AI & RoboticsNews

Researchers find AI is bad at predicting GPA, grit, eviction, job training, layoffs, and material hardship

March 30, 2020
A paper coauthored by over 112 researchers across 160 data and social science teams found that AI and statistical models, when used to predict six life outcomes for children, parents, and households, weren’t very accurate even when trained on 13,000 data points from over 4,000 families. They assert that the work is a cautionary tale on the use of predictive modeling, especially in the criminal…
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AI & RoboticsNews

Via raises $200 million to optimize ride-sharing routes with AI

March 30, 2020
Transportation startup Via today announced that it’s raised $200 million in series E financing, bringing its total raised to over $500 million at a $2.25 billion valuation. According to cofounders Oren Shoval and Daniel Ramot, part of the funding will enable Via to expand its efforts around the novel coroanvirus outbreak, which include emergency services and transit network optimization in…
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GamingNews

Nintendo is making 3D Mario remasters for his 35th anniversary

March 30, 2020
The Super Mario series is turning 35 this year, and Nintendo has big plans for the plumber’s birthday. That includes updating and bringing back most of his games for Nintendo Switch, according to a report from Video Games Chronicle. Eurogamer is backing up that report, and…
MobileNews

Foxconn’s iPhone 12 production ‘on schedule’ but supply-chain doubts remain

March 30, 2020
There has been much speculation lately about whether or not Apple will need to delay iPhone 12 production, either due to supply-chain difficulties or over fears that demand won’t be there by the fall. A new report today says that Foxconn’s iPhone 12 production remains on schedule, though there do remain doubts about upstream suppliers when it comes to mass-production in the summer…
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MobileNews

Android Auto Wireless is now supported in 34 countries w/ latest expansion

March 30, 2020
Google’s Android Auto platform has been around for some time now, but the Wireless version of it has only been available in select regions. Now, Google has expanded its availability to over a dozen new countries! On a support page (via ), Google has updated the page to note that Android Auto Wireless is now supported in a total of 34 countries. That’s an expansion of 16 since the last update…
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