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AI Weekly: Amazon plays the long game in health care AI

December 6, 2019
Today concludes Amazon’s re:Invent 2019 conference in Las Vegas, where the Seattle company’s Amazon Web Services (AWS) division unveiled enhancements heading down its public cloud pipeline. Just Tuesday, Amazon announced the general availability of AWS Outposts, a fully managed service that extends AWS’ infrastructure and services to customer datacenters, co-location spaces, and on-premises…
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AI-powered Lego sorter knows the shape of every brick

December 6, 2019
For some people, rummaging through a bunch of Lego bricks is part of the fun. But if you’ve got an enormous collection or take on complicated builds, you probably have a system for sorting your pieces. Your solution probably doesn’t involve AI, though. YouTube…
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iPhone 9 could be the new ‘SE 2’ in 2020, source claims

December 6, 2019
We’ve been learning more about the new budget iPhone that Apple’s expected to launch next spring. While reliable Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo calls it the iPhone SE 2, it will more closely resemble the iPhone 8.  Now a new report suggests that Apple could call it the…
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Facebook taught an AI the 'theory of mind'

December 6, 2019
When it comes to competitive games, AI systems have already shown they can easily mop the floor with the best humanity has to offer. But life in the real world isn’t a zero sum game like poker or Starcraft and we need AI to work with us, not against us. That’s why a research team from Facebook taught an AI how to play the cooperative card game Hanabi (the Japanese word for fireworks)…
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Google Assistant can now share photos, search podcasts, and make notes with third-party apps

December 6, 2019
Google Assistant on smartphones, smart displays, and smart speakers is getting a series of upgrades today, like the ability to create notes and lists with third-party apps and search podcasts by topic. Google Assistant on smartphones is also gaining the ability to share photos with voice so you can say “Hey Google, show me photos from last weekend.” Once Google Photos results appear on your…
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Samsung Galaxy A51 photos posted by the FCC

December 6, 2019
The FCC has been busy testing the Samsung Galaxy A51 and it accidentally posted photos of the test setup – featuring the phone itself. You can’t see everything, but what you can see confirms the design elements from the 3D renders. The first photo offers a clear look at the bottom, which is home to a 3.5mm headphone jack, the USB-C port and the loudspeaker. Based on info from the Korean wireless…
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