AI & RoboticsNews

Graphcore unveils next-generation AI chips and plans for powerful supercomputer

Join today’s leading executives online at the Data Summit on March 9th. Register here. As large, powerful AI models like OpenAI’s text-generating GPT-3 come into wider use, the hardware traditionally used to train these models — mostly GPUs — will have to be replaced with more efficient solutions. In a 2020 study, MIT researchers found that reducing the error rate on a popular image…
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AI & RoboticsNews

Gecko Robotics, which captures data to protect critical infrastructure, raises $73M

Join today’s leading executives online at the Data Summit on March 9th. Register here. Gecko Robotics, a company that provides industrial robotics and asset management software for businesses such as BP and Duke Energy, has raised $73.3 million in a series C round of funding. The raise comes shortly after the American Society of Civil Engineers issued its latest U.S. Infrastructure Report…
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MobileNews

Google is pulling the plug on Assistant Snapshot, the only trace left of Google Now

Google Snapshot is a useful tool that lives within Assistant and acts as a hub for predictive information — in essence, it’s a limited version of Google Now. Unfortunately, Google is killing off Snapshot, with a message now appearing to users saying that the feature is “going away soon.” A message has started to appear within Snapshot when accessing the tool through Assistant saying that…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

Tesla won’t stop union vote says CEO Musk, despite past union retaliation

Tesla CEO Elon Musk invited the United Auto Workers to hold a union vote at the Tesla factory, stating that Tesla “will do nothing to stop” the voting process. It’s the latest in a years-long saga between the UAW and Tesla, in which Tesla has been found to violate labor law in unfairly cracking down on union organization. Tesla’s workforce is non-union, unlike the “Big Three”…
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