iRobot’s IFTTT support is about to become much more useful if you’re a fan of smart home tech. The company has formed a partnership with IFTTT that will let you integrate smart home gadgets directly inside iRobot’s Home App, effectively giving those devices control over your Roomba vacuum or Braava mop. To start, iRobot’s IFTTT page already has five recipes for common…
Lyft releases Flyte, a platform for maintaining AI workflows
January 7, 2020
Hot on the heels of Uber’s open-sourcing of an AI debugging tool this morning, Lyft announced the release of Flyte, which it describes as a structured and distributed platform for concurrent, scalable, and maintainable machine learning workflows. The company says that…
Today, the White House proposed 10 principles for federal agencies to consider when regulating artificial intelligence, Reuters reports. The guidelines stress limiting regulatory “overreach” and encourage Europe and other allies to “avoid heavy handed…
Google Assistant passes 500 million users, will get longform reading and deeper smart home integration in 2020
January 7, 2020
Google Assistant is now used by 500 million monthly active users, and today Google is previewing features on the way in 2020 like a new voice that reads articles and web pages aloud to users with a more natural and humanlike voice. Later this year, saying “Hey Google, read it” or “Hey Google, read this page” will trigger the assistant to read or translate text from an article or webpage…
Debugging machine learning (ML) models isn’t a walk in the woods. Just ask the data scientists and engineers at Uber, some of whom have the unenviable task of digging into algorithms to diagnose the causes of their performance issues.
To lighten the workload, Uber…
The warehouse robotics market is on the upswing. In point of fact, analysts at Allied Market Research anticipate it’ll reach $5.186 billion by 2023 as tasks like pick-place, packaging, transportation, packaging, and palletizing become increasingly automated. A recent…
Bzigo wants to make it easier for you to zap mosquitoes in your home. The U.S. and Israel-based startup combines artificial intelligence with a laser pointer and camera to autonomously track a mosquito inside your home.
Using computer vision, Bzigo detects mosquitoes within minutes from when they enter a room and at a distance of up to 26 feet (eight meters). Upon detection, the system trains a…
IBM launches Advertising Accelerator with Watson to automatically optimize campaigns with AI
January 7, 2020
Marketing and sales departments prioritize AI and machine learning higher than any other in enterprise today. Forbes pegs the percentage at 40%, and it’s no wonder — AI embedded in software is anticipated to free up more than a third of data analytics in marketing…
BlackBerry has debuted a new cybersecurity offering that brings Cylance’s AI-powered protection to the automotive industry, enabling carmakers and fleet operators to automatically verify drivers, address security threats, and issue software patches.
The concept solution…
Intel has Jason Levine, Principal Worldwide Evangelist for Adobe Creative Cloud, and his fabulous head of hair to thank for the most entertaining part of its CES press event. The chipmaker’s executive VP, Gregory Bryant, said he often gets asked why AI and machine learning are important on PC. He then brought Levine on stage to demonstrate the kind of creative experiences Ice Lake’s…
