IBM’s biology-inspired AI generates hash codes faster than classical approaches
Ever heard of FlyHash? It’s an algorithm inspired by fruit flies’ olfactory circuits that’s been shown to generate hash codes — numeric representations of objects...
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Microsoft open-sources ONNX Runtime model to speed up Google’s BERT
Microsoft Research AI today said it plans to open-source an optimized version of Google’s popular BERT natural language model designed to work with the ONNX...
Berkshire Grey raises $263 million for industrial robots
Industrial robots and warehouse automation are lucrative intermingling markets, as evidenced by Berkshire Grey. The Lexington, Massachusetts-based company, which combines AI and robotics to automate...
Intezer raises $15 million to identify malware by analyzing reused code
Intezer, a cybersecurity startup that detects and classifies cyber threats by analyzing the code in malware, has raised $15 million in a series B round...
Snyk raises $150 million at $1 billion valuation for AI that protects open source code
Snyk, a cybersecurity platform that helps developers find vulnerabilities in their open source applications, has raised $150 million in a round of funding led by...
DARPA-backed Soft Robotics raises $23 million for autonomous grippers and sorters
Soft Robotics raised another $23 million to continue developing its solutions to the seemingly intractable problems gripping and sorting machines face. As work published by...
Intel and partners are using computer vision to help save Antarctica’s penguins from extinction
Antarctica’s emperor penguin population has suffered such severe climate-related breeding issues that it’s at risk of disappearing by the year 2100, according to a 2019...
Scoutbee raises $60 million to expedite supplier discovery with AI
Supplier discovery often isn’t a walk in the park. According to a survey by Thomasnet, nearly 50% of buyers have worked with a supplier that unexpectedly...
The trillionaires club: How big data, cloud and AI are powering the tech economy
Last week Google LLC’s parent company Alphabet Inc. became the fourth U.S. firm to enter the “trillionaires club,” joining the likes of Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp. and...
From Washington state to Washington DC, lawmakers rush to regulate facial recognition
Amid the start of an impeachment trial; talk of mounting hostility with Iran; new trade deals with China, Canada, and Mexico; and the final presidential...
The Role of Big Data In Setting WordPress Safety Trends In 2020
Big data is very important in many web development applications. You need to consider the role that big data plays in safety of using various content...
Cyral raises $11 million to shield sensitive data endpoints
Data breaches exposed an estimated 4.1 billion records in the first half of 2019 and cost U.S. companies more than $8 million per incident, while...
Dewo uses AI to minimize digital distractions
The average person is distracted every 40 seconds when working in front of a computer. Indeed, even the most productive workers get only 11 minutes...
Epsagon raises $16 million to automate cloud app and microservices monitoring
Managing multiple apps across cloud environments isn’t a walk in the park by any stretch. That’s why Ran Ribenzaft and Demisto veteran Nitzan Shapira cofounded...
Phenom People raises $30 million for AI recruitment platform used by Microsoft, others
Phenom People, a human resources (HR) platform that leverages artificial intelligence (AI) to help companies attract new talent, has raised $30 million in a series...