying to prove that broader breakthroughs in deep learning can be applied to practical uses such as tracking food intake in such a way that it would have…
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Google Assistant’s latest feature is a personalized audio news feed

Starting today, you can ask Google Assistant to “play me to the news” and it’ll create a curated playlist of audio news stories. The feature, called Your News Update, is available on any phone or smart speaker with access to Google Assistant. Each update will start with a couple of short, general interest news bites before transitioning to longer-form stories. For example, if…
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Xiaomi’s Xiao AI assistant passes 49.9 million users

Today marked the kickoff of Xiaomi’s annual Mi Developer conference in Beijing, and the tech giant wasted no time in announcing updates across its AI portfolio. It took the wraps off the latest release of Mobile AI Compute Engine (MACE), its open source machine learning…
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Sony AI unit launches to push R&D in gaming, cameras and food

Ever since Sony announced the return of Aibo in 2016, it’s increasingly focused on developing AI technology to push its products. Now it’s established Sony AI which will have offices in Japan, Europe and the US focused on bringing “world class fundamental research and development with Sony’s unique technical assets.” While that includes robotics like its…
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