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Polish Defence Ministry confirms plan to buy M1 Abrams tanks

WARSAW, Poland — Poland’s defense minister announced Wednesday that the country will buy 250 M1A2 Abrams SEPv3 tanks from the U.S. to counter Russian military capabilities, confirming previous reports of a planned acquisition. “So we are ordering the most modern tanks. Tanks available in the best equipped version, tanks that are combat proven, tanks which were constructed to counter the…
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LinkSquares nabs $40M to expand its AI-powered contract platform

Join executive leaders at the Conversational AI & Intelligent AI Assistants Summit, presented by Five9. Watch now! LinkSquares, a contract management and analytics tool for legal and finance teams, today announced that it raised $40 million in a series B funding round led by Sorenson Capital. The company, whose total funding stands at $61.4 million, says it’ll use the financing to expand…
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Cape Analytics raises $44M to automate property inspections with AI

Join executive leaders at the Conversational AI & Intelligent AI Assistants Summit, presented by Five9. Watch now! Cape Analytics, a company meshing AI with aerial imagery to power property insurance inspections, has raised $44 million in a series C round of funding. Founded in 2014, Mountain View, California-based Cape Analytics enables insurance providers such as AXA and Western Mutual to…
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Announcing nominees for the 2021 Women in AI Awards

Join executive leaders at the Conversational AI & Intelligent AI Assistants Summit, presented by Five9. Watch now! As part of Transform 2021, we’re excited to announce the full list of nominees for the third annual Women in AI Awards. While only a handful will…
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Engineer Makes an AI Camera Sprinkler to Keep People Off His Lawn

To keep people from walking on his lawn and inhibiting its growth, Inventor and YouTuber Ryder of the YouTube Channel Ryder Calm Down built a people-detecting smart camera rigged to a sprinkler system that would spray those who got too close. Ryder explains that the city where he lives inexplicably removed a chunk of sidewalk from the front of his house, leaving only unsightly dirt. “About a…
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