Researchers associated with Google and the Partnership on AI have created a framework to help companies and their engineering teams audit AI systems before deploying them.
The framework, intended to add a layer of quality assurance to businesses launching AI, translates into practice values often espoused in AI ethics principles and tackles an accountability gap authors say exists in corporate AI…
Early iPhone hit SpellTower gets reimagined a decade later
January 30, 2020
In 2011, designer Zach Gage decided to try something different: make a game in a genre he hated. The result was SpellTower, a mashup of word games and puzzlers, which went on to become one of his most popular titles to date, with more than 1 million downloads. Its…
The latest Apple Watch clone is on the way from Chinese smartphone maker Oppo. A render of an upcoming smartwatch was posted by a noted leaker.
Oppo itself teased the watch in December, though it only showed a silhouette at the time…
spotted the tweet by @UniverseIce…
IBM releases annotation tool that taps AI to label images
January 30, 2020
Data labeling is an arduous — but necessary — part of the AI model training process. Currently, it takes around 200-500 samples of annotated images for a model to learn to detect a single object. Fortunately, freely available tools help automate the most monotonous sub-tasks, and one of these was recently published by IBM on GitHub. It’s part of the company’s Cloud Annotations project…
Aquant raises $30 million for AI that gives customer service agents mission-critical data
January 30, 2020
Organizational data is often scattered across systems, hidden within text, and locked within the minds of employees. Given the disparate channels, how might this data be unified and delivered to support agents engaged in service calls? Assaf Melochna and Shahar Chen, former…
Report: Huawei surpassed Apple to become 2nd largest smartphone vendor in 2019 despite sanctions
January 30, 2020
According to a new report, Huawei has surpassed Apple to become the second-largest smartphone vendor globally for 2019, as Samsung retains top spot yet again.
The report comes from and shows the volume of smartphone shipments actually declining by 1% across the entire…
Robotic finger can sweat like a human to cool down
January 30, 2020
Robots can already do lots of things people can including gymnastics, but a new type of soft robot has one of the most human traits of all. Researchers have a developed a finger-like appendage that can break into sweat to prevent overheating, much like we do during hot days or physical exertion. Soft robots are already useful because they can resist damage and grasp slippery things, but sweating…
Microsoft backs AI in healthcare with a $40 million program
January 30, 2020
Microsoft’s deepening health tech strategy now includes a significant commitment to AI. The company is starting a $40 million AI for Health program that should help researchers and key organizations improve the quality of life for people around the planet. The…
Nintendo said it is upgrading its forecast for profits in the fiscal year ending March 31, thanks to strong sales of the Nintendo Switch and games that run on it.
Nintendo said that its revenues would hit $11.48 billion in the fiscal year, about the same as it had predicted…
OpsRamp raises $37.5 million to apply AI to DevOps processes
January 30, 2020
Ever heard of AI for IT management (AIOps)? It’s a burgeoning ecosystem of platforms and products that enhance IT operations by leveraging AI to analyze data collected from various tools and devices. OpsRamp is one of the startups leading the charge in what Research and Markets anticipates will be a $14.3 billion segment by 2025. Raju Chekuri and Varma Kunaparaju cofounded the San Jose…
