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Mastercard and Capital One talk conversational AI, and why fintech of every size must invest (VB Live)

November 26, 2020
Presented by DefinedCrowd In fintech, customer experience is key to customer retention. Access this free VB Live event to learn how companies like MasterCard and Capital One implement AI strategies that transform how customer experience is done. Access on demand for free right here.  “The democratization of AI technology means that it’s no longer confined to the university lab or the big…
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Intel acquires AI software optimization platform SigOpt

November 26, 2020
Intel today announced it will acquire SigOpt, a San Francisco-based startup developing a platform to optimize AI software models. Terms of the deal, which is expected to close this quarter, weren’t disclosed, but Intel says it plans to use SigOpt’s technologies across…
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How the U.S. patent office is keeping up with AI

November 26, 2020
Technology keeps creating challenges for intellectual property law. The infamous case of the “monkey selfie” challenged the notion of not just who owns a piece of intellectual property, but what constitutes a “who” in the first place. Last decade’s semi-sentient…
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MIT researchers say their AI model can identify asymptomatic COVID-19 carriers

November 26, 2020
Researchers at MIT say they’ve developed an algorithm that can diagnose COVID-19 by the sound of someone’s cough, even if that person is asymptomatic. In a paper published in the IEEE Journal of Engineering in Medicine and Biology, the team reports that their approach distinguishes between infected and healthy individuals through “forced-cough” recordings contributed via smartphones…
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Google’s AI converts webpages into videos

November 26, 2020
Researchers at Google say they’ve developing an AI system that can automatically convert webpages into short videos. It extracts assets like text and images and their design styles including fonts, colors, and graphical layouts from HTML sources and organizes the assets…
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Trump faces executive order lawsuit as critical race theory fuels AI research

November 26, 2020
Today, civil rights groups — including the NAACP Legal Defense Fund — filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration on the grounds that a Trump executive order violates free speech rights and will “undermine efforts to foster diversity and inclusion in the workplace.” The lawsuit follows opposition to the executive order from a range of groups, including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, as…
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Intel Geospatial is a cloud platform for AI-powered imagery analytics

November 26, 2020
Intel today quietly launched Intel Geospatial, a cloud platform that features data engineering solutions, 3D visualizations, and basic analytics tools for geovisual workloads. Intel says it’s designed to provide access to 2D and 3D geospatial data and apps through an ecosystem of partners, addressing use cases like vegetation management, fire risk assessment and inspection, and more. The…
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