In addition to announcing the release of macOS Big Sur and formally revealing its first Mac-specific M1 chips, Apple today unveiled the first Mac computers that will use its new software and hardware: M1-powered versions of the 13-inch MacBook Air, 13-inch MacBook Pro, and Mac mini. Each of the machines will be using the M1 chip to deliver performance roughly three times the prior comparable Intel…
Microsoft and OpenAI propose automating U.S. tech export controls
November 26, 2020
Microsoft and OpenAI, the AI research lab in which Microsoft has invested over $1 billion, today submitted a document to the U.S. government describing how a “digitally transformed” export controls system might work and the benefits it could provide. The organizations…
Oklahoma plans to use Rekor’s AI to track down uninsured drivers, despite discrimination concerns
November 26, 2020
Rekor, a controversial startup providing license plate-scanning technology, today announced that the state of Oklahoma will use its software to spot uninsured motorists on the road. As a part of an Oklahoma program (the Uninsured Vehicle Enforcement Diversion Program) that…
OutSense’s AI looks for life-threatening diseases in your poop
November 26, 2020
You can learn a lot by analyzing a person’s bodily excretions, from their income and diet to — more importantly — their health. Now a fledgling Israeli startup wants to help prevent life-threatening diseases by passively monitoring human waste, circumventing the need to collect physical samples.
OutSense aims to use computer vision to “transform human waste into lifesaving medical…
AI Weekly: The election
November 26, 2020
In the United States, there was nothing else this week except for the presidential election. More people voted in this election than in any other previous U.S. presidential election — a total of 143,518,226 votes and counting. As we close out a long, stressful week, it…
How AI predictions fared against pollsters in the 2020 U.S. election
November 26, 2020
Some polls predicting results of the U.S. 2020 presidential election appear to have missed the mark. Aggregator RealClearPolitics showed former vice president Joe Biden with a 7-point advantage over current president Donald Trump, while FiveThirtyEight suggested Biden was…
While autonomous vehicle companies have their sights set on fully self-driving cars, such vehicles remain far over the horizon. And the founders of Provizio believe many of those same emerging autonomous technologies could make today’s cars safer.
The Irish company today announced it has raised $6.2 million to accelerate development of its Accident Prevention Technology. Investors included…
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MIT CSAIL researchers claim their algorithm helps doctors pick the right antibiotics
November 26, 2020
Researchers at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) say they’ve developed a recommendation algorithm that predicts the probability a patient’s urinary tract infection (UTI) can be treated by first- or second-line antibiotics. With this…
Google this morning launched the Document AI (DocAI) platform, a console for document processing hosted in Google Cloud, in preview. The company says it’s aimed at automating and validating documents by extracting data from documents and making them available to business apps and users.
Companies spend an average of $20 to file and store a single document, by some estimates, and only 18% of…
