AI startup Gather uses drones and computer vision for warehouse inventory
Gather, a company that uses autonomous drones for warehouse inventory, launched out of stealth today. Founded in 2017, the company of about 10 employees is...
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AI in Action E30: Susan Kelly, Assistant Network Manager at Technology Ireland ICT Skillnet
Welcome to episode 30 of AI in Action, the podcast that breaks down the hype and explores the impact that Data Science, Machine Learning and...
AI takes advantage of existing mammography scans to make a cancer diagnosis
It’s a well-established fact that mammography reduces breast cancer mortality. The high rate of false-positive recalls associated with alternative screenings has accelerated the development of...
Recogni emerges from stealth to build better AI hardware for self-driving cars
Recogni Inc., a startup developing artificial intelligence hardware for self-driving cars, today exited stealth mode with backing from a Who’s Who of auto industry players....
Standard Cognition raises $35 million to bring cashierless experiences to more stores
A checkout-free future might be closer than you think, thanks to startups like Standard Cognition. The San Francisco-based company, whose patented platform uses cameras and...
Spectral MD raises $27 million for its AI-powered wound imaging system
Spectral MD, a Dallas, Texas-based startup developing an AI-powered burn and wound imaging system, today announced that it has secured $27 million from the Biomedical...
One robot per employee: UiPath’s automation-first approach leads fast-growing RPA market
Artificial intelligence has propelled many enterprise sectors, but perhaps none faster than the field of robotic process automation, or RPA. A recent Gartner Inc. report...
How Royal Caribbean is using computer vision to track buffet crowds on its ships
Royal Carribean’s Spectrum of the Seas — the third-largest class of cruise ship in the world by gross tonnage — can accommodate over 6,000 people...
Grocery chain Giant Eagle taps Grabango to pilot checkout-free experiences
The next time you walk into one of Pittsburgh-based Giant Eagle’s more than 216 supermarkets, 202 GetGo convenience stores, or 56 Ricker’s stores, you might...
Facial Recognition Tech Is Growing Stronger, Thanks to Your Face
SAN FRANCISCO — Dozens of databases of people’s faces are being compiled without their knowledge by companies and researchers, with many of the images then...
The Week in Tech: Big Brother May Be Watching, but for How Long?
Then there’s a growing trend for local governments to introduce bans: San Francisco was the first city to restrict use of facial recognition by city...
ICE Used Facial Recognition to Mine State Driver’s License Databases
WASHINGTON — Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials have mined state driver’s license databases using facial recognition technology, analyzing millions of motorists’ photos without their knowledge....
The Computer Vision nominees for the Transform AI Innovation Awards
To cap off our AI-focused Transform 2019 event, taking place July 10-11 in San Francisco, VentureBeat will recognize and award emergent, compelling, and influential work...
Watch a plane land itself truly autonomously for the first time
A team of German researchers has created an automatic landing system for small aircraft that lets them touch down not only without a pilot, but...
Build Your Own Selfie Drone With Computer Vision
In late 2013 and early 2014, in the heady days of the drone revolution, there was one killer app — the selfie drone. Selfie sticks...