AI & Robotics

In Q1 2020, 9.6 million pieces of content posted on Facebook were removed for violation of company hate speech policy, the “largest gain in a period of time,” Facebook CTO Mike Schroepfer told journalists today. For context, as recently as four years ago, Facebook removed no content with AI. The data comes from Facebook’s Community Standards Enforcement Report (CSER) report, which says AI…

Lilt, which develops AI-powered business translation software, today announced it has raised a fresh $25 million. The company says the cash infusion will enable future product development, research into natural language processing, and acceleration of its go-to-market strategy. Lilt’s solutions target development and deployment challenges around enterprise marketing, support, ecommerce, and…

Last month, Walmart launched Express Delivery, a service that allows customers to receive orders in two hours or less. Pilot tests began across 100 U.S. stores on April 16, and Walmart plans to expand Express Delivery to nearly 1,000 stores in early May and about 2,000 in the weeks after. Express Delivery, which offers more than 160,000 items across Walmart’s inventory, wasn’t motivated…

Aidoc, which bills itself as an AI solutions provider for radiologists, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has allowed the use of its algorithms for “adjunctive” detection of findings associated with COVID-19. The models aren’t meant to replace traditional COVID-19 diagnostic tests, like serological tests and nasopharyngeal swabs, but the agency’s allowance…