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Bjork and an AI collaborated on an eerie soundtrack for a hotel lobby

I sat in the lobby of the Sister City hotel in downtown New York, laying back on a comfy couch, breathing as deeply as I could. Bjork stayed here for a month last year. I thought that, maybe If I breathed hard enough, I could absorb some of her essence. It’s a surprisingly unassuming setting for Kórsafn, the “generative audio experience” the Icelandic musician created in…
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GitHub now uses AI to recommend open issues in project repositories

Large open source projects on Github have intimidatingly long lists of problems that require addressing. To make it easier to spot the most pressing, GitHub recently introduced the “good first issues” feature, which matches contributors with issues that are likely to fit their interests. The initial version, which launched in May 2019, surfaced recommendations based on labels applied to issues…
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Researchers use AI to deblur human faces in photos

We’ve all been there: You’re snapping pics with your phone — perhaps of a high-speed bike ride or of a hockey match — and don’t think to check whether the autofocus is in lockstep with the action. It isn’t, as you later discover, and you’re stuck with a gallery…
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CB Insights: AI startup funding hit new high of $26.6 billion in 2019

As part of an annual look at global AI investment trends, CB Insights today reports that AI startups raised a record $26.6 billion in 2019 spanning more than 2,200 deals worldwide. That’s compared to roughly 1,900 deals totaling $22.1 billion in 2018 and about 1,700 deals totaling $16.8 billion in 2017. The reported high in AI investments recorded by CB Insights is in line with analysis by …
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AI startups raised record $26.6 billion globally in 2019

Artificial intelligence startups appear to be booming. Global venture capital increased 20% in 2019, while acquisitions jumped 24.8% from the previous year. According to a new report from CB Insights, AI companies raised $26.58 billion across 2,235 deals in 2019, up from…
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ServiceNow acquires AI for IT startup Loom Systems

ServiceNow today announced that it has acquired Loom Systems to strengthen automated insights for customers using the Now platform in order to help them quickly fix IT issues. Loom Systems CEO Gabby Menachem and some members of the Loom Systems team will join ServiceNow as part of the deal. The financial terms of the sale were not disclosed. Loom Systems tech will be integrated with ServiceNow’s…
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