AI & Robotics

State-of-the-art machine learning algorithms can extract two-dimensional objects from photographs and render them faithfully in three dimensions. It’s a technique that’s applicable to augmented reality apps and robotics as well as navigation, which is why it’s an acute area of research for Facebook. In a blog post today ahead of the International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV) in…

Cross-lingual learning is an AI technique involving training a natural language processing model in one language and retraining it in another. It’s been demonstrated that retrained models can outperform those trained from scratch in the second language, which is likely why researchers at Amazon’s Alexa division are investing considerable time investigating them. In a paper scheduled to be…

Social media management platform Hootsuite and enterprise security company Proofpoint have partnered to ensure social media posts don’t hurt your brand. Hootsuite Enterprise customers who also subscribe to Proofpoint Social Syndicate can now access a new Predictive Compliance feature in Hootsuite’s dashboard. The AI-powered feature is designed to help companies in heavily regulated…

IDnow has raised $40 million in venture capital as the Munich-based company expands its visual verification platform designed to speed online transactions. Founded in 2014, the company makes a cloud-based authentication service that partners can integrate into their own products. Customers can take a selfie using their mobile phones, and the algorithms driving IDnow can match it against a wide…