AI & RoboticsNews

Announcing the winners of the Women in AI Awards at Transform 2021

All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. One of the goals of Transform 2021 is to bring a broad variety of expertise, views, and experiences to the stage — virtual this year — to illustrate all the different ways AI is changing the world. As part of VentureBeat’s commitment to supporting diversity and inclusion in AI, that also means being mindful of who…
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What to do when AI brings more questions than answers

All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. The concept of uncertainty in the context of AI can be difficult to grasp at first. At a high level, uncertainty means working with imperfect or incomplete information, but there are countless…
AI & RoboticsNews

AI Weekly: Can AI predict labor market trends?

All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. Perhaps more than any other part of the economy, the labor market is unpredictable. In June, U.S. weekly jobless claims increased unexpectedly even while layoffs eased, to offer one recent…
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AI and financial processes: Balancing risk and reward

All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. Of all the enterprise functions influenced by AI these days, perhaps none is more consequential than AI and financial processes. People don’t like when other people fiddle with their money, let alone an emotionless robot. But as it usually goes with first impressions, AI is winning converts in monetary circles, in no…
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GamingNews

Valve Steam Deck is a handheld gaming PC that runs SteamOS

Valve has announced its own handheld gaming console. The Steam Deck is a compact gaming PC running a custom version of SteamOS and can play all of your Steam games while also functioning as a computer. The Steam Deck has a formfactor similar to other portable gaming consoles…
MobileNews

Apple releases latest iOS 15 public beta with Safari changes and more

Two days after releasing it to developers, Apple today is releasing the latest iOS 15 beta for public beta testers. Apple refers to this as iOS 15 public beta 3 and it includes a handful of notable changes, such as Safari design changes, new Music widgets, and more. If you’re interested in signing up for Apple’s public beta testing program, you can do so via Apple’s website right…
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MobileNews

Google redesigns nearly 1,000 emoji; coming to Gmail & Chrome OS in July, Android 12 this fall

Ahead of World Emoji Day tomorrow, Google is sharing new designs for 992 emoji that it has revamped with a focus on “making them more universal, accessible, and authentic.” The company also provided a timeline for when they will be rolling out to its various platforms. Besides making them cuter, Google has worked to make emoji more accurate and flexible, given their worldwide audience and…
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